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St. Johnstone 1–1 Motherwell

Sunday 8 August 2021, 15:00 · McDiarmid Park · Round 2 · Half-time 1–0 · Attendance 2,169

St. Johnstone O'Donnell 34' (og)

Motherwell Watt 80'

Post-match

Result and Expected Points

Measure	St. Johnstone	Motherwell
Goals	1	1
xG	0.80	1.67
Expected Points	0.69	2.05

St. Johnstone 15%Draw 26%Motherwell 60%

Most likely score 0–1, 14%. Final score 1–1, 14%.

Own goals have no xG.

xG race

Each side's xG added up shot by shot through the match. Triangles along the foot mark each side's substitutions.

Match stats

St. JohnstoneMotherwell

0.80 −0.88xG1.67 +0.20

0.50 +0.04xG on target2.80 +0.43

13 +3.0Shots10 +1.0

4 +2.0Shots on target5 0.0

0 −2.0Big chances4 +1.0

52% −3Possession48% +5

368 −17Passes345 +21

72% +1Pass accuracy72% +3

73% +9Field tilt27% −9

22 −15Final-third entries27 −13

13 +1.0Box entries6 −2.0

16.1 +8.2Passes per defensive action12.0 −0.9

8 +4.0Corners6 +4.0

12 −3Tackles17 +6

8 −4Interceptions15 +5

23 +12Clearances36 +25

4 +4.0Saves4 +2.0

12 −2Fouls10 −11

4 +2.0Offsides1 0.0

The small figure beside each value is its difference from the side's average per league match this season before this one. Field tilt is each side's share of the open-play passes completed in the final third; entries are completed open-play passes and carries into the final third and the box; passes per defensive action (PPDA) counts the opponent's passes in its own 60% of the pitch for each tackle, interception, challenge, or foul there.

Chance locations

Zones Shots

St. Johnstone

Motherwell

Each area's share of the side's xG from open play and set pieces, with the xG in it. The two wide areas of the box count together, as on the club pages. Shots shows each of those shots instead, sized by its xG, with goals filled in.

Chance types

St. JohnstoneMotherwell

0.72 10 shots, 0 goalsOpen play0.81 5 shots, 1 goal

0.09 2 shots, 0 goalsSet pieces0.86 5 shots, 0 goals

xG by type of chance, with each side's shots and goals beside it.

Game state

0–01–01–1

Level: 44 min (49%) · St. Johnstone 0.12, Motherwell 0.50 xG
St. Johnstone ahead: 46 min (51%) · St. Johnstone 0.69, Motherwell 1.17 xG

Line-ups

St. Johnstone substitutes

70' Kane for May
71' O'Halloran for Middleton
80' Davidson for Craig

Motherwell substitutes

68' Watt for Shields · goal 80'
71' Lawless for Donnelly · 1 assist

Players

St. Johnstone

Player	Pos	Min	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
Clark	GK	90	0.00	0.00	0	0.01	1	0
Muller	CB	90	0.07	0.06	0	0.08	3	4
Gordon	CB	90	0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0	8
McCart	CB	90	0.00	0.01	0	0.06	6	11
Rooney	RWB	90	0.07	0.08	2	0.11	6	4
McCann	CM	90	0.05	0.02	0	0.03	3	9
Craig	CM	80	0.08	0.01	0	0.02	2	4
Booth	LWB	90	0.07	0.04	0	0.06	2	2
Middleton	AM	71	0.03	0.17	3	0.11	4	1
Wotherspoon	AM	90	0.05	0.12	3	0.10	5	0
May	ST	70	0.19	0.10	1	−0.01	0	0
Kane	FW	20	0.00	0.02	0	0.03	2	0
O'Halloran	MF	19	0.20	0.00	0	−0.04	0	0
Davidson	MF	10	0.00	0.00	0	0.01	0	0

Motherwell

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
Kelly	GK	90			0.00	0.00	0	0.05	5	1
O'Donnell	RB	90			0.00	0.07	2	0.18	10	10
Mugabi	CB	90			0.00	0.00	0	0.02	2	7
Lamie	CB	90			0.17	0.00	0	0.02	2	16
Carroll	LB	90			0.00	0.16	2	0.11	9	9
Slattery	CM	90			0.02	0.08	1	0.12	5	12
Donnelly	CM	71			0.00	0.01	0	0.00	1	3
Maguire	CM	90			0.00	0.01	0	−0.01	1	5
Woolery	RW	90			0.12	0.19	1	0.03	4	7
van Veen	ST	90			0.68	0.00	0	0.01	1	1
Shields	LW	68			0.00	0.00	0	0.01	1	1
Watt	FW	22	1		0.67	0.00	0	0.00	0	0
Lawless	FW	19		1	0.00	0.37	1	0.06	2	0

Starters, then substitutes in the order they came on. KP is chances created and Def defensive actions (tackles, blocks, clearances, and interceptions). xT is the expected threat added by the player's completed open-play passes and carries, and Prog counts progressive passes and carries.

