St Johnstone are struggling at the moment and their lack of goals is an alarming problem that is stopping them from progressing up the table.
On the other hand, Motherwell have been getting mixed results, but when it comes to Saturday they should have enough quality to secure three points.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Motherwell win with a probability of 38.85%. A win for St Johnstone had a probability of 31.79% and a draw had a probability of 29.4%.
The most likely scoreline for a Motherwell win was 1-0 with a probability of 13.25%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (7.7%) and 2-0 (7.62%). The likeliest St Johnstone win was 0-1 (11.64%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13.39%). The actual scoreline of 2-0 was predicted with a 7.6% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted a 2-0 win for Motherwell in this match and our data analysis correctly predicted the win for Motherwell.
