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St. Johnstone 2–1 Motherwell

Saturday 19 March 2022, 15:00 · McDiarmid Park · Round 31 · Half-time 1–1 · Referee David Munro · Attendance 3,772

St. Johnstone Hendry 21', 90+1'

Motherwell van Veen 12'

Post-match

Result and Expected Points

Measure	St. Johnstone	Motherwell
Goals	2	1
xG	0.37	0.24
Expected Points	1.32	1.05

St. Johnstone 23%Draw 63%Motherwell 14%

Most likely score 0–0, 57%. Final score 2–1, 1%.

Own goals have no xG.

xG race

Each side's xG added up shot by shot through the match. Stoppage time is shaded as far as the last shot or event recorded in it. Triangles along the foot mark each side's substitutions.

Match stats

St. JohnstoneMotherwell

0.37 −0.27xG0.24 −0.79

0.46 −0.13xG on target0.61 −0.46

8 −0.9Shots7 −3.9

2 −0.5Shots on target4 +0.5

0 −0.5Big chances0 −1.3

14 0Touches in the opposition box14 −4

53% +10Possession47% +5

364 +34Passes316 +18

64% 0Pass accuracy55% −5

52% +12Field tilt48% +10

21 −7Final-third entries16 −12

6 −1.1Box entries6 −1.7

13.6 −2Passes per defensive action14.4 +1

3 −1.7Corners6 +1.8

10 −5Tackles15 0

6 −4Interceptions11 0

23 −1Clearances22 0

3 −0.1Saves0 −3.5

14 +2Fouls11 −4

0 −1.7Offsides1 −0.7

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

0.12 3 shots, 2 goalsOpen play0.16 4 shots, 1 goal

0.24 5 shots, 0 goalsSet pieces0.08 3 shots, 0 goals

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

Game state

0–00–11–1

Level: 83 min (87%) · St. Johnstone 0.32, Motherwell 0.21 xG
St. Johnstone ahead: 3 min (3%) · St. Johnstone 0.00, Motherwell 0.03 xG
Motherwell ahead: 9 min (9%) · St. Johnstone 0.05, Motherwell 0.00 xG

Line-ups

St. Johnstone substitutes

66' May for Ciftci
74' Butterfield for Davidson · 1 assist
88' Brown for Rooney

Motherwell substitutes

77' Woolery for Carroll · yellow card 85'

Players

St. Johnstone

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
Clark	GK	90			0.00	0.00	0	0.03	4	1
Gordon	CB	90			0.01	0.01	0	0.04	4	5
McCart	CB	90			0.10	0.00	0	0.03	1	12
Cleary	CB	90			0.00	0.03	0	0.07	6	3
Rooney	RWB	88			0.04	0.04	0	0.05	6	3
Hallberg	CM	90		1	0.05	0.13	3	0.09	4	3
Davidson	CM	74			0.00	0.00	0	−0.01	1	3
Crawford	LWB	90			0.06	0.01	0	0.01	2	3
Gallacher	AM	90			0.00	0.03	0	0.00	0	4
Ciftci	ST	66			0.00	0.03	1	0.00	1	0
Hendry	ST	90	2		0.11	0.02	0	0.03	3	3
May	FW	24			0.00	0.01	1	0.00	0	0
Butterfield	MF	16		1	0.00	0.02	1	0.03	1	0
Brown	DF	2			0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0	0

Motherwell

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
Kelly	GK	90			0.00	0.00	0	0.05	6	0
Ojala	CB	90			0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0	8
Lamie	CB	90			0.00	0.50	0	0.19	5	8
Johansen	CB	90			0.00	0.00	0	0.00	3	7
O'Donnell	RWB	90			0.06	0.15	0	0.07	4	7
Cornelius	CM	90			0.00	0.03	0	0.04	3	8
Donnelly	CM	90			0.02	0.06	0	−0.01	1	3
Carroll	LWB	77		1	0.00	0.01	1	0.00	2	6
Efford	RW	90			0.00	0.03	1	0.03	2	2
van Veen	ST	90	1		0.14	0.02	0	0.02	1	2
Shields	LW	90			0.03	0.15	0	0.18	3	1
Woolery	FW	13			0.00	0.00	0	0.01	1	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
McCart	Gordon	15
Gordon	Cleary	15
Hallberg	Rooney	11
Cleary	Hallberg	10
Hallberg	Hendry	6

Motherwell

From	To	Passes
Cornelius	O'Donnell	9
Johansen	O'Donnell	8
O'Donnell	Cornelius	6
O'Donnell	van Veen	5
van Veen	Carroll	5

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 30 matches

Motherwell

Against its average of 30 matches

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
11th	71%	76%	+5
Bottom	25%	15%	−10
Motherwell
Top six	42%	23%	−19
11th	1%	2%	+1
Dundee FC
11th	24%	15%	−9
Bottom	75%	84%	+9
Dundee United
Top six	46%	50%	+4
11th	1%	1%	0

From the forecast before the match (19 March 2022): 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	1.07	0.92
Win	38%	30%
Expected Points	1.46	1.22
Clean sheet	40%	34%

St. Johnstone 38%Draw 32%Motherwell 30%

Most likely score 0–0, 14%. Both sides score 40%.

