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Clive Lindsay Scottish Championship As in the top flight, the Championship leaders stretch their lead, Falkirk going eight points clear after beating Raith Rovers as second-top Livingston were held by Morton. Partick Thistle move to within two points of Ayr after beating the third-top visitors. Airdrieonians find themselves 10 points adrift at the bottom after losing away to Queen's Park. Scottish Premiership Celtic's win over Hibs stretches the reigning champions' lead to nine points over Aberdeen after the Dons were held at home by St Johnstone. Rangers are now five behind Aberdeen before facing Ross County tomorrow. Hearts move off the bottom after their win over Dundee, with Edinburgh rivals Hibs taking their place. Quite a dramatic end at Tannadice as Bruce Anderson's stoppage-time penalty cancels out Sam Dalby's opener. It ends honours even, which will frustrate United after they created most of the chances and took the lead. Kilmarnock's Brad Lyons and Dundee United's David Babunksi Leighton Clarkson's second-half goal cancels out Makenzie Kirk's opener before the break for Saints. A draw is probably a fair result after a scrappy game. That's now five without a win for Aberdeen in the Premiership. It's one win in six for St Johnstone, but a good point on the road. What a way to win it! It looked for most of that game like St Mirren were the more likely of the teams to snatch a victory in Paisley, but Tony Watt's header sends all three points back to Motherwell. A welcome relief for Stuart Kettlewell after three games without a win. Hearts move off the bottom of the Premiership with their first win in six games thanks to Lawrence Shankland ending his goalscoring drought. The Hearts captain had gone 12 games without a goal before his first-half double put Neil Critchley's side in a comfortable position. The Tynecastle side leapfrog Edinburgh rivals Hibs and Kilmarnock to rise up to 10th while Dundee drop to sixth. Lawrence Shankland had not scored in 70 days before this game Paul Allan Aberdeen 1-1 St Johnstone St Johnstone have a free kick right on the edge of the Aberdeen box. This is probably the last chance! Kyogo's wonderful lofted finish ensures a seventh successive league victory for Celtic against a Hibs side whose first-half profligacy continued into the second half. Aberdeen's draw against St Johnstone means the champions stretch their lead at the top of the Premiership to nine points. Jess Norey Oli Shaw (penalty) Heart of Midlothian 2-0 Dundee It should be 3-0 to Hearts! Lawrence Shankland volleys a cross low and Jon Mc Cracken makes a cracking save. Kenneth Vargas works it back to Alan Forrest and it's cleared off the line. Scott Taggart (penalty) Bruce Anderson, penalty A powerful strike into the top corner from the penalty spot by Bruce Anderson brings Kilmarnock level. Tony Watt Well win it with last kick! Lennon Miller stands over the free-kick and spins it into the St Mirren box where Tony Watt runs in to rifle his header into the back of the net. Dundee United 1-0 Kilmarnock And Kilmarnock to have the chance to equalise from the spot. St Mirren 0-0 Motherwell St Mirren will see out this game with 10 men as defender Alex Gogic picks up a second yellow card and is given his marching orders. Dundee United 1-0 Kilmarnock Substitute Gary Mackay-Steven's free-kick into the Dundee United box allows Kilmarnock to exert some pressure and there are claims for a penalty as Richard Odada seems to connect with Bobby Wales the act of clearing. VAR will check. .. Heart of Midlothian 2-0 Dundee That's maybe the best chance Dundee have had all game - and it could have set up a very tense finale. A free-kick from the right is floated to the back post, where Antonio Portales meets it, but from two yards out he heads way over. A real let off for the Hearts. Aberdeen 1-1 St Johnstone Lewis Neilson makes a really good sliding challenge to take the ball away from Aberdeen forward Vicente Besuijen. The Dutchman rides the challenge but jars his knee when landing and is in some discomfort. Motherwell can take "big confidence" boost after a late winner at St Mirren ended a run of three Scottish Premiership defeats, says manager Stuart Kettlewell. Tony Watt struck in the 94th minute to earn victory, netted his first of the season when he turned in Lennon Miller's free-kick. "It was a fantastic finish from Tony, " Kettlewell said. "He's waited patiently. "That