Week 31 brings us a match on Mar 19th, where St. Johnstone hosts Motherwell in a clash of the Premiership. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. St. Johnstone is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Hibernian. Neither Hibernian nor St. Johnstone could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 14 and 7 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10, while in their last match, Motherwell recorded a 1-1 draw against Dundee. Paul McMullan scored the first goal for Dundee in the 6th minute, then in the 18th minute, Kevin van Veen sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Joseph Efford earning them at least the one point. Motherwell looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 5 points in their last 10 matches.
On the 18th of December, Motherwell hosted St. Johnstone in their last match together. Motherwell was victorious by a score of 2 to 0. Cornelius struck first for Motherwell in the 17th minute, then Kevin van Veen added another in the 55th minute In the end, St. Johnstone was frustrated by Motherwell’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Motherwell ended the match with the shutout victory.
Motherwell hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Mark O’Hara and Kaiyne Woolery, and they each have 1 goal. St. Johnstone’s most prolific scorer has been Callum Hendry. The Scotish attacker has netted two goals over the last 5 matches.