Saints made it back-to-back cinch Premiership victories with our first win at Tynecastle since 2013. Two goals in the space of five second-half minutes from Curtis Main and Alex Gogic gave Stephen Robinson's men a deserved 2-0 win in the capital and moved Saints to within a point of the Jambos. 

The manager named the same starting eleven that defeated Livingston 3-0 at the SMiSA Stadium last week and, as they did last week, Saints began brightly with the first chance of the game on nine minutes when captain Joe Shaughnessy glanced wide from a Thierry Small corner.

Hearts had their first real opportunity on 17 minutes when their skipper Lawrence Shankland saw an effort deflected just wide of the target. 

But still Saints had the better of the opening period with Gogic coming close twice in the space of two minutes for the Buddies with headers from two Small corners. The first - on 24 minutes - came closest when the Cypriot headed into the ground and it bounced over before his second came off the side-net. 

The hosts' best chance of the half came in the final minutes before the interval when Andy Halliday rose to meet a Stephen Kingsley cross from the left, but saw his header come back off the post. 

The second-half got off to a fast start with Carson making a big save at the start of the second-half to deny Michael Smith opening the scoring for the home side on his 200th appearance. But it was Saints who started with more intent and when Main opened the scoring on 52 minutes it had felt like it had been coming. Keanu Baccus fired over from inside the area, Gogic nodded wide and Tony Watt saw an effort saved by Ross Stewart all in the space of two minutes before the goal. The goal then came after Main got on to a long-range pass from Gogic and held off Kye Rowles before lashing home from 20 yards to score his seventh goal of the season. 

Five minutes later it was 2-0. Mark O'Hara looked like he'd scored his fifth goal in four games and his 11th of the season but his strike from inside the box found the net via a deflection off Gogic who was credited with the goal. 

Alex Gogic celebrates after deflecting O'Hara's effort into the net for the second goal (Image: Craig Brown)

Saints were in control of the match and the home side's slim hopes of getting back into the match were dampened when veteran midfielder Robert Snodgrass was given his marching orders with a second yellow card after a late challenge on Main. 

The Buddies were comfortable and saw the game out with no issues to go on to 44 points - matching last season's tally - and move within a point of Hearts in fourth.

Full-Time: Hearts 0-2 St Mirren

St Mirren: Carson, Fraser, Shaughnessy (c), Dunne (Gallagher 75), Strain, Baccus (Kiltie 90), O'Hara, Gogic (Flynn 90), Small (Tanser 46), Watt (Greive 75), Main
Subs Not Used: Urminsky, R.Taylor, Boyd-Munce, Offord

Hearts: Stewart, Smith (Cochrane 59), Hill, Rowles, Kingsley, Halliday (Humphrys 59), Devlin (Haring 76), Grant, Snodgrass, Forrest (McKay 76), Shankland (c)
Subs Not Used: Stone, Kio, Sibbick, Kuol, Oda

Referee: Matthew McDermid
Assistant Referee: David Roome
Assistant Referee: Paul O'Neill
Fourth Official: Calum Scott

Three first-half goals saw St Mirren pick up the points against Livingston and move into fifth place in the cinch Premiership.  

Tony Watt's first Saints goal came either side of two Mark O'Hara penalties as the Buddies moved back into a top six place at the expense of the visitors. It was a result that saw Stephen Robinson's men win their ninth home league match of the season - the first time we've done so in 36 years. 

Saints got off to the perfect start when we were awarded a penalty after a handball that occurred inside just 15 seconds from kick-off. It took a lengthy VAR check before referee John Beaton awarded the spot kick after checking the monitor. O'Hara stepped up and slammed home from 12 yards to put us ahead on five minutes. 

The Buddies bright start was rewarded further when Watt scored his first goal for St Mirren on 18 minutes to double our lead. The forward got on the end of a low ball from Curtis Main and rounded Livingston goalkeeper Shamal George to roll into the empty net. 

Tony Watt rounds Shamal George to score his first goal for Saints (Image: Allan Picken)

Saints passed up a huge chance to make it 3-0 just after the half-hour mark when Main sprang the offside trap and raced clear on goal. The forward had options in the middle but elected to try and chip George who managed to gather. But a third goal would come after we were awarded a second penalty for another handball on 41 minutes. O'Hara was on hand to score his 10th of the season to put us 3-0 in front. Saints thought they'd added a quick-fire fourth when Main knocked home Ryan Strain's free-kick two minutes later, but the offside flag denied the forward his seventh goal of the season. 