last second goal was a great moment for us. We've been waiting two weeks for it. It wasn't done pretty but it was done effectively. " Motherwell now move to within two points of fourth-placed Dundee United and two ahead of Dundee in sixth. St Mirren missed the chance to break into the top six and drop a point behind Tony Docherty's men. They will also have to do without the influentual Alex Gogic after he picked up a second yellow card just before the winning goal. All the St Mirren news and analysis Get the latest from Motherwell Although it was St Mirren who created more opportunities, Motherwell had their fair share of chances, including an Andy Halliday free-kick that just grazed past Ellery Balcombe's goal. Steve Seddon also had great chance in the second half. Halliday's lofted pass found Seddon inside the box who took the shot first time and forced Balcombe into a stretching save to tip the ball onto the crossbar and behind. The magic moment came deep into stoppage time when Gogic was shown a red card for his challenge on Moses Ebiye and gave Motherwell a free-kick right on the edge of the St Mirren box. Miller sent in a perfectly-weighted cross and Watt made the darting run to get his head on it and thump the ball beyond Balcombe. Watt's late goal proves a welcome relief for Kettlewell whose side looked, for 93 minutes, like they were heading for a fourth game without a win. Gogic's rash decision gifted the visitors a free-kick, Miller - who'd been kept pretty quiet all game - delivered a perfect cross, and Watt made a cracking run to smack the header home for his first of the season. And that goal could be massive in the context of Motherwell's season. They edge closer to United while putting a bit of breathing space between them and Dundee in sixth. It could also be the first step for Watt in proving the doubters wrong. And if his celebrations are anything to go by, he's very happy to be back among the goals. St Mirren looked like the better side for the most part in Paisley but just lacked any sort of edge in front of goal. Conor Mc Menamin looked a threat and second-half substitutes Mikael Mandron and Roland Idowu also appeared to make a difference when they came on. Breaking into the top six wasn't to be for Stephen Robinson's side but they're just one point behind Dundee in sixth, and three clear of Ross County in eighth. They will now prepare for a trip to St Johnstone next weekend to try and crack the top half again. St Mirren manager Stephen Robinson: "I thought it was a poor game, there wasn't a lot of quality on show because the weather made it difficult to play. "We had the better chances but we didn't take them. The disappointing thing is we didn't have enough people leading in the last minute to make sure we didn't concede a goal. " Motherwell manager Stuart Kettlewell: "Over the moon that we break the run we were on. We showed today we weren't content with that run. "I feel we were deserving of it, especially in the second half. I felt the momentum was with ourselves, I thought we carved out the two best opportunities. " Last Updated 7th December 2024 at 17: 00 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. Manager: Stephen Robinson Formation: 3 - 4 - 3 Manager: Stuart Kettlewell Formation: 3 - 4 - 1 - 2 Manager: Stephen Robinson Formation: 3 - 4 - 3 Manager: Stuart Kettlewell Formation: 3 - 4 - 1 - 2 Scottish Premiership All competitions All competitions All competitions St. Mirren have only won one of their last nine home games against Motherwell in the Scottish Premiership (D4 L4), a 1-0 victory in January 2023. After their 2-1 win in September, Motherwell are looking to earn back-to-back Scottish Premiership victories over St. Mirren for only the third time since the Buddies’ returned to the division in 2018, having previously done so in December 2019 and July 2022. St. Mirren have won four of their eight home league games this season (D2 L2), more than their final 11 such matches of 2023-24 (W3 D2 L6). Since a goalless draw with Ross County in their opening match this season, none of Motherwell’s last 13 league games have ended level (W6 L7). They’ve lost their last three in a row, last losing four consecutively in October 2023. Motherwell’s Lennon Miller has created more chances from set play than any other player in the Scottish Premiership this season (18), with all four of his assists also coming via set pieces. © 2024 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.