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Scottish Premiership | Gameweek 2
Aug 8, 2021 at 3pm UK
McDiarmid Park
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St Johnstone
1 - 1
Motherwell

O'Donnell (34' og.)
Wotherspoon (62'), Craig (67')
FT(HT: 1-0)
Watt (80')
Shields (26'), O'Donnell (90')

The Match

Match Report

The home side had taken an early lead through a Stephen O'Donnell own goal in Perth.

Team News

The winger returned to McDiarmid Park on Friday on another loan transfer from Rangers.

Preview

Sports Mole previews Sunday's Scottish Premiership clash between St Johnstone and Motherwell, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a St Johnstone win with a probability of 35.49%. A win for Motherwell had a probability of 32.95% and a draw had a probability of 31.6%.

The most likely scoreline for a St Johnstone win was 1-0 with a probability of 14.38%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (7.1%) and 2-1 (6.66%). The likeliest Motherwell win was 0-1 (13.68%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 0-0 (14.58%). The actual scoreline of 1-1 was predicted with a 13.5% likelihood.

Result
St JohnstoneDrawMotherwell
35.49%31.56%32.95%
Both teams to score 38.19%
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
30.32%69.69%
Over 3.5Under 3.5
12.97%87.03%
St Johnstone Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
62.72%37.29%
Over 1.5Under 1.5
25.93%74.07%
Motherwell Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
60.89%39.11%
Over 1.5Under 1.5
24.17%75.83%
Score Analysis
    St Johnstone 35.49%
    Motherwell 32.94%
    Draw 31.55%
St JohnstoneDrawMotherwell
1-0 @ 14.38%
2-0 @ 7.1%
2-1 @ 6.66%
3-0 @ 2.33%
3-1 @ 2.19%
3-2 @ 1.03%
Other @ 1.8%
Total : 35.49%
0-0 @ 14.58%
1-1 @ 13.5%
2-2 @ 3.13%
Other @ 0.34%
Total : 31.55%
0-1 @ 13.68%
0-2 @ 6.43%
1-2 @ 6.34%
0-3 @ 2.01%
1-3 @ 1.98%
2-3 @ 0.98%
Other @ 1.52%
Total : 32.94%

How you voted: St Johnstone vs Motherwell

St Johnstone
80.0%
Draw
6.7%
Motherwell
13.3%
15
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