The visitors had two big opportunities to pull a goal back in the opening minutes of the second 45. A header from substitute Cristian Montano forced a terrific save from Trevor Carson before Livingston captain Nicky Devlin drilled inches wide of the far post. 

Strain almost added a sensational fourth for Saints on 50 minutes after nifty footwork from the Australian saw him fashion the space on the edge of the box to get the shot away, but the effort flashed just wide. Nouble should have reduced the deficit 10 minutes later though the forward blasted over the bar after outmuscling the Saints defence to go clear on goal. 

Saints saw the remainder of the game out comfortably to move back into the top six with three matches to go before the split. 

Full-Time: St Mirren 3-0 Livingston

St Mirren: Carson, Fraser, Shaughnessy (c), Dunne, Strain, Baccus (Flynn 68), Gogic, O'Hara (Kiltie 46), Small (Tanser 84), Watt (Greive 68), Main (Offord 90)
Subs Not Used: Urminsky, Gallagher, R.Taylor,  Jamieson

Livingston: George, Fitzwater, Boyes (Brandon 80), De Lucas, Devlin, Pittman (Kelly 62), Holt (Omeonga 46), Shinnie (Anderson 71), Penrice (Montano 46), Guthrie, Nouble
Subs Not Used: Hamilton, Bahamboula, Bradley

Referee: John Beaton 
Assistant Referee: Douglas Ross
Assistant Referee: Gordon Crawford
Fourth Official: Ross Hardie

Attendance: 5,984

St Mirren picked up a point at Tannadice as Mark O'Hara's second-half penalty cancelled out an early Dundee United goal. 

After a sluggish first-half, Saints were worthy of at least a point following an improved second-half performance.

Stephen Robinson made two changes with Charles Dunne suspended and Thierry Small dropping to the bench. They were replaced by Richard Taylor and Scott Tanser. New signing Caolan Boyd-Munce, who signed for Saints on Wednesday, was on the bench, while Tony Watt missed out entirely as he couldn't play against his parent club. 

United started the better and hit the front after just three minutes through Steven Fletcher. The veteran forward was first on to a Richard Taylor headed clearance and volleyed home from 20 yards to give the home side an early lead. 

The hosts went close to a second on 17 minutes when Aziz Behich sent a long-range drive just wide of the right-hand post. Three minutes later, Liam Smith had a decent opportunity when a cross from the left fell to the United full-back at the far post, but he fired into the side-netting. 

After a frustrating start to the match, the Buddies started to take a grip on the game and had their best chance to level on 24 minutes when Loick Ayina's slip allowed Curtis Main to run in behind. The forward burst into the box but struck low into the arms of Mark Birighitti in the United goal. Despite having the better of the possession in the first-half, Saints failed to test Birghitti enough in the opening 45 and went into the break behind.

It would take 10 minutes into the second-half for the first real opportunity and captain O'Hara - fresh from signing a contract extension until 2026 - almost pulled Saints level. The midfielder slid into meet a Greg Kiltie cross and was only denied by a clearance from United skipper Ryan Edwards who cleared away to stop it crossing the line. 

Stephen Robinson's men were pressing for an equaliser and Alex Greive had a decent chance on 63 minutes after a great delivery from Tanser on the left found the New Zealand striker in the United box, but he nodded wide. Saints thought they had levelled on 65 minutes when Richard Taylor headed home Ryan Strain's free-kick. The offside flag was raised and a lengthy VAR check confirmed the defender was off. 

St Mirren were awarded a penalty on 70 minutes when Main went down under the challenge of Ayina after getting in front of the United defender. Another considerable VAR check ensued, but referee Craig Napier stuck with his original decision to award the spot kick. O'Hara stepped up to fire home his eighth goal of the season and draw us level heading into the final stretch of the match.

Mark O'Hara celebrates after scoring from the spot (Image: Andy Barr)

Neither side seemed content with a point with both chasing a winner. Behich missed a big chance for the hosts just minutes after O'Hara's leveller when he blasted over from close range, while Saints substitute Thierry Small sclaffed over from inside the United box. Small looked lively after replacing Scott Tanser and sent a dangerous ball across the face of goal with no takers before crossing for Main who flicked wide. 

