St Mirren suffered just a third league defeat of the cinch Premiership season as the Buddies fell to a 4-0 loss at Dens Park.

First-half goals from Amadou Bakayoko and Zak Rudden had the hosts 2-0 in-front at the interval. Bakayoko scored his second and Dundee's third early into the second-half before susbstitute Zach Robinson to cap off a disappointing afternoon for Saints.

Stephen Robinson was forced into one change from the side that drew 2-2 with Hibernian on Wednesday night. Mark O'Hara missed out with illness and was replaced by Keanu Baccus. Marcus Fraser took the captain's armband. 

The hosts had a big opportunity to take an early lead when Zak Rudden beat Richard Taylor to the ball and raced one-on-one with Zach Hemming. But the Dundee forward cracked his effort off the post. 

Dundee would go in front when they opened the scoring on 16 minutes. Taylor's attempted clearance from a corner fell straight to the feet of Bakayoko who fired into the net. 

Saints' first decent chance came on 22 minutes after a good passage of play saw the ball worked to Conor McMenamin on the right-hand side. The forward cut inside and got his shot away but he didn't get enough on it as it drifted harmlessly wide. 

The Buddies were moving the ball about well enough in the first 45 but hadn't done enough to trouble Dundee goalkeeper Trevor Carson and in the final minute of the half, the home side were awarded a penalty with Fraser penalised for a handball. Rudden took and sent Hemming the wrong way to double the home side's advantage. 

The manager made four changes at the interval with Charles Dunne, Lewis Jamieson, Toyosi Olusanya and Alex Greive introduced in place of Taylor, McMenamin, Greg Kiltie and Mikael Mandron. 

Dundee added a third a little over 10 minutes into the second-half. A quick break saw Bakayoko feed the ball wide to Rudden who charged down the right. His shot was saved by Hemming but fell to the feet of Bakayoko who knocked into an empty net. 

Thierry Small came on for Caolan Boyd-Munce with a little under 20 minutes remaining and he had a massive chance to pull a goal back within a minute of his introduction. It was a brilliant ball in from Jamieson which met the loanee at the far post but he crashed his effort off the bar. Two minutes later, the roles were reversed when Small turned provider for Jamieson, but the Youth Academy graduate sent his strike over the bar. 

Dundee added a fourth with five minutes of normal time remaining after hitting Saints on the counter. Luke McCowan broke clear and shuffled the ball across to substitute Robinson who knocked beyond Hemming to round off a poor afternoon for the Buddies. 

Full-Time: Dundee 4-0 St Mirren

St Mirren: Hemming, Fraser (c), Gogic, Taylor (Dunne 46), Strain, Baccus, Boyd-Munce (Small 71), Tanser, McMenamin (Jamieson 46), Mandron (Olusanya 46), Kiltie (Greive 46)
Subs Not Used: Urminsky, Bolton, Flynn, Nahmani

Dundee: Carson, Portales, Shaughnessy (c), Lamie, McGhee (Kerr 89), Cameron, Boateng, McCowan, Beck, Bakayoko (Pineda 90), Rudden (Robinson 81)
Subs Not Used: Legzdins, Reilly, Robertson, Howley, Donnelly, Sylla

Referee: Matthew MacDermid
Assistant Referee: Daniel McFarlane
Assistant Referee: Andy Milne
Fourth Official: Graham Grainger
VAR: Andrew Dallas

Attendance: 5,496 (772 away fans)

Lewis Jamieson's first St Mirren goal grabbed Saints a share of the spoils against Hibernian. The 21-year-old netted in injury-time to give the Buddies a point

Saints boss Stephen Robinson made one change to the side that lost narrowly at Celtic Park last Wednesday with Mikael Mandron starting up top in place of Toyosi Olusanya. Keanu Baccus returned to the squad after missing the trip to Celtic, but he had to settle for a place on the bench. 

It was Hibernian who struck first with Josh Campbell firing the visitors in front on 12 minutes. A Jordan Obita pass slipped under the legs of Alex Gogic allowing Dylan Vente to run on to it. The Dutch striker laid the ball back to the edge of the area to meet Campbell who slotted low into the bottom left corner. 

10 minutes later Vente got himself in behind the Saints defence but the angle was too tight as he blasted wide of the target. 

