St Mirren 0 – 1 Motherwell

Motherwell ended their three game winless run when Tony Watt’s added time winner punished St Mirren’s ill discipline.

The striker used his experience to get away from his marker and catch a Lennon Miller free-kick to break hearts in Paisley after Alex Gogic was sent off.

Ellery Balcombe’s fine save denied Jair Tavares early on, tipping the shot onto the crossbar.

Not long after Aston Oxborough denied Conor McMenamin with an almost identical stop.

The keeper denied the Northern Ireland international once again in the second half to ensure a clean sheet for his side.

Both sides continued to push but Balcombe was on hand to deny Steve Seddon and Aspostolos Stamatelopoulos before the deadlock was finally broken.

Discipline cost of the Saints when Gogic was given his marching orders after his dismissal with
just minutes to go.

The result means Motherwell open up a four point gap on the home side, sitting in fifth and seventh respectively.

Attendance: 6,111

Line-ups:

St Mirren: E. Balcombe, R. Taylor, A. Gogic, M. Fraser, S. Tanser, M. O’Hara, K. Phillips, E. Bwomono (J. Ayunga 84′), G. Kiltie (R. Idowu 67′), T. Olusanya (M. Mandron 68′), C. McMenamin

Substitutes: J. Ayunga, C. Boyd-Munce, A. Iacovitti, R. Idowu, D. John, M. Mandron, E. Mooney, O. Smyth, P. Urminsky

Motherwell: A. Oxborough, S. Blaney, L. Gordon, D. Casey, S. Seddon, E. Wilson (H. Paton), A. Halliday (S. Nicholson 83′), Jair Tavares (M. Kaleta 77′), L. Miller, A. Stamatelopoulos (M. Ebiye ’77), T. Watt

Substitutes: K. Balmer, E. Ebiye, K. Hegyi, M. Kaleta, T. Maswanhise, S. Nicholson, S. O’Donnell, H. Paton, D. Zdravkoski