United almost snatched it in injury time when Kai Fotheringham cracked the post from the edge of the area. Trevor Carson then made a wonderful save to deny Mathew Cudjoe in the fifth minute of added time and when Saints couldn't clear the danger it allowed Ilmari Niskanen the chance to win it, but he somehow fired over from close range. 

Greive was inches away from a spectacular late winner when he volleyed inches over from the edge of the area as both had to settle for a point. 

Full-Time: Dundee United 1-1 St Mirren

St Mirren: Carson, Fraser, Gogic, R Taylor (Boyd-Munce 90), Strain (Flynn 83) ,O'Hara, Baccus, Kiltie (Shaughnessy 89), Tanser (Small 74), Greive, Main
Subs Not Used: Urminsky, Kenny, F.Taylor, Offord, Jamieson

Dundee United: Birighitti, Smith (Freeman 90), Ayina, Edwards, McMann (Cudjoe 88), Sibbald, Harkes (Niskanen 88), McGrath (Fotheringham 58), Pawlett (Djoum 59), Behich, Fletcher
Subs Not Used: Newman, Graham, Thomson, McLeod

Referee: Craig Napier
Assistant Referee: David Roome
Assistant Referee: Andy Milne
Fourth Official: Iain Snedden
VAR: Colin Steven
Assistant VAR: Steven Traynor

Attendance: 8,131

St Mirren fell to defeat against Celtic at the SMiSA Stadium with a first-half red card for Charles Dunne leaving Saints too much to do in the second-half.

The Buddies took an early lead when Mark O'Hara put us in front from the penalty spot. But defender Dunne was shown red on 38 minutes for denying Kyogo Furuhashi a goalscoring opportunity. And Celtic made the most of their man advantage in the second-half; scoring five goals to take the points. 

Stephen Robinson was able to welcome Keanu Baccus and Alex Greive back into the starting 11 after injury. They were the only two changes from the side that drew 1-1 with St Johnstone at McDiarmid Park last weekend as they came in for Ryan Flynn and Tony Watt. 

St Mirren got off to the perfect start after being awarded a penalty following a VAR check. Referee David Dickinson was advised to check the pitchside monitor after a handball from Greg Taylor and Saints captain O'Hara scored his third goal against Celtic this season from 12 yards to put us ahead. 

Mark O'Hara put us ahead from the penalty spot (Image: Allan Picken)

While Celtic were seeing most of the possession, Saints were resolute with the away side's first real chance not coming until 23 minutes when Marcus Fraser's loose clearance fell to Reo Hatate on the edge of the box and his ferocious effort flew just over the bar. Five minutes later, Trevor Carson made his first save of the match as he made a super one-handed stop push Jota's effort over after the Celtic man had weaved his way into the Saints box.

As the first-half approached its final few minutes St Mirren were reduced to 10 men when Dunne was shown a straight red card for denying Kyogo a goalscoring opportunity. Initially Celtic were awarded a penalty, but a VAR check ruled the foul took place outside the box and a free-kick was given instead. The ball was laid off to Celtic's captain Callum McGregor and his powerful strike was brilliantly blocked by Fraser as Saints went into the break in-front. 

Celtic levelled 11 minutes into the second 45 though when Jota squeezed home from close range to make it 1-1. The winger was sliding in alongside Kyogo to try and meet an Aaron Mooy low ball into the area. The first was blocked by Carson but Jota got a touch when the ball came back out to equalise despite Strain's efforts to clear before it crossed the line. The visitors then took the lead just after the hour mark when Alastair Johnston met Mooy's free-kick at the far post to bundle home.

Joe Shaughnessy and Tony Watt were introduced for Saints not long after Johnston's goal, but Celtic would score twice in two minutes to put the game beyond doubt. Liel Abada added the third on 70 minutes before the Israeli turned provider for Matt O'Riley who netted on 72 minutes. 

VAR awarded Celtic a penalty on 81 minutes when substitute Heyongyu Oh went down under the challenge of Alex Gogic. It was Oh who stepped up to take and he made it 5-1 to the visitors. 