The visitors had two big opportunities in the space of two minutes to double their advantage. A goal-mouth scramble saw Zach Hemming push away a strike from Elie Youan and the Hibees forward was close to making it 2-0 on 35 minutes when he was found in space by a Campbell cross, but he smashed well wide. 

The Buddies best chance of the first-half came in the final minutes of normal time when Greg Kiltie found himself on the end of a Mandron knock down. He smashed towards goal but saw it turned away by Obita.

Marcus Fraser came close to levelling seconds after the restart when he picked the ball out of the air and sent a volley just wide of the target. 

Hemming had to be alert and his quick thinking denied the visitors a second less than five minutes into the second-half. Hibs goalscorer Campbell looked to pounce on a loose back pass from Gogic but the Saints goalkeeper was quick to charge out and smother the ball. How important that would prove to be just two minutes later when Saints were awarded a penalty after a VAR check. Richard Taylor was hauled down in the box and referee Steven McLean was advised to check the monitor. The referee pointed to the spot and captain Mark O'Hara smashed home to draw us level. 

Mark O'Hara scored from the penalty spot to draw us level (Image: Allan Picken) 

Hemming made a good save on the hour mark after Youan jinxed his way through and fired a low effort towards the left-hand post.  

Hibernian re-took the lead with just over 20 minutes of the game remaining. Youan burst forward at speed and slipped in Vente who made his way into the box and rolled across the six yard area where it met Joe Newell who knocked into the net from close range. 

The manager introduced Alex Greive and Jamieson as the Buddies searched for a leveller. And they both came close to making an instant impact with a brilliant delivery from Jamieson begging to be touched home by Toyosi Olusanya, before Greive turned a shot just behind the post two minutes later. 

Saints pressed for an equaliser and it would finally come in the second minute of added on time when Jamieson fired home from just inside the area. His initial shot was blocked but it fell to the academy graduate again and he slammed into the net to score his first for St Mirren and earn us a point. 

Full-Time: St Mirren 2-2 Hibernian

St Mirren: Hemming, Fraser, Gogic, Taylor, Strain, Boyd-Munce (Baccus 63), O'Hara (c), Tanser, Kiltie (Greive 77), Mandron (Olusanya 63), McMenamin (Jamieson 77)
Subs Not Used: Urminsky, Bolton, Dunne, Small, Flynn

Hibernian: Marshall, Whittaker (Miller 67), Fish, Rocky, Obita, Jair, Levitt (Jeggo 83), Newell, Youan, Campbell, Vente (Landers 85)
Subs Not Used: Wollacott, Hanlon, Boyle, Stevenson, Delferrière, Molotnikov

Referee: Steven McLean
Assistant Referee: Graham McNeillie
Assistant Referee: John McCrossan
Fourth Official: Duncan Williams
VAR: Sean Carr

St Mirren were edged out at Celtic Park as a late goal from substitute Hyeongyu Oh gave the hosts the points despite a battling performance from Stephen Robinson's men.

Conor McMenamin's first goal for Saints gave us an early lead in the East End of Glasgow, but David Turnbull levelled for the Hoops 11 minutes later. The Celtic midfielder missed a penalty on the half-hour mark and it looked like the Buddies may have been taking a point back to Paisley thanks to an inspired goalkeeping performance from Zach Hemming. But with only seven minutes of normal time remaining, Oh popped up with a winner for Brendan Rodgers' side. 

The manager made three changes to the side that defeated St Johnstone 4-0 on Saturday. Ryan Strain returned from suspension in place of Ryan Flynn, Caolan Boyd-Munce came in for the injured Keanu Baccus and Toyosi Olusanya replaced Mikael Mandron.

The Buddies started brightly and shocked a packed Celtic Park when McMenamin netted his first St Mirren goal. The forward got his head on the end of a beautiful cross from Greg Kiltie who notched up another assist following on his goal and assist against St Johnstone on Saturday. 

Conor McMenamin scored his first St Mirren goal to give us an early lead (Image: Allan Picken)

But Celtic equalised 11 minutes later when Turnbull scored on 18 minutes. The midfielder was teed up by O'Riley and, from the edge of the area, he curled into the top right corner to draw the league leaders level. 

Celtic were gifted an opportunity to take the lead just before the half hour mark when referee John Beaton awarded the Hoops a penalty for an Alex Gogic handball after a VAR check. Turnbull stepped up to take but crashed his effort off the post. Palma was first on to the rebound, but Zach Hemming got two strong hands to push away.  