Pass networks

St. Johnstone

Motherwell

Each starter at the average position of their passes and receptions until the side's first substitution or red card, sized by completed passes. Lines join pairs who passed to each other often, thicker for more passes.

Passing combinations

St. Johnstone

From	To	Passes
Booth	Wotherspoon	23
Wotherspoon	Booth	19
Booth	Craig	12
Muller	Rooney	11
Rooney	Muller	10

Motherwell

From	To	Passes
O'Donnell	Mugabi	14
Kelly	Mugabi	13
Mugabi	O'Donnell	12
Donnelly	Carroll	10
Carroll	Lamie	9

The five pairs with the most completed passes from one to the other over the whole match.

Defensive actions

St. Johnstone

Against its average of 1 match

Motherwell

Against its average of 1 match

Where each side made its tackles, interceptions, clearances, blocks, recoveries, challenges, and fouls, attacking up the page. Areas are shaded by the difference from the side's average per match this season before this one: amber for more, blue for fewer.

Threat

St. Johnstone

Motherwell

Expected threat added by completed open-play passes and carries, by where the move started, attacking up the page. Expected threat is the chance that possession in an area leads to a goal; a move adds the difference between where it ends and where it starts.

Ratings

The goals each side would score (attack) and concede (defence) per game against an average team, from the forecast ratings before this matchday (ring) and after it (dot); a lower defence number is better. Grey dots are the other clubs after the matchday, spread up and down only so they don't overlap. The change takes in the whole matchday.

League probabilities

Chance	Before	With this result	Change
St. Johnstone
Top six	65%	61%	−4
11th	2%	3%	+1
Bottom	1%	1%	0
Motherwell
Top six	13%	14%	+1
11th	19%	18%	−1
Bottom	15%	14%	−1

From the forecast before the match (8 August 2021): each chance then, and across the simulations in which the match ended this way. The change is in percentage points.

Pre-match

As things stood before kick-off.

Forecast

Measure	St. Johnstone	Motherwell
Expected goals	1.51	0.83
Win	53%	20%
Expected Points	1.85	0.87
Clean sheet	44%	22%

St. Johnstone 53%Draw 27%Motherwell 20%

Most likely score 1–0, 14%. Both sides score 44%.

From the forecast as it stood on 8 August 2021: each side's attack and defence ratings in a Dixon–Coles score model, as on the Forecasts page.

League probabilities by result

Chance	Now	St. Johnstone win	Draw	Motherwell win
St. Johnstone
Top six	65%	71%	61%	55%
11th	2%	1%	3%	3%
Bottom	1%	<1%	1%	2%
Motherwell
Top six	13%	9%	14%	21%
11th	19%	21%	18%	15%
Bottom	15%	18%	14%	9%

Each chance before the match and across the simulations ending in each result. Other teams are listed where a chance moves by at least 3 percentage points.

Form

St. Johnstone

Motherwell

The last six league matches, newest first, with xG for and against.

Season to date

Measure	St. Johnstone	Motherwell
Position	8th	10th
Played	1	1
Won, drawn, lost	0–⁠1–⁠0	0–⁠0–⁠1
Points	1 (1.00 per game)	0 (0.00 per game)
Expected Points per game	2.59	0.45
Goals	0–⁠0	2–⁠3
xG per game	1.68–⁠0.31	1.47–⁠2.88
Home: points, xG per game	–⁠	0.00, 1.47–⁠2.88
Away: points, xG per game	1.00, 1.68–⁠0.31	–⁠
Manager	Callum Davidson (39)	Graham Alexander (19)

League matches this season before kick-off. The manager's number is league matches in charge since 2020/21.

Ratings

The goals each side would score (attack) and concede (defence) per game against an average team, from the forecast ratings before this matchday, with their rank among the league's clubs; a lower defence number is better. Grey dots are the other clubs, spread up and down only so they don't overlap.