Full-Time: St Mirren 1-5 Celtic

St Mirren: Carson, Fraser, Gogic, Dunne, Strain (Watt 62), Baccus, O'Hara (c), Kiltie (F.Taylor 75), Small (Shaughnessy 62), Greive (R.Taylor 45), Main (Tanser 75)
Subs Not Used: Urminsky, Flynn, Offord, Jamieson

Celtic: Hart, Johnston, Carter-Vickers, Starfelt, Taylor, Hatate (O'Riley 66), McGregor (c), Mooy (Iwata 74), Jota (Haksabanovic 71), Kyogo (Oh 66), Maeda (Abada 46)
Subs Not Used: Bain, Ralston, Kobayashi, Turnbull

Referee: David Dickinson
Assistant Referee: Ross Macleod 
Assistant Referee: David Dunne
Fourth Official: Euan Anderson
VAR: Andrew Dallas
Assistant VAR: Jonathan Bell

Attendance: 6,939

A late Alex Gogic header gave Saints a point at McDiarmid Park. 

The Cypriot scored his first goal of the season in the final few minutes to grab us a share of the spoils against 10 men St Johnstone. 

Gogic - who missed last weekend's win over Ross County with an ankle injury - returned to the starting line-up replacing Declan Gallagher who pulled up with a hamstring injury last Saturday. That was the only change made from last weekend's victory. 

After a fairly listless first 35 minutes - which saw very few opportunities - the game sprang into life. Curtis Main's low ball across the face of the box was almost turned into the St Johnstone net by Liam Gordon with the Perth Saints' goalkeeper Remi Matthews having to stick a leg out to sweep clear. 

Two minutes later a Ryan Strain cross-cum-shot almost caught out Matthews with the stopper having to tip away from the top corner. Almost immediately after,

Trevor Carson was forced into his first save of the match as he did well to push away a Stevie May header. Tony Watt came close to his first St Mirren goal on 39 minutes when he curled just wide of the far post from inside the area. 

St Johnstone were reduced to 10 men in the final minute of the opening 45 when Dan Phillips was shown red for serious foul play after a VAR check. The midfielder caught Ryan Flynn on the ankle with his studs and referee Craig Napier's quick check of the monitor saw the initial yellow card rescinded and replaced by a straight red. 

Saints started the second-half quickly and were inches away from taking the lead less than two minutes after the restart. Watt's cross from the right was met by Mark O'Hara who volleyed just wide. 

Thierry Small's low strike from distance was gathered by Matthews on the hour mark. Three minutes later Watt came close to opening the scoring when he met O'Hara's cross at the back post, but his header came off the bar and went over. 

Tony Watt came close to opening the scoring with a header the came off the bar (Image: Craig Brown)

But with 15 minutes remaining it was the 10 men of St Johnstone who took the lead through substitution Zak Rudden. The striker rose above the Saints defence to meet a Cammy MacPherson free-kick. His header came off the inside of the post before nestling in the back of the net. 

Stephen Robinson made a triple substitution on 80 minutes with Joe Shaughnessy, Lewis Jamieson and Kieran Offord on to replace Marcus Fraser, Flynn and Watt. And it was Shaughnessy whose brilliant cross found Gogic to head us level on 86 minutes. The Irish defender swung the ball in from the right where Gogic was on hand to bullet home the equaliser. 

Saints pressed for a winner with Gogic shooting into the arms of Matthews from the edge of the area before Jamieson scooped over in the final seconds as we had to settle for a point. 

Full-Time: St Johnstone 1-1 St Mirren

St Mirren: Carson, Fraser (Shaughnessy 80), Gogic, Dunne, Strain, Flynn (Jamieson 80), O'Hara (c), Kiltie, Small, Watt (Offord 80), Main
Subs Not Used: Urminsky, Campbell, Kenny, R.Taylor, F.Taylor, Gilmartin

St Johnstone: Matthews, Wright, Mitchell, Gordon, (c), Considine, Montgomery, MacPherson, Phillips, Hallberg, May (Rudden 72), Clark (Bair 72)
Subs Not Used: Sinclair, Brown, Gallacher, Wotherspoon, Carey, Murphy

Referee: Craig Napier
Assistant Referee: Daniel McFarlane
Assistant Referee: Michael Banks
Fourth Official: Duncan Williams
VAR: Grant Irvine
Assistant VAR: John McCrossan

Attendance: 3,828

St Mirren won at the SMiSA Stadium for the eighth time in the cinch Premiership this season following a 1-0 victory over Ross County.

Declan Gallagher's early goal was enough to give the Buddies a well-deserved three points and there was a clean sheet for Trevor Carson on a day that the club paid its respects to former goalkeeper Billy Thomson who sadly passed away earlier this month. 