From the forecast as it stood on 19 March 2022: 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
11th	71%	76%	70%	65%
Bottom	25%	15%	28%	34%
Motherwell
Top six	42%	23%	38%	70%
11th	1%	2%	<1%	<1%
Dundee FC
11th	24%	15%	27%	33%
Bottom	75%	84%	72%	66%
Dundee United
Top six	46%	50%	46%	39%
11th	1%	1%	<1%	<1%

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	11th	8th
Played	30	30
Won, drawn, lost	5–⁠9–⁠16	9–⁠9–⁠12
Points	24 (0.80 per game)	36 (1.20 per game)
Expected Points per game	0.85	1.11
Goals	18–⁠36	31–⁠44
xG per game	0.64–⁠1.35	1.03–⁠1.44
Home: points, xG per game	0.73, 0.65–⁠1.31	1.56, 1.02–⁠1.29
Away: points, xG per game	0.87, 0.63–⁠1.39	0.79, 1.04–⁠1.60
Manager	Callum Davidson (68)	Graham Alexander (48)

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

Ratings

This season

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	−48%	−2%	−18%	+21%
Counter-attacks	−76%	+178%	−39%	+24%
Set pieces	−36%	+11%	+15%	+4%
Penalties	−50%	+50%	−50%	+50%
Headers	−57%	+13%	+29%	−6%
Left side	−34%	+9%	−8%	+32%
Centre	−52%	+6%	+4%	+6%
Right side	−47%	+13%	−39%	+22%

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.

Matchups

St. Johnstone attacking

St. Johnstone createdMotherwell concededLeft side−34%+22%Centre−52%+6%Right side−47%+32%Open play−48%+21%Counter-attacks−76%+24%Set pieces−36%+4%Headers−57%−6%

Motherwell attacking

Motherwell createdSt. Johnstone concededLeft side−8%+13%Centre+4%+6%Right side−39%+9%Open play−18%−2%Counter-attacks−39%+178%Set pieces+15%+11%Headers+29%+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

0.64xG1.03

1.35xG against1.44

43%Possession42%

8.9Shots10.9

14.1Shots against13.8

2.5Shots on target3.5

0.5Big chances1.3

13.7Touches in the opposition box17.9

330Passes298

64%Pass accuracy60%

4.7Corners4.2

40%Field tilt38%

28.3Final-third entries27.6

7.1Box entries7.7

15.9Passes per defensive action13.1

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	52	0.66	1.22
Ahead	14	0.67	1.96
Behind	24	0.57	1.26

Motherwell

State	Minutes per game	xG per 90	xG against per 90
Level	39	0.94	1.44
Ahead	20	0.99	1.18
Behind	30	1.17	1.61

xG by period

St. Johnstone

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.12	0.19	4–4
16–30	0.09	0.13	4–4
31–45	0.08	0.24	4–7
46–60	0.09	0.25	3–7
61–75	0.14	0.24	1–7
76–90	0.11	0.31	2–7

Motherwell

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.13	0.23	5–4
16–30	0.14	0.18	5–9
31–45	0.10	0.21	1–13
46–60	0.27	0.29	10–5
61–75	0.22	0.20	5–6
76–90	0.16	0.31	5–7

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

Most used players by position

St. Johnstone

Formations: 3-4-2-1 (12), 3-4-1-2 (7), 3-5-2 (7), 3-4-3 (2), 5-3-2 (2)

Motherwell

Formations: 4-3-3 (28), 3-4-3 (1), 3-4-2-1 (1)

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
18 December 2021	Motherwell	2–0	St. Johnstone	xG 0.31–0.52
8 August 2021	St. Johnstone	1–1	Motherwell	xG 0.80–1.67
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

5 league meetings since 2020/21: St. Johnstone won 1, Motherwell won 2, and 2 were drawn. Goals 5–5 and xG 1.50–0.59 per game.

Key players

St. Johnstone

Player	Starts	Min	G	A	xG per 90	xA per 90
Hendry	11	918	4	0	0.27	0.05
May	12	1,123	2	1	0.20	0.10
Hallberg	7	535	0	2	0.02	0.20
Kane	12	1,254	3	0	0.20	0.02

Motherwell

Player	Starts	Min	G	A	xG per 90	xA per 90
Watt	18	1,598	9	0	0.35	0.06
van Veen	21	1,899	7	3	0.27	0.11
Shields	9	755	1	1	0.22	0.07
Roberts	7	721	2	0	0.19	0.08

Up to four players a side with the most xG plus xA per 90 minutes, from those with at least 450 league minutes.