Manager in spotlight: Stuart Kettlewell

Motherwell are on a sequence of three successive defeats – all to teams who were below them in the table, prior to kick-off at least. Now comes a visit to St Mirren, who lurk one point behind in seventh place.

Stuart Kettlewell's side have shipped seven goals to Hibs and Dundee in the past two outings and their last clean sheet came on the opening weekend of the Premiership season at the start of August.

Will the manager be tempted to change things at the back, or will he keep the faith for this often low-scoring rivalry?

We've only had two goals across the last three meetings between these two in Paisley, while there hasn't been more than two goals in this fixture in the PA3 postcode since a 3-0 win for Motherwell in December 2019.

Rather than worry about formations, Kettlewell's biggest concern may be the mindset of his players, who folded in the face of adversity at Dens Park after such a meek display at home to Hibs.

Motherwell have form for drifting on poor runs - going 15 without a league victory last season, while the previous campaigns brought winless runs of 11, 11 and 12, so Kettlewell will be anxious to stop the rot setting in.

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