Both sides take part in a minute's applause to pay tribute to ex-St Mirren goalkeeper Billy Thomson (Image: Allan Picken)

Saints were boosted by the news that Curtis Main passed a late fitness test after being a huge doubt the day before with a hamstring issue. Greg Kiltie and Ryan Flynn came into midfield in place of the injured Alex Gogic and Keanu Baccus, while Charles Dunne returned in place of Richard Taylor and Thierry Small replaced Scott Tanser.

St Mirren made a bright start and that was rewarded with the opening goal on seven minutes. It was a brilliant header from Gallagher as he rose above the Ross County defence to bullet home from Ryan Strain's corner. 

Stephen Robinson's side controlled the opening 25 minutes and Strain had two decent opportunities to double the Buddies' lead. On 22 minutes he was found at the back post by Marcus Fraser and his effort was blocked by County goalkeeper Ross Laidlaw. A minute later a header from the Staggies defence fell nicely to the Saints full-back, but he volleyed well over. 

Ross County's first real chance came just before the half-hour mark when ex-Saint Keith Watson slid in to meet a George Harmon ball to the back post, but he fired over. 

The Staggies had a big opportunity early into the second 45 after good work from substitute Owura Edwards down the right-hand side. He drove into the box and saw his effort blocked by the feet of Trevor Carson. The ball came back out to Nohan Kenneh who knocked over from close-range. County had another decent chance on 53 minutes when half-time substitute Ross Callachan fired over from the edge of the box after being first on to Jordan White's knock-down. 

Saints dealt with the early second-half pressure from County and had two decent chances after the hour mark. Main turned a low Kiltie ball wide on 62 minutes before Watt spun well in the box on 66 minutes but shot over. 

St Mirren could have killed the game off as we headed into the final 10 minutes. Main had a shot deflected on to the post in 78 minutes and four minutes later County goalkeeper Laidlaw made a brilliant double save to deny substitute Kieran Offord and Strain. 

Ross County were reduced to 10 men heading into stoppage time following a VAR check as Owura Edwards was given his marching orders for a foul on Carson. Saints would see the game out, but goalscorer Gallagher had to be substituted off with what appeared to be a hamstring injury. 

Full-Time: St Mirren 1-0 Ross County

St Mirren: Carson, Fraser, Gallagher (R.Taylor 90), Dunne, Strain, Flynn, O'Hara (c), Kiltie, Small (Shaughnessy 56), Watt (Offord 78), Main
Subs Not Used: Urminsky, Kenny, Campbell, F.Taylor, Gilmartin, Jamieson

Ross County: Laidlaw, Watson, Baldwin (Callachan 46), Iacovitti, Randall (Smith 75), Kenneh, Loturi, Harmon (G.Edwards 46), Dhanda (O.Edwards 46), White, Murray (Samuel 80)
Subs Not Used: Munro, Cancola, Sims, Stones

Referee: Graham Grainger 
Assistant Referee: Alan Mulvanny
Assistant Referee: Colin Drummond
Fourth Official: Greg Aitken
VAR: Gavin Duncan
Assistant VAR: Frank Connor

Attendance: 5,634

St Mirren were beaten by Motherwell at Fir Park after a quick start from the hosts gave the Buddies too much to do to take anything from the game. 

Stephen Robinson made one change from the side that lost to Celtic in the Scottish Cup on Saturday with Tony Watt making his first Saints start in place of the injured Alex Greive. Motherwell were led by interim manager Stuart Kettlewell following the sacking of Steven Hammell at the weekend. 

The home side took an early lead when Kevin Van Veen opened the scoring after just eight minutes. Blair Spittal slid the ball through with the Motherwell forward beating Richard Taylor to it and holding off the defender to slide beyond Trevor Carson. 

Saints fell two behind a little over 10 minutes later to a sensational Max Johnston effort. The Motherwell winger got on to a ball over the top and fired over Carson into the top corner from a tight angle to double the Steelmen's lead.

But St Mirren did pull a goal back on 24 minutes when Strain netted his third goal of the season. Watt did well down the left-hand side and cut the ball back into the area where it looked like Keanu Baccus would knock home. He fluffed his lines but it fell invitingly for his countryman Strain who reduced the deficit. Strain wasn't far away from drawing us level on 33 minutes when he volleyed wide from 20 yards. 

