Premiership
16th September 2023
Fir Park, Motherwell
Motherwell 0-1 St. Mirren
TANSER 55 
ATT: 5,673 (1,013 AWAY)
Referee: M MacDERMID
VAR: D ROBERTSON
- Saints get back to winning ways following 2 draws and extend their unbeaten run in the league this season to 5 matches and 9 in all competitions.
- Mark O’Hara returns to the starting XI after missing 4 matches through injury as does Mikael Mandron, who was a late call off against Livingston in the previous match.
- Zach Hemming plays a pivotal and heroic part in the win despite getting married a couple of days beforehand and his Mother-in-law passing away on the day of the match.
- The difference between the sides is a fine volley from Scott Tanser, his first goal for almost 2 years, following a brilliant Ryan Strain cross.
- The win pushes Saints above Motherwell into second place in the table and secures Saints best start to a top flight season after 5 matches since 1963/64.
| No. | PLAYER | RATING |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zach HEMMING  | 9 |
| 23 | Ryan STRAIN 83  | 8 |
| 5 | Richard TAYLOR 46 | 7 |
| 13 | Alex GOGIC  | 9 |
| 22 | Marcus FRASER | 8 |
| 3 | Scott TANSER | 8 |
| 15 | Caolan BOYD-MUNCE 46 | 6 |
| 6 | Mark O’HARA | 7 |
| 10 | Conor McMENAMIN 68 | 6 |
| 11 | Greg KILTIE | 7 |
| 20 | Mikael MANDRON 83 | 7 |
| 2 | James BOLTON 83  | 6 |
| 21 | Alex GREIVE 83 | 6 |
| 20 | Toyosi OLUSANYA 68 | 6 |
| 18 | Charles DUNNE 46 | 6 |
| 17 | Keanu BACCUS 46 | 7 |
| 16 | Thierry SMALL | UNUSED SUB |
| 27 | Peter URMINSKY | UNUSED SUB |
| 19 | Stav NAHMANI | UNUSED SUB |
| 24 | Lewis JAMIESON | UNUSED SUB |
| 34 | Ethan SUTHERLAND | INJURED |
| 7 | Jonah AYUNGA | INJURED |
| 8 | Ryan FLYNN | INJURED |
| AVERAGE PLAYER RATING | 7.1 |
Motherwell: Kelly, O’Donnell (Gent 84), Mugabi, Blaney (Ferrie 90), Casey, Spencer, Slattery, Miller, Spittal, Paton, Bair (Shaw 78)
Subs Not Used: Oxborough, Zdravovski, McGinley, Wilson, L.Ross, M.Ross
| MOTHERWELL | TEAM STATS | SAINTS |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | SHOTS | 9 |
| 7 | ON TARGET | 3 |
| 57% | POSSESSION | 43% |
| 459 | PASSES | 355 |
| 70% | PASS ACCURACY | 60% |
| 6 | FOULS | 18 |
| 0 | YELLOW CARD | 5 |
| 0 | RED CARD | 0 |
| 0 | OFFSIDES | 2 |
| 8 | CORNERS | 3 |
| POS | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | PTS |
| 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 13 | |
| 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 11 | |
| 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 10 | |
| 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 9 | |
| 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 7 | |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 6 | |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 5 | |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 5 | |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -1 | 4 | |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 2 | |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 2 |