Scottish Premiership

FT Saturday, March 18, 2017
St Johnstone LWLLW 2
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Motherwell LLLWL 1
1st2ndT
STJ112
MOT101
Fir Park · 3,588 att.

Match Report

Head to Head

STJ leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

MOT · 4-4-1-1

  1. 1Craig SamsonG
  2. 8Carl McHughCD-L
  3. 21Zak JulesCD-R
  4. 3Steven HammellLB
  5. 25David FergusonRB
  6. 88Stephen PearsonCM-L
  7. 20Craig ClayCM-R
  8. 17Elliott FrearLM
  9. 12Christopher CaddenRM
  10. 9Louis MoultF
  11. 77Scott McDonaldRCF

Substitutes

  1. 30Jack McmillanSUB
  2. 13Russell GriffithsSUB
  3. 7Lionel AinsworthSUB
  4. 19Jacob BlythSUB
  5. 26Allan CampbellSUB
  6. 14Keith LasleySUB
  7. 11Ryan BowmanSUB

STJ · 4-4-1-1

  1. 12Zander ClarkG
  2. 3Thomas ScobbieCD-L
  3. 14Joe ShaughnessyCD-R
  4. 24Brian EastonLB
  5. 19Richard FosterRB
  6. 26Liam CraigCM-L
  7. 18Paul PatonCM-R
  8. 11Danny SwansonLM
  9. 4Blair AlstonRM
  10. 29Graham CumminsF
  11. 9Steven MacLeanRCF

Substitutes

  1. 17Michael CoulsonSUB
  2. 33George HunterSUB
  3. 27Craig ThomsonSUB
  4. 7Chris MillarSUB
  5. 1Alan MannusSUB
  6. 8Murray DavidsonSUB
  7. 15Clive SmithSUB

Timeline

  1. 8' Goal! Motherwell 0, St. Johnstone 1. Liam Craig (St. Johnstone) header from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Graham Cummins.
  2. 44' Goal! Motherwell 1, St. Johnstone 1. Scott McDonald (Motherwell) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the bottom right corner.
  3. 45' Substitution, St. Johnstone. Alan Mannus replaces Zander Clark because of an injury.
  4. 64' Substitution, St. Johnstone. Murray Davidson replaces Blair Alston.
  5. 66' Goal! Motherwell 1, St. Johnstone 2. Liam Craig (St. Johnstone) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the top right corner.
  6. 68' Substitution, Motherwell. Ryan Bowman replaces Steven Hammell.
  7. 78' Murray Davidson (St. Johnstone) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 82' Substitution, Motherwell. Lionel Ainsworth replaces Elliott Frear.
  9. 90'+2' Substitution, Motherwell. Jacob Blyth replaces Zak Jules because of an injury.

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