Ryan Strain scored his third goal of the season to reduce the deficit (Image: Jeff Holmes)

Saints knew the next goal would be vital and started the second-half quickly with Main blasting over from a tight angle just 20 seconds after the restart. Nine minutes later Watt saw an effort deflected over after a good bit of play down the right-hand side. 

Stephen Robinson made a change on 57 minutes with Alex Gogic making way for Greg Kiltie as we looked for a way back into the match. Saints dominated the possession but were limited to strikes from 20 yards from Strain and O'Hara - both of which were gathered with ease by Liam Kelly. Leiws Jamieson and Ryan Flynn then entered the fray as we headed into the final 10 minutes. 

Motherwell passed up a big chance to put the game beyond doubt with a little over five minutes remaining when their substitute Jack Aitchison fired wide from close-range. It almost proved costly as Saints went straight up the park and had the ball in the net but referee John Beaton had blown for a foul which saw us end the night in defeat.

Full-Time: Motherwell 2-1 St Mirren

St Mirren: Carson, Fraser, Gallagher, R.Taylor, Strain (Flynn 79), Baccus, O'Hara (c), Gogic (Kiltie 57), Tanser (Small 31), Watt (Jamieson 79), Main
Subs Not Used: Urminsky, Shaughnessy, Dunne, F.Taylor, Offord

Motherwell: Kelly (c), Johnston, Casey, McGinn, Furlong (O'Donnell 90), Butcher, Goss, Cornelius, Spittal (Slattery 84), Van Veen (Aitchison 78), Obika
Subs Not Used: Oxborough, Crankshaw, Danzaki, McKinstry, Tierney, Dunachie

Referee: John Beaton
Assistant Referee: Alastair Mather
Assistant Referee: Gordon Crawford
Fourth Official: Dan McFarlane
VAR: Euan Anderson
Assistant VAR: Andrew McWilliam

St Mirren exited the Scottish Cup with defeat at Celtic Park, but the 5-1 scoreline was harsh on Saints who - for 75 minutes - competed well with Celtic until a red card for Richard Taylor. 

Taylor was one of two changes made by manager Stephen Robinson as he replaced Charles Dunne who dropped out with a hamstring injury. Declan Gallagher came in for Greg Kiltie in the other change from last weekend's 1-0 loss to Hibernian.

Trevor Carson was called into action early on with the Saints stopper making a strong two-handed save to push away Jota's effort on two minutes after the Portuguese winger has jinked his way into the St Mirren box.

Saints looked to hit Celtic on the counter on a couple of occasions early on, but it was Celtic who came closest to the opener in the first 10 minutes when Daizen Maeda's attempted cross sailed over the head of Carson, but came back off the post. 

The home side were forced into an early change when Kyogo was came off with an injury to be replaced by Liel Abada. That saw Maeda moved to centre-forward and that shift of position would pay dividends for the the hosts as the Japanese forward put them ahead on 16 minutes. Maeda was on hand just six yards from goal to slide home from Aaron Mooy's low ball across the face of the box. 

Saints almost levelled just two minutes later when Greive did well to turn Carl Starfelt in the box and his effort looked like it was heading for the far corner of the net, only for Cameron Carter-Vickers to head clear the danger. Carter-Vickers was the man alert again for the hosts on 33 minutes when his vital interception denied Greive the chance to go one-on-one with Joe Hart in the Celtic goal. 

St Mirren were also forced into a change a few minutes before half-time when Greive couldn't continue after going down with an ankle injury. He was replaced by Tony Watt. Alex Gogic had a go from 20 yards in the final minutes of the half, but his effort flew over while Celtic had a big chance for a second before the interval only for Jota to flick Mooy's cross over.

Celtic almost grabbed a second six minutes into the second-half when a low Alastair Johnston ball across from the right came off Marcus Fraser and crashed off the post before Saints managed to clear. 

Saints were making it difficult for Celtic and almost had a big opportunity to level just after the hour mark when Keanu Baccus broke forward and slipped in Watt down the left-side. The forward cut into the box but had his shot blocked. 

The game completely changed with 15 minutes remaining when Saints were reduced to 10 men and Celtic were awarded a penalty following a lengthy VAR check. Taylor was shown a red card for a handball in the box and Reo Hatate stepped up to score from 12 yards. 

Celtic added a third five minutes later when substitute Oh scored from close-range. Carson had initially saved Callum McGregor's effort but the ball fell to Oh who knocked home from just a few yards out. 

