St Mirren vs Motherwell

Six goals, three of them before the break, and St Mirren somehow only had a share of the points to show for it by the end. They led 3-2 at half-time at The SMISA Stadium after a first 45 minutes that had everything, but Motherwell dragged themselves level after the restart and the game finished 3-3 on Sunday, 30 August 2026. Anyone who arrived late missed the best of it, though the visitors deserve credit for not folding after going behind. For St Mirren there will be frustration at failing to hold a two-goal cushion at the interval, the kind of lead that usually sees a team over the line. Motherwell, on the other hand, can take real encouragement from the way they fought back on the road. Neither side moves clear in the Premiership table on the back of this one, but both will feel there was something to like and something to fix from an entertaining afternoon in Paisley.

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.