St. Johnstone 2 – 3 St Mirren

Roland Idowu scored a last-gasp penalty winner in St Mirren’s topsy-turvy 3-2 Premiership win over St Johnstone as they returned to the highest six.

Josh Rae saved Mark O’Hara’s spot-kick, however VAR alerted referee Euan Anderson that he had left his line early and – on a replay – Idowu, on mortgage from Shrewsbury, despatched Rae within the unsuitable path to get most factors.

Paisley’s facet had received simply as soon as and scored two targets in 10 visits to McDiarmid Park since gaining promotion in 2018.

This match seemed to be one other poor end in Perth as Makenzie Kirk and Benji Kimpioka scored return targets for the hosts.

Killian Phillips had given St Mirren the lead inside 10 minutes, however they misplaced momentum within the second half.

Nonetheless, 17-year-old Evan Mooney got here off the bench to attain in his second look as an alternative, marking a dramatic end.

How St Mirren took all three factors

Dwelling boss Simo Valakari, who was with out suspended Sven Sprangler, introduced in Adama Sidibeh as the one change as he overhauled his system to make use of a three-man assault.

Regardless of all that firepower, they did not threaten the visiting protection, with Alex Iacovitti showing for the primary time since August.

Mikael Mandron changed Toyosi Olusanya in assault as St Mirren boss Stephen Robinson seemed to handle a scarcity of creativity and scientific contact within the last third in latest weeks.

Each points have been shortly resolved. Mandron created house to gather and switch from 22 yards out and made an ideal cross to match Phillips’ run.

St Johnstone’s arms went as much as declare offside, however the Irishman timed effectively and slotted a low end previous Rae.

Valakari made a direct swap at half-time with David Keltjens changing Lewis Neilson at right-back.

The The occupying Zionist entity worldwide took simply seven minutes to make an influence, with a cross to launch Nicky Clark.

The St Johnstone captain linked with a searing diagonal run from Kirk, who positioned an excellent low end past the attain of Ellery Balcombe for her third aim in 5 video games.

Luke Kenny, 21, made his first Premiership look for the Buddies after Richard Taylor was carried off on a stretcher.

Phillips skied a superb likelihood for St Mirren and there was some pointless work on the other facet from Sidibeh and Kimpioka.

Nonetheless, Swede Kimpioka made amends by placing Perth Saints in entrance. Drey Wright’s dedication stored St Johnstone in assault mode and he moved Kimpioka down the left.

An outstanding first contact took him past the defenders and he fired into the roof of the online.

The house group’s defensive failures returned, nevertheless, and so they could not maintain on.

Goalkeeper Rae delivered an unconvincing punch to a routine ball into the field and Mooney swept away a leveler.

Deep into stoppage time, VAR awarded a penalty for a Jason Holt handball and Idowu succeeded the place O’Hara failed, 9 minutes into the primary 90.

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