The Saints goalkeeper made another big stop at the end of the half as he turned behind a sliced clearance from birthday boy Gogic as the sides went into the break level. 

Hemming was forced into action 10 minutes into the second-half when he knocked behind a James Forrest effort after patient build-up play from the hosts. 

The manager made two changes on 65 minutes as he looked to freshen things up. Goalscorer McMenamin and Olusanya were replaced by Alex Greive and Mikael Mandron.  But Celtic were still dominated possession and playing most of the match in Saints' half. Hemming was again forced into another good stop when he pushed away Hyunjun Yang's curling effort from the edge of the area with less than 20 minutes remaining. The Celtic substitute sent another effort just by the post from similar range five minutes later. 

Celtic eventually found a way through the Saints rearguard with substitute Hyeongyu Oh scoring with seven minutes of normal time remaining. The forward was slipped in by Odin Thiago Holm and finished with aplomb. 

The Buddies went right up the park in search of a leveller and had a good opportunity when the ball fell to Kiltie inside the box, but his effort was blocked. The ball was swung back in where it met the head of Mark O'Hara but it was gathered by Joe Hart. Despite Saints pressure in the final minutes, we couldn't fashion an opportunity for an equaliser as we left Celtic Park empty-handed. 

Full-Time: Celtic 2-1 St Mirren

St Mirren: Hemming, Fraser, Gogic, R.Taylor, Strain (Dunne 81), Boyd-Munce (Flynn 88), O'Hara, Tanser, Kiltie (Nahmani 88), Olusanya (Mandron 65), McMenamin (Greive 65)
Subs Not Used: Urminsky, Bolton, Small, Flynn, Jamieson

Celtic: Hart, Johnston, Phillips, Scales, G.Taylor, McGregor (c), O'Riley (Holm 68), Turnbull (Oh 74), Palma (Maeda 56), Kyogo, Forrest (Yang 56)
Subs Not Used: Bain, Ralston, Nawrocki, Iwata, Bernardo

Referee: John Beaton
Assistant Referee: Graeme Stewart 
Assistant Referee: Gordon Crawford
Fourth Official: Stewart Luke
VAR: Nick Walsh

St Mirren gained supremacy in the first Battle of the Saints of the season as they cruised to a 4-0 win over St Johnstone in Paisley.

Neither side had played a competitive game for three weeks due to the international break and the weather and it showed in a disappointing first half. However, it was brightened up as the interval approached when Keanu Baccus sent a tremendous shot sailing past Dimitar Mitov into the top corner.

It didn't take the Buddies long to double their lead after the break, Mikael Mandron finishing clinically after a horrendous error in the visiting backline, the striker then slamming home the third 20 minutes from the end after tremendous work from Toyosi Olusanya. Olusanya went close to getting on the scoresheet himself in the final minute only for his shot to hit the post, Greg Kiltie on hand to tuck away the loose ball.

Mandron had got the nod from the start instead of Olusanya, Ryan Flynn replacing Ryan Strain following his red card against Rangers three weeks ago. Nicky Clark led the attack for the visitors, with former Buddie Cammy MacPherson on the bench and Graham Carey missing entirely.

The opening exchanges could best be described as turgid and it took nearly half an hour for either side to muster anything amounting to an attempt on goal, Clark's effort being deflected well wide before Dara Costelloe and Liam Gordon both sent shots well over.

St Mirren had done nothing of note in attack but that all changed 10 minutes before the break. The Buddies broke on the counter attack and good play between Greg Kiltie and Mandron allowed the former to lay the ball off for Keanu Baccus, who curled a tremendous shot beyond the grasp of Dimitar Mitov into the top corner from 25 yards. It was a goal completely out of keeping with the 35 minutes that had preceded it but no one in the home support cared.

Keanu Baccus celebrates after putting us ahead with a brilliant strike (Image: Allan Picken)

The Paisley Saints looked a different team and went hunting a second, Baccus firing over from the edge of the box as he looked to double his tally. It was then St Johnstone's turn to counter but it ended with a tame header from Diallang Jaiyesimi that was no trouble for Zach Hemming as the half came to a close.

Mandron's header was similarly straightforward for Mitov as hostilities resumed but the striker made no mistake just seconds later, gleefully intercepting a horrendous attempt by James Brown to chest the ball back to his keeper before slotting home to double the Buddies' lead.

