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Andy Campbell Brian Mc Lauchlin BBC Sport Scotland at Easter Road Ross County boss Don Cowie furious with referee Lloyd Wilson at the break. The ref appeared to put his whistle to his mouth to blow for the break as the five minutes of added time were up, only to allow Hibs to go forward and score an equaliser they scarcely deserved. Hibs will have to do much more in the second period to appease the fans who were frustrated by what they were watching from the home side. Dwight Gayle scored Hibs' leveller in the sixth minute of first-half added time More of the same in the second half, please. Although, this keyboard has taken a bit of a battering. .. These Ross County fans were certainly full of festive cheer at Easter Road, until the stroke of half-time. There aren't many who were in the home end. Hibs went behind to Eli Campbell's early header and huffed and puffed in response without having any real joy until the Dwight Gayle leveller in added time. There's been plenty of flailing arms in frustration from the home players, and one suspects they'll get a rocket during the interval. Despite an even first half, it's Motherwell who have been more clinical and they go into the sheds two goals clear of the visitors. It was a frenetic start as both sides scored in the first 10 minutes, and it took us another 20 minutes to get the next goal. Andy Halliday and Apostolos Stamatelopolous scored the next two goals after Sam Dalby's penalty had cancelled out the Stamatelopolous opener. Dwight Gayle Hibs - who have created next to nothing all game - equalise on the stroke of half-time. Junior Hoilett floats a ball to the near post, Ross County goalkeeper Jack Hamilton inexplicably goes walkabout and Dwight Gayle heads into an empty net. Scottish Leagues 1 & 2 HT: St Johnstone 0-1 St Mirren Tyrone Smith BBC Sport Scotland at Mc Diarmid Park St Mirren deserving of the lead, make no mistake about that. Yes, there haven't been many chances in this game, but the visitors have been comfortable against a side that have offered virtually nothing in an attacking sense, and look like they can be got at at the back. Not a great recipe for St Johnstone - plenty for Simo Valakari to ponder during the interval. A dominant first-half display from the visitors with only one goal to show for it. That goal from Killian Phillips is the only thing separating the two at the break, despite numerous chances for Stephen Robinson's side. St Johnstone will need to be a lot better in the second half if they want to take anything. Scottish Championship Scott Mc Mann scored Ayr's third in a remarkable first half against Falkirk If anyone thought today's reduced fixture card in the Scottish Premiership would be dull, they were wrong! Andy Halliday scored Motherwell's second against Dundee United Hibernian 0-1 Ross County Nectar Triantis wipes out Conor Randall in midfield and picks up a yellow card. There didn't look to be a huge amount of contact. Dylan Easton Dylan Easton breaks the deadlock in the Fife derby. Jordan Davies The goals keep coming. Morton are back in front. Jordan Davies strikes on this occasion. Apostolos Stamatelopoulos That's a terrific goal! It's a brilliant ball in from Tawanda Maswanhise, Stamatelopoulos rises beautifully to nod past the keeper. What a game this has been. Steven Bradley Hamilton are back in front and Steven Bradley gets his second. St Johnstone 0-1 St Mirren St Mirren win a free-kick about 25 yards from the St Johnstone goal. Conor Mc Menamin, who's back on the pitch, floats it into the box but it's easily cleared by the St Johnstone defence. Up the other end Adama Sidibeh heads over from a St Johnstone corner. Hibernian 0-1 Ross County There's not much happening at Easter Road. Hibs have had plenty of the ball without creating anything of note. Scott Mc Mann Make that five first-half goals and Ayr United lead for the first time. It comes from a corner and Scott Mc Mann nods in. Ben Dempsey Ben Dempsey comes forward and strikes his side level. Four first-half goals at Somerset Park - what a game. St Johnstone 0-1 St Mirren St Johnstone finally manage to mount a decent attack, Matt Smith sends an effort into the St Mirren box - not sure if it's a shot or a cross - but it's an easy catch for Ellery Balcombe. It now looks like the visitors are going to be forced into a change with Conor Mc Menamin down getting treatment. Evan Mooney scored his first St Mirren goal to make it 2-2 in Perth Roland Idowu's penalty retake on 99 minutes secured all three points for St Mirren after a dramatic finale at Mc Diarmid Park. Mark O'Hara's initial spot-kick was saved but goalkeeper Josh Rae was off his line, allowing Idowu to slam in the second attempt. Killian Phillips had put the visitors in front after just 10 minutes when he slotted beyond Josh Rae. St Johnstone equalised in the second period when