St Mirren vs Motherwell

Six goals, three of them shared out before the break, and St Mirren somehow only had a 3-2 cushion to show for a first half that had everything. The SMISA Stadium crowd barely got a breather as the home side raced into their advantage, with Motherwell hitting back twice to keep themselves right in the contest going into the interval on 30 August 2026. The second half told a different story, goalless and tighter, as both sides seemed to settle for what they had rather than risk it all again. Motherwell got the leveller they needed to make it 3-3, and that's how it stayed. A point apiece from a game that had no business being that cagey after the interval, given how it started. St Mirren will wonder how they didn't hold on, Motherwell will be glad of the resilience to come back twice in one afternoon.

It finished 3-3 between St Mirren and Motherwell at The SMISA Stadium, a scoreline that summed up a game short on clear separation between the two sides. It was an even contest for large parts of the afternoon, with neither team able to take control of the game for long. There were spells of pressure from both teams, but not enough to turn a share of the points into all three. Days like this are part of a long season, and how each side responds in their next fixture will say plenty about their form heading forward. Here is a closer look at how the two teams compared statistically.