Matt Smith shot over as the visitors tried to respond, Costelloe's header at the back post going wide. Hemming was equal to a shot from sub Jay Turner-Cooke before the Buddies put the game to bed with 20 minutes left. Mandron sent sub Olusanya away down the left before charging into the box for the return pass, slamming it past Mitov for his second and the hosts' third.

Unsurprisingly, the game petered out after that, efforts from Jaiyesimi and Kane causing Hemming few problems while Olusanya dragged a shot well wide as he tried to put the icing on the cake. Instead it was Kiltie who had that honour, Olusanya seeing his shot from Alex Greive's pass hit the post, the midfielder pouncing to pop the ball into the net and complete a remarkable afternoon.

Full-Time: St Mirren 4-0 St Johnstone 

St Mirren: Hemming, Fraser, Gogic, Taylor (Dunne 87), Flynn (Bolton 87), Baccus (Boyd-Munce 77), O'Hara (c), Tanser, Kiltie, Mandron (Greive 87), McMenamin (Olusanya 61)
Subs Not Used: Urminsky, Small, Jamieson, Nahmani

St Johnstone: Mitov, Jaiyesmi (Gallacher 73), Brown (Kane 55), Gordon (c), Considine, Robinson, Sprangler, Smith (MacPherson 55), Kucheriavyi (Turner-Cooke 65), Costelloe, Clark (May 65)
Subs Not Used: Richards, McGowan, Olufunwa, Jephcott

Referee: David Dickinson
Assistant Referee: Sean Carr
Assistant Referee: Graham McNeillie
Fourth Official: Alastair Grieve 
VAR: Andrew Dallas

Attendance: 5,552

St Mirren's unbeaten start to the cinch Premiership season came to an end after a 3-0 defeat to Rangers at The SMiSA Stadium. 

There was little between the sides until a VAR call saw Saints reduced to 10 men midway through the first-half when Ryan Strain was shown a straight red card for a handball in the box. James Tavernier scored the resulting penalty for the visitors. Abdallah Sima added a second with less than 20 minutes of the match remaining before Tavernier rounded off the scoring in the final minute.

There was a minute's applause prior to kick-off as we paid our respects to our former striker Frank McDougall who sadly passed away last week at the age of 65.

St Mirren players applaud as we paid our respects to Frank McDougall (Image: Jeff Holmes)

Neither goalkeeper was tested in the opening 20 minutes with Rangers having more of the possession, but Saints were well-organised and looking to cause Rangers problems. The first real chance of the game came when a ball floated to the back post found Scott Tanser. But the left-back, who agreed a new Saints contract yesterday, didn't get the connection he would have wanted and stuck it wide. 

Rangers' best chance came when Zak Lovelace played a dangerous looking ball across the face of goal which Sima failed to convert at the back post. The Rangers forward screamed for handball and when the ball went out of play, the game was stopped for a VAR check. The Buddies were dealt a double blow when Strain was given a straight red card for denying a clear goalscoring opportunity with the handball and Rangers were awarded a penalty. James Tavernier knocked home from 12 yards to give his visitors the lead on 30 minutes. 

Zach Hemming made a wonderful save four minutes later to deny the visitors the chance to double their advantage. The Saints number one was at full-stretch to push Connor Goldson's header over the bar. The Buddies stopper made another big save in the final moments of the first-half when he blocked Nicolas Raskin's strike. 

There was still very little between the sides in the second-half despite Rangers having the man and goal advantage. 

Saints made three changes to try and find a way back into the match with Caolan Boyd-Munce, Alex Greive and Mikael Mandron coming on to replace Keanu Baccus, Greg Kiltie and Toyosi Olusanya. But Rangers would seal their victory when they hit Saints on the counter and added a second three minutes after the changes. Raskin raced through to a ball over the top and rolled the ball across the box for Sima who fired into the low corner of the net. 

Rangers substitute Cyriel Dessers had a chance to make the final scoreline more emphatic for the visitors when he broke clear on 85 minutes, but the forward shot straight at Hemming. 

The visitors would add a third though with Tavernier scoring his second with a stunning strike from the edge of the area in the final minute of normal time. 

