MOTHERWELL. Motherwell manages to recover against St. Mirren with 2 goals from E. Brophy from a penalty kick on the 79′ and a goal on the 74′. St. Mirren was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (62%)
The match was played at the Fir Park stadium in Motherwell on Wednesday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Bobby Madden who had the assistance of Dougie Potter and Kevin McElhinney. The 4th official was Euan Anderson. The weather was rainy. The temperature was cold at 13.5 degrees Celsius or 56.28 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 93%.
Match Statistics
- ! 38 Ball Possession 62
Shots
- 8 Total 23
- 4 On Target 11
- 4 Off Target 12
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 79 Attack 128
- 36 Dangerous attack 65
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 1 Penalties 2
- 4 Corners 8
Fouls
- 13 Total 14
- 1 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
St. Mirren was in firm control of the ball 62% while Motherwell was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
St. Mirren was more aggressive with 65 dangerous attacks and 23 shots of which 11 were on target. However, that was not enough St. Mirren to win the match.
Motherwell shot 8 times, 4 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, St. Mirren shot 23 times, 11 on target, 12 off target.
Cards
Motherwell received 1 yellow card (S. Goss). Talking about the opposition, St. Mirren received 2 yellow cards (E. Brophy and K. McAllister).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Motherwell will have 15 points like Hibernian to stay in the 6th place. On the other side, St. Mirren will have 14 points to stay in the 7th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premiership, Motherwell will host Rangers on the 31st of October with a 28-2 head to head in favor of Rangers (13 draws).
St. Mirren will host Dundee on the 30th of October with a 6-5 head to head statistic in favor of St. Mirren (2 draws).
Motherwell – Formation
Motherwell
27'
90'
48', 51'
Motherwell started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Graham Alexander decided to play with the following team: Liam Kelly , Stephen O’Donnell , Sondre Solholm Johansen , Juhani Ojala , Nathan McGinley , Sean Goss , Liam David Grimshaw , Callum Slattery , Kaiyne Woolery , Connor Shields and Tony Watt .
The home team had on the bench: Scott Fox, Bevis Mugabi , Jake Carroll , Barry Maguire, Mark O’Hara , Jordan Roberts and Kevin van Veen.
Motherwell could not rely on the presence of B. Mugabi (injured).
Substitutions
Motherwell made 3 changes: J. Ojala for B. Mugabi (27′), K. Woolery for M. O’Hara (65′) and C. Slattery for J. Carroll (83′).
Best player: Tony Watt
The player that probably impressed the most for Motherwell was Tony Watt.
His rating is with 2 goals, 26 passes (73% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 21. He performed 1 cross.
St. Mirren – Formation
St. Mirren
St. Mirren started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
On the opposite side, Jim Goodwin played with: Jak Alnwick , Joe Shaughnessy , Conor McCarthy , Marcus Fraser , Kyle McAllister , Alan Power , Ryan Flynn , Scott Tanser , Connor Ronan , Curtis Main and Eamonn Brophy .
These were the players on the bench: Dean Lyness, Richard Tait, Charles Dunne, Matthew Millar, Lee Erwin, Greg Kiltie and Kristian Dennis .
Substitutions
St. Mirren made 3 changes: R. Flynn for G. Kiltie (71′), C. Main for K. Dennis (83′) and K. McAllister for R. Tait (89′).
Best player: Eamonn Brophy
The most impressive player for St. Mirren was Eamonn Brophy.
His rating is with 2 goals, 11 passes (81% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 17. He performed 2 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premiership.
- Dundee – Ross County – 0-5
- Hibernian – Celtic – 1-3
- Livingston – Dundee United – 1-1
- Motherwell – St. Mirren – 2-2
- St. Johnstone – Hearts – 1-1