Saints didn't give up and pulled a goal back on 87 minutes from the penalty spot. Greg Kiltie was fouled by Carl Starfelt and O'Hara slammed home from the spot. But Celtic would add to the scoring with Matt O'Riley and Hatate scoring stunning efforts in the final few minutes to put a harsh reflection on the final scoreline. 

Mark O'Hara pulled a goal back for Saints from the penalty spot (Image: Allan Picken)

Full-Time: Celtic 5-1 St Mirren

St Mirren: Carson, Fraser, Gallagher, R.Taylor, Strain (Flynn 77), Baccus (Kiltie 71), O'Hara (c), Gogic, Tanser (Small 71), Greive (Watt 41), Main (Shaughnessy 77)
Subs Not Used: Urminsky, Kenny, Offord, Jamieson

Celtic: Hart, Johnston, Starfelt, Carter-Vickers, Taylor, Mooy (Hatate 63), McGregor (c), Turnbull (O'Riley 63), Jota (Oh 63), Kyogo (Abada 14), Maeda (Haksabanovic 78)
Subs Not Used: Bain, Kobayashi, Iwata, Forrest

Referee: Steven McLean
Assistant Referee: Douglas Ross
Assistant Referee: Alastair Mather
Fourth Official: Graham Grainger
VAR: Colin Steven
Assistant VAR: Gary Hilland

Saints' 12 game unbeaten home run came to a disappointing end with defeat to Hibernian.

It looked as if neither team would score on a difficult day for playing football but the visitors found a way through with less than 15 minutes left. Élie Youan gathered up a great pass from Ewan Henderson and held off his marker before slamming the ball past Trevor Carson via the post. In the process, he ensured Hibs would be the first team to leave Paisley with all three points since Motherwell back in July.

Saints boss Stephen Robinson had stuck with the side that saw off Aberdeen during the week, Curtis Main once again being joined in attack by Alex Greive with goal hero Declan Gallagher on the bench alongside new signings Tony Watt and Thierry Small. Lewis Stevenson made a record breaking 450th appearance for the visitors, who replaced the injured Kevin Nisbet with Harry McKirdy.

Hibs controlled the early stages, Trevor Carson doing well to get down to turn away Élie Youan's low shot before Josh Campbell had a long range shot deflected wide. Campbell had the visitors' next attempt, his effort looking goal-bound before Mark O'Hara helped it wide. Scott Tanser was first to test David Marshall at the other end but the veteran goalie saved easily.

The wind and rain were making it difficult for both teams with chances at a premium. Aiden McGeady had a threatening run brought to an abrupt end by Tanser just outside the box. The veteran winger's free-kick was so good that for a few seconds the visiting fans behind the opposite goal thought he had curled it into the top corner rather than narrowly off target. Moments later Curtis Main saw his low drive palmed away by Marshall as Saints enjoyed their first real spell of pressure, the striker then pouncing on some slack play from McGeady to burst forward before blazing over.

The poor conditions continued after the break as Marshall gathered a cross-come-shot from Greg Kiltie. CJ Egan-Riley volleyed wide after Will Fish had headed down a Hibs free-kick before Tanser hooked a shot over from O'Hara's cross. Midway through the half Youan had a go at providing a spectacular opener, his acrobatic effort from sub Chris Cadden's cross not far wide of goal. Youan then slid a ball through for Matthew Hoppe, who had replaced the injured McKirdy early on, but his shot was no problem for Carson.

There was little the keeper could do a few minutes later as Hibs made the break through. A tremendous cross-field pass from sub Ewan Henderson found Youan and he held off the challenge of his defender before firing home with some help from the post, to the delight of the Hibs fans behind the goal. Saints had the best part of a quarter of an hour to find an equaliser but created nothing of note, Marshall having little to do to ensure he kept a clean sheet and his side took all three points.