Full-Time: St Mirren 0-3 Rangers

St Mirren: Hemming, Fraser, Gogic, Taylor, Strain, Baccus (Boyd-Munce 68), O'Hara (c), Tanser, Kiltie (Greive 68), Olusanya (Mandron 68), McMenamin (Nahmani 81)
Subs Not Used: Urminsky, Bolton, Dunne, Small, Flynn

Rangers: Butland, Tavernier, Goldson, Souttar, Barisic, Lundstram, Raskin, Cifuentes (Rice 90), Sima (Lammers 90), Roofe (Dessers 60), Lovelace (McCausland 41)
Subs Not Used: McCrorie, Ridvan, Sterling, Davies, McKinnon

Referee: Nick Walsh
Assistant Referee: David Roome
Assistant Referee: Dougie Potter 
Fourth Official: Grant Irvine
VAR: Steven Kirkland

Attendance: 6,984 

St Mirren remained unbeaten in the cinch Premiership after a share of the spoils at Rugby Park.

Ex-Saint Brad Lyons put the hosts ahead on 19 minutes, but an own-goal from Kyle Magennis a little over 10 minutes later saw the Buddies take a point back to Paisley in a 1-1 draw and make it seven without defeat in the league.

Stephen Robinson made three changes to the side that was defeated at Easter Road on Wednesday night. In came Charles Dunne, Keanu Baccus and Conor McMenamin in place of Richard Taylor, Caolan Boyd-Munce and Toyosi Olusanya.

Despite a fairly positive start for Saints, it was the hosts who took the lead on 19 minutes through Brad Lyons. The former Buddie charged down a Dunne clearance with the ball spinning into the air. Lyons raced on to it, beating Zach Hemming to the ball to nod home. 

Saints drew level just after the half-hour mark. Mandron laid the ball into the path of Scott Tanser whose dangerous ball from the left was turned into his own net by ex-Saint Kyle Magennis. Unfortunately for the St Mirren Youth Academy graduate, he had to be substituted with an injury just a few minutes later. 

Greg Kiltie had an opportunity in injury time at the end of the half when Baccus' deflected effort fell into his path. He turned and got the shot away but it too was deflected and drifted wide.  

The second-half was a stuffy affair devoid of any real opportunities for either side. The manager had to contend with McMenamin coming off after a knock on 64 minutes, while Olusanya was introduced in place of Mandron as Saints looked to take advantage of the forward's pace. 

But it was Kilmarnock who were seeing more of the ball in the latter stages of the game as they searched for their first league win since the opening day of the season. Five minutes of additional time were added with Matty Kennedy blootering a free-kick well over from 30 yards as the game approached its end. Kilmarnock chased for a winner with their captain Kyle Vassell doing well to break forward and hold the ball up in stoppage time before rolling it to substitute Liam Polworth inside the area, but he took it first time and knocked over to ensure that it would end in a point for each side. 

Full-Time: Kilmarnock 1-1 St Mirren

St Mirren: Hemming, Fraser, Gogic, Dunne, Strain, Baccus, O'Hara (c), Tanser, Kiltie (Greive 83), Mandron (Olusanya 70), McMenamin (Small 64)
Subs Not Used: Urminsky, Bolton, Taylor, Flynn, Boyd-Munce, Nahmani

Kilmarnock: Dennis, Mayo, Wright, Findlay, Lyons (Polworth 78), Armstrong, Magennis (Watson 34), Kennedy, Ndaba, Vassell, Cameron (Dallas 67)
Subs Not Used: O'Hara, Deas, McKenzie, Murray, Davies, Donnelly

Referee: Chris Graham
Assistant Referee: Gordon Crawford
Assistant Referee: Stuart Stevenson
Fourth Official: Chris Fordyce
VAR: Alan Muir

Attendance: 6,624 (1,152 St Mirren supporters)

St Mirren exited the Viaplay Cup at the Quarter-Final stage after a 4-2 defeat to Hibernian at Easter Road. 

Scott Tanser and Keanu Baccus both scored terrific efforts for Saints, but it wasn't enough to see us book a place at Hampden in the last four of the competition. 

Caolan Boyd-Munce - whose goal against Motherwell in the last round saw Saints progress - came into the starting eleven along with Mikael Mandron as the pair replaced Keanu Baccus and Conor McMenamin in the only changes from the win against Hearts on Saturday. 

The two sides were still feeling the game out in the opening stages, though it was Saints who created the best opportunities in the opening 45 with two half-chances coming in the first 15 minutes, both of which fell to Greg Kiltie. The midfielder first headed an effort at David Marshall before cutting in on his left foot and curling well over a few minutes later. 