Strengths and weaknesses

Chances	St. Johnstone		Motherwell
Chances	Created	Conceded	Created	Conceded
Open play	−10%	−30%	−22%	+30%
Counter-attacks	+31%	−85%	+87%	+123%
Set pieces	+13%	−21%	+37%	+24%
Penalties	+68%	−61%	−34%	+134%
Headers	−7%	−13%	+18%	+23%
Left side	+30%	−19%	+16%	+7%
Centre	−22%	−36%	−3%	+58%
Right side	+2%	−30%	−17%	+11%

xG created and conceded per game against the league average this season: +24% is 24% more than an average side. Left and right are each side's own, so chances conceded on its left come from opponents attacking down their right. Green favours the side and amber doesn't. Until a side has played six matches its figures are blended with last season's, or with the league average where there is no last season to use.

Matchups

St. Johnstone attacking

St. Johnstone createdMotherwell concededLeft side+30%+11%Centre−22%+58%Right side+2%+7%Open play−10%+30%Counter-attacks+31%+123%Set pieces+13%+24%Headers−7%+23%

Motherwell attacking

Motherwell createdSt. Johnstone concededLeft side+16%−30%Centre−3%−36%Right side−17%−19%Open play−22%−30%Counter-attacks+87%−85%Set pieces+37%−21%Headers+18%−13%

Each side's xG created per game down each side of the pitch, through the centre, and from each type of chance, against what its opponent concedes there, both relative to the league average.

Season averages

St. JohnstoneMotherwell

1.68xG1.47

0.31xG against2.88

55%Possession43%

10.0Shots9.0

4.0Shots against14.0

2.0Shots on target5.0

2.0Big chances3.0

385Passes324

70%Pass accuracy69%

4.0Corners2.0

64%Field tilt36%

37.0Final-third entries40.0

12.0Box entries8.0

7.9Passes per defensive action12.9

Per league match this season before kick-off.

Game state this season

St. Johnstone

State	Minutes per game	xG per 90	xG against per 90
Level	90	1.68	0.31
Ahead	0	–	–
Behind	0	–	–

Motherwell

State	Minutes per game	xG per 90	xG against per 90
Level	38	2.98	3.22
Ahead	32	0.14	4.13
Behind	20	0.77	0.18

xG by period

St. Johnstone

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.11	0.28	0–0
16–30	0.00	0.02	0–0
31–45	0.04	0.00	0–0
46–60	0.00	0.00	0–0
61–75	0.85	0.00	0–0
76–90	0.68	0.01	0–0

Motherwell

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.44	0.09	1–0
16–30	0.20	0.73	1–1
31–45	0.00	0.06	0–0
46–60	0.07	0.93	0–1
61–75	0.60	1.03	0–1
76–90	0.17	0.04	0–0

Per game this season, with stoppage time counted in its half; goals are totals for and against.

Most used players by position

St. Johnstone

Motherwell

This season's most used formation, with up to three players who started most often in each position and their league starts there. Underneath, when a side has used more than one, every formation with its starts.

Head to head

Date	Home	Score	Away	xG
20 February 2021	Motherwell	0–3	St. Johnstone	xG 0.03–3.04
21 November 2020	St. Johnstone	1–1	Motherwell	xG 2.14–0.69
12 September 2020	Motherwell	1–0	St. Johnstone	xG 0.26–1.02

3 league meetings since 2020/21: St. Johnstone won 1, Motherwell won 1, and 1 was a draw. Goals 4–2 and xG 2.07–0.33 per game.

Key players

St. Johnstone

Player	Starts	Min	G	A	xG per 90	xA per 90
May	17	1,724	5	4	0.41	0.15
Kane	17	1,582	4	1	0.38	0.09
Wotherspoon	29	2,581	3	4	0.12	0.22
Hendry	9	767	0	0	0.30	0.02

Motherwell

Player	Starts	Min	G	A	xG per 90	xA per 90
Watt	29	2,474	3	5	0.22	0.11
Maguire	15	1,438	1	1	0.04	0.10
O'Donnell	35	3,034	1	2	0.02	0.10
Carroll	15	1,291	0	3	0.01	0.10

Up to four players a side with the most xG plus xA per 90 minutes, from those with at least 450 league minutes. Until a side has played six matches, last season's minutes at the club count too.