St Mirren 2 Motherwell 1: match report St Mirren were happy to let the visitors have the ball and wait for the chance to hit on the break - the tactic favoured by Motherwell that had seen them lose only once on the road prior to this contest. Warnings were posted when first David Barron and then Kenny McLean strode forward from deep to strike efforts that were both deflected over the Darren Randolph's crossbar. The goalkeeper, though, was confounded eight minutes before the break when Jon Robertson surged along the right flank to deliver a low swirling cross that was met by Steven Thompson with a right-foot flick across his body for a finish inside the far post. Four minutes later Thompson struck again, this time when he met a Gary Teale cross with a powerful header down across the line. However, what looked like a comfortable position for Danny Lennon's players was swiftly thrown into doubt after the restart by the sharp rise in tempo dictated by Motherwell, which was reinforced by shrewd substitutions by Stuart McCall. The most significant was the withdrawal of Higdon for Robert McHugh, who had arrived in similar circumstances when Motherwell were trailing 2-0 to Hibernian at Easter Road prior to the comeback that saw the Fir Park side win 3-2. On this occasion he rifled a drive narrowly over the top with his first touch, but he was only calibrating his sights and four minutes later, when Henrik Ojamaa set him up six yards from goal, the striker rifled a fierce drive into the roof of the net. This signalled a blizzard of attacks by Motherwell, beaten back by the flailing bodies of the St Mirren defenders who held out through four minutes of added time for a precious victory in their relegation dogfight. St Mirren (4-4-2): Samson; Barron (Carey 88) McAusland, Goodwin, Dummet (Van Zanten 82); Teale (Mair 73) Robertson, McLean, McGinn; Thompson, Guy. Subs: Smith (g), Imrie, Parkin, McGowan. Motherwell (4-4-2): Randolph; Hateley (Daley 79), Hutchinson, Ramdsen, Hammell (Francis-Angol 72); Humphrey, Lasley, Law, Murphy; Ojamaa, Higdon (McHugh 68). Subs: Hollis (g), McHugh, Kerr, Hetherington, Cummins. Referee: I Brines.