Toyosi Olusanya - who scored at Easter Road last month - came close to grabbing the opener for the Buddies on 32 minutes. The forward got himself on the end of a ball over the top and lifted it over Marshall but it went just wide of the target. 

Saints took the lead two minutes before the interval when Tanser slammed home a half-volley to score his second goal in three games. It was a brilliant hit from the Saints left-wing back who was on the end of Mandron's nod down to smash beyond Marshall and put us ahead just before the break.

Saints players celebrate Scott Tanser's opening goal at Easter Road (Image: Craig Brown)

The hosts fired back in the early part of the second-half, scoring two goals in two minutes to take the lead. Elie Youan levelled the game on 52 minutes when he knocked home after getting being quickest to react to Will Fish's header with suggestions it may have unfortunately come off Ryan Strain. And the Hibees would go in-front less than two minutes later when Dylan Vente found time and space in the Saints box to turn and finish beyond Zach Hemming. It was a bitter blow for the Buddies after taking a deserved lead in at half-time.

Saints made a triple substitution a few minutes after the hour mark when he introduced Baccus, McMenamin and Alex Greive in place of Boyd-Munce, Mandron and Kiltie. It would be one of the changes that drew us level with just under 15 minutes remaining when Baccus equalised. The Australian drove forward and it opened up nicely for him to drill into the far corner of the net to make it 2-2. 

But the hosts would re-take the lead just four minutes later. Boyle was the fortunate recipient of a ricochet off Gogic which allowed the Hibs forward to knock home with an effort that went in off the bar. Boyle had a chance to wrap the game up on 87 minutes, but Hemming made a brilliant save to keep it at three. The Hibees forward would, however, seal his side's place at Hampden in injury-time as he raced clear again and made no mistake to make it 4-2. 

Full-Time: Hibernian 4-2 St Mirren

St Mirren: Hemming, Fraser, Gogic (Small 82), Taylor, Strain, Kiltie (Greive 64), Boyd-Munce (Baccus 64), O'Hara (c), Tanser, Olusanya (Nahmani 82), Mandron (McMenamin 64)
Subs Not Used: Urminsky, Bolton, Dunne, Small, Flynn

Hibernian: Marshall, Miller, Fish, Bushiri (Hanlon 74), Obita, Boyle (Delferrière 90), Jeggo, Newell, Youan (Whittaker 75), Vente (Campbell 75), Doidge (LeFondre 56)
Subs Not Used: Boruc, Stevenson, Levitt, Tavares

Referee: David Munro
Assistant Referee: Ross Macleod
Assistant Referee: Gordon Crawford
Fourth Official: Colin Steven

Attendance: 9,982

St Mirren extended the unbeaten run to 10 matches with a 1-0 win over Hearts at The SMiSA Stadium.

Ryan Strain's early goal was enough to secure the points and it could have been even more comfortable if strikes from Greg Kiltie, Mikael Mandron and Alex Greive hadn't been disallowed.

Stephen Robinson made two changes from the side that defeated Motherwell last Saturday at Fir Park. Keanu Baccus and Toyosi Olusanya came into the starting eleven in place of Caolan Boyd-Munce and Mandron. 

Saints got off to a flying start with Strain putting us in front on just seven minutes. After providing for Scott Tanser's winner against Motherwell, Strain was the recipient as Tanser returned the favour with a low ball across the face of the box that was tapped home by the Australian. It was his third goal against the Jambos at the SMiSA Stadium having scored in the two previous encounters with Steven Naismith's side last season. 

Ryan Strain scores winner against Hearts (Image: Allan Picken)

The Buddies went close to a second just after the 20 minute mark when Olusanya raced on to a ball over the top. The forward probably took one touch too many which narrowed the angle and saw his effort saved by Zander Clark. The ball came back out to Kiltie whose shot was blocked on the line. 

Kiltie thought he had doubled Saints' advantage when he had the ball in the net on 31 minutes but it had been ruled out for a foul. 

Hearts started the second-half brighter and almost equalised just before the hour mark when Kye Rowles met Stephen Kingsley's corner kick. But his header crashed off the bar and was cleared off the line. 

Stephen Robinson responded by making three changes with Boyd-Munce, Greive and Mandron on to replace Baccus, Olusanya and Conor McMenamin. 

It was Mandron who thought he'd made it 2-0 within seven minutes of coming on to the park when he stole the ball off Kent and slotted beyond Clark. But referee Nick Walsh pulled it back for a foul which - despite looking soft - a VAR check confirmed. 