captain Nicky Clark set up Mackenzie Kirk before Benjamin Kimpioka put the hosts in front. Teenager Evan Mooney equalised with his first St Mirren goal on 88 minutes before the Paisley side were awarded a penalty for a handball deep into stoppage time. St Mirren move into the top six, although Dundee have a game in hand, while the Perth side remain in 10th. Get all the news and analysis on St Johnstone Get the latest St Mirren news and views Most of the chances in the first half fell the way of the visitors, the most notable a lovely cross into the box from Conor Mc Menamin which just missed the feet of Greg Kiltie. St Johnstone's only real effort came in the form of an Adama Sidibeh header which floated over Ellery Balcombe's goal. Despite a good start to the second half for St Mirren, it was St Johnstone who struck first to level things up when Kirk fired low across the face of Ellery Balcombe's goal. The visitors were dealt a further blow when defender Richard Taylor had to be carried off on a stretcher before Kimpioka put St Johnstone ahead with a neat finish. Mooney then grabbed his first senior goal with a lovely volley but there was more to come. St Mirren were awarded a penalty when a shot struck the arm of Drey Wright after referee Euan Anderson had allowed play to go on following a blatant shirt-pull on Toyosi Olusanya from Jack Sanders. O'Hara's spot-kick was saved after a lengthy delay but VAR spotted Rae leaving his line to cut the home celebrations short. With the Buddies captain apparently injured, Idowu took the ball from O'Hara and stuck the spot-kick in the back of the net. The reaction from Stephen Robinson at the full-time whistle proved just how crucial this victory could prove to be in deciding whether or not St Mirren finish in the top six. They sit in sixth spot for now, two points ahead of Dundee who travel to Ibrox next weekend. The first half performance will have been exactly what Robinson wanted, attacking intent, creating chances but just unable to turn them in - and that was punished by Kirk's second-half equaliser. It looked to be even worse for Robinson's men when Kimpioka struck. But they rallied impressively and when Mooney made sure it would be a day to remember St Mirren did not stop, pushing all the way to ? It was a poor opening 45 minutes from Simo Valakari's side who failed to create any real opportunities. A much better start to the second period got St Johnstone back on level terms and then in front. But their attacking intent, instead of focusing on seeing out the match, probably cost them the victory as they stay stuck in the danger zone at the bottom end of the Premiership. St Johnstone manager Simo Valakari: "We started very badly, it was my fault I put three strikers there. "At half-time we were able to talk and change a couple of positions then in the second half it was very good. We scored two beautiful goals. "We needed to have cool heads, at 2-1 we still wanted to push instead of seeing the game out then we lose the whole match which is disappointing. " St Mirren manager Stephen Robinson: "I have to credit the players because after the second goal it's easy to crumble. "Last week we questioned the organisation and the desire to defend the box and be clinical at the other end. We proved that today and got a little bit of luck with the penalty having to be re-taken. "We deserved a little bit of luck today with our first half performance and our response to going 2-1 down. " Last Updated 14th December 2024 at 17: 07 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. Manager: Simo Valakari Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Stephen Robinson Formation: 3 - 4 - 2 - 1 Manager: Simo Valakari Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Stephen Robinson Formation: 3 - 4 - 2 - 1 Scottish Premiership All competitions All competitions All competitions St. Johnstone have only lost one of their last 11 home league meetings with St. Mirren (W7 D3), going down 0-1 in April 2022. The Saints have kept nine clean sheets in this spell. St. Mirren have won three of their last four top-flight meetings with St. Johnstone (L1), as many as their previous 12 beforehand (D6 L3). In 2024, St. Johnstone have picked up fewer home points (10) and lost more home matches (10) in the Scottish Premiership than any other side to feature in the division this year. Only Ross County (3) have earned fewer away points in the Scottish Premiership this season than St. Mirren (4), who have lost six of their last eight on the road in the competition (W1 D1). Both of St. Johnstone’s last two league goals have been scored by 20-year-old Makenzie Kirk. A goal against St. Mirren will see Kirk become the youngest player to score in successive league appearances for the Saints (20 years, 312 days) since Ali Mc Cann in February 2020 (20y 63d). © 2024 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.