ST Mirren vs Hibernian 1-1

Hibernian left Paisley with a 1-1 draw after Marko Ivezic’s 78th-minute header and Jason Kerr’s own goal in the 83rd minute swung the match late. St Mirren had chances to take more, but the visitors held on for a point.

The first half brought no goals, with both sides locked at 0-0 at the break. Chris Mochrie was booked for St Mirren in the 37th minute and Josh Mulligan followed for Hibernian two minutes later.

Hibernian struck first on 78 minutes when Ivezic scored from Owen Elding’s assist to make it 0-1. Two minutes later Hibernian made two changes at once, sending on Thibault Klidjé for Jamie McGrath and Rabbi Matondo for Nicky Cadden, before St Mirren’s own substitutions continued with Fraser Taylor replacing Ryan Carr on 80 minutes. The game then moved further away from the hosts when Kerr turned the ball into his own net in the 83rd minute, making it 0-2 to Hibernian. St Mirren had already made three changes between 59 and 71 minutes, while Hibernian had also replaced Miguel Changa Chaiwa with Azeem Abdulai on 68 minutes.

The numbers pointed to a closer contest than the scoreline suggested. St Mirren had 42% of the possession and 346 passes to Hibernian’s 58% and 482, but they also had more shots, 11 to 9, and more on target, 3 to 1. St Mirren finished with 1.8 expected goals to Hibernian’s 1.42, while Hibernian won 5 corners to 3 and both sides committed plenty of fouls, 13 and 14 respectively.

Discipline was spread across both teams. St Mirren were booked four times, with Chris Mochrie, Alexander Gogić, Fraser Taylor and Paul Nsio all shown yellow cards. Hibernian had two cautions, for Josh Mulligan and Azeem Abdulai.