Zach Hemming made a wonderful save with 15 minutes remaining to keep Saints ahead. The goalkeeper was down at full-stretch to tip Cammy Devlin's low strike by the post after the Australian had got in behind the Saints defence. 

Greive looked like he had settled it in the final minutes of normal time when he met a Kiltie nod down and headed home from close range. But a lengthy VAR check eventually ruled the goal out for offside much to the frustration of the Saints crowd.

In the final moments of the match, Hemming made another huge save to deny Lawrence Shankland an equaliser to ensure his own clean sheet and all three points for the Saints. 

Full-Time: St Mirren 1-0 Hearts 

St Mirren: Hemming, Fraser, Gogic, Taylor (Dunne 76), Strain, Baccus (Boyd-Munce 60), O'Hara (c), Tanser, Kiltie, Olusanya (Mandron 60), McMenamin (Greive 60)
Subs Not Used: Urminsky, Bolton, Small, Flynn, Nahmani

Hearts: Clark, Atkinson (Sibbick 45), Kent, Rowles (Offiah 64), Kingsley, Baningime (Forrest 65), Nieuwenhof, Devlin (Grant 76), Boyce, Vargas, Shankland (c)
Subs Not Used: McGovern, Haring, Denholm, Tait, Lowry

Referee: Nick Walsh
Assistant Referee: David Roome
Assistant Referee: Ross Nelson
Fourth Official: Alastair Grieve
VAR: David Dickinson

Attendance: 7,537 

Scott Tanser's second-half volley was enough to see St Mirren pick up all three points in a 1-0 win over Motherwell. 

The left-wing back's first goal of the season saw Saints win at Fir Park for the first time in almost three years and extend the current unbeaten run to 10 matches.

Captain Mark O'Hara returned to the starting eleven after weeks of injury, while Mikael Mandron also came back into the starting eleven after missing our 1-1 draw with Livingston at The Tony Macaroni Arena. That saw Keanu Baccus and Toyosi Olusanya drop to the bench in the only changes to the side from last time out. 

The Buddies made a relatively bright start with Tanser and Alex Gogic both firing efforts wide in the opening moments before Conor McMenamin had a big opportunity on 15 minutes. The Northern Irish forward - who impressed for his home nation during the international break - was picked out by Mandron with a nice pass from the left, but McMenamin sclaffed at it which allowed Liam Kelly to comfortably gather in the Motherwell goal. 

Marcus Fraser went into the book five minutes later after he obstructed Harry Paton close to the Saints box. Blair Spittal took the resulting free-kick for the hosts but sent it into the arms of Zach Hemming. 

McMenamin wasn't too far away from his first St Mirren goal when he sent an effort just over the bar from 20 yards after good work from Greg Kiltie saw the forward rob the ball from a Motherwell defender. Less than a minute later the home side came even closer when Theo Bair got in behind the Saints defence. The forward looked odds on to put his side ahead but fired his effort just by the far post as the first-half ended goalless. 

Saints would take the lead 10 minutes after the restart when Tanser scored his first of the season. The 28-year-old ghosted in at the back most to meet a deep Ryan Strain cross and volleyed beyond Kelly to put Stephen Robinson's men ahead. There was a VAR check for offside but the goal stood, much to the delight of the 1000+ travelling support. 

Scott Tanser volleys St Mirren ahead against Motherwell (Image: Vagelis Georgariou) 

The Buddies almost doubled their advantage just four minutes later when Mandron was picked out by Strain this time at the far post. The forward rose to meet the corner, but his header was well saved by the feet of Kelly. 

The hosts would start pushing for an equaliser with Hemming equal to a Callum Slattery free-kick, getting two good hands behind the effort to push away on 65 minutes. Motherwell introduced Oli Shaw from the bench with a little over 10 minutes to play and the striker had a chance to make an instant impact when he was found in space inside the box. But Shaw struck a tame effort straight into the hands of Hemming.

As the game ticked towards injury time, Motherwell were inches away from a leveller when substitute Georgie Gent's strike was touched on to the underside of the bar by Hemming before Saints managed to get clear.

The Buddies would stay resilient though to ensure the three points would head back to Paisley. 