Full-Time: St Mirren 0-1 Hibernian

St Mirren: Carson, Fraser, Gogic, Dunne, Strain, Baccus, Kiltie (Small 80), O'Hara (c), Tanser (Offord 81), Greive (Watt 67), Main
Subs Not Used: Urminsky, R.Taylor, Gallagher, Flynn, F.Taylor, Gilmartin

Hibernian: Marshall, Egan-Riley, Fish, Hanlon, Stevenson, Jeggo, Newell (Henderson 69), Campbell, McGeady (Cadden 57), Youan, McKirdy (Hoppe 18)
Subs Not Used: Johnson, Miller, Cabraja, Jair, MacIntyre, O'Connor

Referee: Matthew MacDermid
Assistant Referee: Steven Traynor
Assistant Referee: Chris Rae
Fourth Official: Barry Cook
VAR: William Collum
Assistant VAR: John McCrossan

Attendance: 7,253

St Mirren picked up a well-deserved first league win at Pittodrie since 2011 thanks to a double from Curtis Main and Declan Gallagher's first goal for Saints. 

Deadline day signings Thierry Small and Tony Watt were named on the bench with Keanu Baccus returning to the starting line-up in place of Ethan Erhahon following the latter's move to Lincoln City. Other than that Saints remained unchanged from Saturday's 1-0 win over Motherwell. 

The game got off to a dramatic start when Aberdeen were reduced to 10 men after just seven minutes following a VAR check. Ross McCrorie caught Charles Dunne with an elbow and was shown a red card after referee Grant Irvine's check at the monitor.  

Saints were seeing the majority of the ball, but neither side really created anything in the opening 30 minutes, save for a blocked Alex Greive effort on 25 minutes. Matty Kennedy dragged an effort wide from the edge of the area on 32 minutes in what was the home side's first decent opportunity of the match. 

The game sparked to life on 35 minutes when Dunne was late with his challenge on Aberdeen captain Graeme Shinnie and received a yellow card. The challenge caused tempers to fray with Duk, Ylber Ramadani and Greive all going into the book after a stramash. 

Saints should have taken the lead on 38 minutes after good work from O'Hara saw the stand-in skipper drive into the box from the left-side and roll the ball into a dangerous area. Curtis Main slid in to get a toe to it with the goal gaping but knocked it agonisingly wide of the right-hand post. 

Heading into the final five minutes of the second-half, Trevor Carson was called into action for the first time when he tipped over a cross from the left-side as it looked like it might creep under his bar. 

Stephen Robinson made a change at the break with Declan Gallagher on to replace Dunne. 

Saints were dominating possession and took the lead a little over 10 minutes into the second-half when Main scored his second goal in as many weeks. The forward was on hand at the front post to meet Strain's free-kick from the left and bulleted home a header to put us in-front. 

Buoyed by the goal, the Buddies went in search of a second with Main twice having shots blocked inside the area while Baccus forced a brilliant save from Joe Lewis. With 20 minutes remaining it was Greg Kiltie who was agonisingly close to making it 2-0 was his header came off the bar and Strain's follow-up deflected wide by Shinnie.

Frustratingly, Aberdeen would get themselves level against the run of play on 74 minutes when Bojan Miovski scored from the penalty spot. Marcus Fraser was adjudged to have fouled Duk as the Aberdeen man broke into the box and referee Grant Irvine pointed to the spot with Miovski equalising. 

Main put St Mirren back in front with nine minutes of normal time remaining with a super finish inside the box. The forward picked up a brilliant ball from Baccus and spun before brilliantly firing into the bottom corner.

The Buddies put the seal on the victory in stoppage time when Gallagher scored his first St Mirren goal. The defender rose highest to meet a Small corner and despite not initially being given, a VAR check confirmed it crossed the line and Saints ensured they'd be leaving Aberdeen with all the points. 

Declan Gallagher scores the third in win over Aberdeen (Image: AFC Media)

Full-Time: Aberdeen 1-3 St Mirren

St Mirren: Carson, Fraser, Gogic, Dunne (Gallagher 46), Strain, Baccus, O'Hara (c), Kiltie (Flynn 90), Tanser (Small 76), Greive (Watt 72), Main
Subs Not Used: Urminsky, R.Taylor, Small, Flynn, F.Taylor, Jamieson, Offord

Aberdeen: Lewis, McCrorie, Pollock, MacDonald, Kennedy, Ramadani, Clarkson (Watkins 83), Shinnie, Hayes, Miovski, Duk (Markanday 83)
Subs Not Used: Ritchie, Barron, Myslovic, Coulson, Duncan, Bavidge, Roberts

Referee: Grant Irvine
Assistant Referee: Jonathan Bell
Assistant Referee: David Dunne
Fourth Official: Ross Hardie
VAR: Gavin Duncan
Assistant VAR: Graeme Leslie

Attendance: 13,014