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A first away win of the season for St Mirren as Hibs stay rock bottom of the Premiership pile. Hibernian 1-2 St Mirren Still going after 98 minutes. Hibs have thrown everybody up the pitch. Hibernian 1-2 St Mirren Aye. Hibs are denied an equaliser after a check that took far too long. Pretty amazing that the on-field officials didn't see that. Dundee United continued their strong start to the Premiership season with a comfortable 3-0 win over an unusually porous Ross County. United had plenty of chances in the first-half but didn't put any of them away. Thankfully for Jim Goodwin, they were far more clinical in the second half. Luca Stephenson, Sam Dalby and 17-year-old Owen Stirton all punished lax County defending as they strolled to victory at Tannadice. Nicky Cadden Remarkable! But the shot from Nicky Cadden hits Dwight Gayle who is miles offside. Motherwell hang on for a big three points! Tawanda Maswanhise and Tom Sparrow did the damage in the first half. Nicky Clark's penalty wasn't enough for Saints, who had Jack Sanders' goal in stoppage time ruled out for handball. It's a third straight defeat for Saints, and Simo Valakari's return to Fir Park ends on a low note personally. Motherwell are fifth, level on 19 points with Dundee United and Rangers. Nicky Cadden (pen) Cadden races to collect the ball and fist pumps to the crowd. Surely there's no time for a comeback? Hibernian 0-2 St Mirren Another one. Alex Gogic with his arm out, giving away the spot-kick. Motherwell 2-1 St Johnstone Motherwell go close to a third goal on the break. Lennon Miller is played through, he squares it to Davor Zdravkovkski, who fires it into the side netting. Motherwell 2-1 St Johnstone It won't count. Drama at Fir Park as St Johnstone thought they'd grabbed a 91st-minute equaliser, but Jack Sanders has indeed knocked it in with his arm as he leaned in to connect with Graham Carey's corner. Owen Stirton That's his first touch! A free header from six yards out, after the cross was deflected to him. A first professional goal for the 17-year-old, and his teammates go wild. Jack Sanders St Johnstone level from a corner! But has it hit off Jack Sanders' hand? VAR will have a good look at this. Hibernian 0-2 St Mirren Alex Gogic heads clear as Hibs try to force something. Hibs could do with a solid guy like that at the back. Hang on, they let him go. .. Hibernian 0-2 St Mirren Allan Preston Former Hearts defender on BBC Sportsound I think this will cost David Gray his job. .. Over the international break. That's one win in 13 if they lose today. Hibs made former captain David Gray head coach over the summer Motherwell 2-1 St Johnstone Oh dear. Tony Watt receives a cut-back after excellent work down the right from Marvin Kaleta, but the substitute skies it over the top. That's a decent chance for Motherwell, who have just brought Harry Paton on for his first appearance after an injury back in July. Hibernian 0-2 St Mirren Allan Preston Former Hearts defender on BBC Sportsound St Mirren are cruising. Hibs are all over the place. The players are letting the manager down. Dundee United 2-0 Ross County Jort van der Sande is slipped in behind by David Babunski and he's in acres of space. .. But Ryan Leak is able to get back and tackle the big striker, who is still waiting for his first United goal. Ryan Duncan Dundee United 2-0 Ross County James Brown's free-kick is deliberately under-hit to out Eamonn Brophy, who tries to curl one in on the volley but put it just over. Hibernian 0-2 St Mirren David Gray hooked Martin Boyle not long after that penalty miss, along with Junior Hoilett. Dwight Gayle and Harry Mc Kirdy are the attacking replacements. Now Rocky Bushiri ponders on the ball for far too long just yards from his goal, with his eventual attempted clearance knocked down by the onrushing St Mirren attacker. Mercifully for the hosts, it is eventually lumped clear. Hibs seem unable to do much apart from causing themselves more problems. Tom Sparrow's low strike turned out to be the decisive goal for Motherwell St Johnstone manager Simo Valakari endured a difficult return to Fir Park as Motherwell inflicted a third straight Scottish Premiership defeat on his side. Valakari returned to the club he spent four years with as a player but his former club showed St Johnstone no mercy as they opened up a 2-0 lead by half time after a brilliant counter-attacking display. Tawanda Maswanhise headed home from Marvin Kaleta's cross to open the scoring before Tom Sparrow's arrowed low strike put Motherwell in firm control. However, St Johnstone were given a lifeline just before the hour mark when the video assistant referee spotted a handball by Andy Halliday as he blocked Graham Carey's shot. Captain Nicky Clark took responsibility and stroked in a convincing penalty to get his side back into the game. It descended into a frantic final half hour but neither side showed enough in the final third, before St Johnstone thought they had grabbed a 91st-minute equaliser. Carey's corner was steered into the net by Jack Sanders, but VAR got involved for the second time after spying the defender had used his arm to score. Motherwell then held on to remain in fifth place, level on 19 points with Dundee United and Rangers above them. St Johnstone are down in 10th place after losing their third league game in a row. More to follow. Last Updated 9th November 2024 at 16: 59 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. Manager: Stuart Kettlewell Formation: 3 - 5 - 2 Manager: Simo Valakari Formation: 4 - 3 - 1 - 2 Manager: Stuart Kettlewell Formation: 3 - 5 - 2 Manager: Simo Valakari Formation: 4 - 3 - 1 - 2 Scottish Premiership All competitions All competitions All competitions After their 2-1 win in August, Motherwell are looking for back-to-back league victories over St. Johnstone for the first time since November 2019. St. Johnstone have won three of their last four away league games at Motherwell (D1), this after having lost four of their previous five such trips beforehand (W1). Motherwell have lost both of their last two home league games, last losing more on the bounce in November 2022 (4). St. Johnstone have conceded more goals in the Scottish Premiership this season than any other side (25), keeping just two clean sheets in their 12 matches so far. Indeed, only Dundee (19. 0) have a higher expected goals against total in the division this term than the Saints (17. 4). 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