Full-Time: Motherwell 0-1 St Mirren

St Mirren: Hemming, Fraser, Gogic, Taylor (Dunne 46), Strain (Bolton 83), O'Hara (c), Boyd-Munce (Baccus 46), Tanser, Kiltie, Mandron (Greive 83), McMenamin (Olusanya 68)
Subs Not Used: Urminsky, Small, Jamieson, Nahmani

Motherwell: Kelly, O'Donnell (Gent 84), Mugabi, Blaney (Ferrie 90), Casey, Spencer, Slattery, Miller, Spittal, Paton, Bair (Shaw 78)
Subs Not Used: Oxborough, Zdravovski, McGinley, Wilson, L.Ross, M.Ross

Referee: Matthew MacDermind
Assistant Referee: Sean Carr
Assistant Referee: John McCrossan
Fourth Official: Graham Grainger
VAR: Don Robertson

Attendance: 5,653 (1013 St Mirren supporters)

Stav Nahmani's injury-time equaliser saw St Mirren extend their unbeaten run to eight matches. 

The Buddies looking to be heading for a first league defeat of the season when a Luiyi de Lucas goal in the 89th minute gave the hosts a late lead at The Tony Macaroni Arena. But substitute Nahmani rescued a point in the SIXTH minute of stoppage time with his first league goal in his first league appearance since signing from Maccabi Tel Aviv on loan in the summer. 

Stephen Robinson named the same starting eleven that drew 2-2 with Aberdeen at The SMiSA Stadium last weekend. Peter Urminsky and Mikael Mandron dropped off the bench after picking up knocks with Shay Kelly and Gallagher Lennon coming in for the pair. 

Saints started brightly with a brilliant run from Keanu Baccus through the centre of the park seeing the Australian midfielder spray the ball wide to Conor McMenamin on the right. McMenamin shifted it on to his left foot and curled in for Baccus, who had continued his run into the box, but he nodded the header wide. 

There was a lengthy delay when Andrew Shinnie landed awkwardly for the hosts after an aerial collision with Baccus. A stretcher was called for immediately but it took almost 10 minutes of treatment before the midfielder was stretchered off the park to be replaced by Mo Sangare. Encouragingly, the Livingston man was spotted at half-time back on his feet.

Greg Kiltie had a good chance in the final minutes of normal time in the first-half when he rose to meet McMenamin's pinpoint cross. Livingston goalkeeper Shamal George was down well to push away the header. 

Saints made a change at the half-time interval with Charles Dunne replacing Richard Taylor who had picked up a booking in the first half. But it was a drab second-half which didn't spark into life until the final 20 minutes of the game. 

The first real chance of the second 45 came on 70 minutes when de Lucas got his head on the end of a good delivery from Sangare, but headed over. Less than five minutes later the hosts would have another big opportunity when Jamie Brandon broke clear of the Saints defence, though Zak Hemming was equal to the full-back's effort with the Buddies goalkeeper blocking at his near post. 

Livingston thought their pressure had told when they had the ball in the net on 76 minutes after substitute Bruce Anderson raced through and slotted through the legs of Hemming. However, a VAR check confirmed the striker was offside and the goal was ruled out. 

The Buddies made three substitutions to try and swing the game back in their favour, with James Bolton, Lewis Jamieson and Stav Nahmani introduced in place of Baccus, McMenamin and Toyosi Olusanya. 

But it was the hosts who looked like they had taken all the points when de Lucas tapped home Sangare's cut-back in the final minute of normal time. It seemed like that may be that, but Saints kept at it and found a dramatic late leveller when Nahmani got on the end of the Gogic's header back across goal to ensure a point came back to Paisley. 

Full-Time: Livingston 1-1 St Mirren

St Mirren: Hemming, Fraser (c), Gogic, R.Taylor (Dunne 46), Strain, Baccus (Jamieson 80), Boyd-Munce, Tanser, Kiltie (Greive 67), Olusanya (Nahmani 80), McMenamin (Bolton 80)
Subs Not Used: Kelly, Small, Lennon, Flynn

Livingston: George, Devlin, Obileye, de Lucas, Penrice, Holt, Shinnie (Sangare 25), Brandon, Pittman (Kelly 82), Guthrie (Anderson 67), Nouble (Mackay 90)
Subs Not Used: Hamilton, Parkes, Lawal, Lloyd, Bradley

Referee: Nick Walsh
Assistant Referee: Graeme Stewart
Assistant Referee: John Stewart
Fourth Official: Dan McFarlane
VAR: Andrew Dallas

Attendance: 2,075