Richard King produced a towering 99th-minute header to rescue St Mirren and snatch an unexpected Scottish Premiership point in a chaotic 3-3 draw against Aberdeen.
A dull, uneventful first half gave no hint of what was to come. But the match ignited when Marcus Fraser converted a penalty in the 55th minute to put St Mirren ahead.
Aberdeen responded instantly, scoring twice in three minutes through Dante Polvara and Marko Lazetic. St Mirren then leveled again when Jack Milne’s mistake allowed Jonah Ayunga to strike. Lazetic appeared to have sealed victory with his second goal after meeting Stuart Armstrong’s cross—until King dramatically intervened deep into stoppage time.
“𝑰𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕,” 𝑨𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝑱𝒊𝒎𝒎𝒚 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒅𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒅. “𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕’𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒃𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔.”
Aberdeen’s unbeaten league run now stretches to five matches. They remain seventh, three points behind sixth-placed Falkirk. St Mirren, still without a league win since September and now having dropped 14 points from winning positions this season, stay 11th.
Errors, Penalties, and Chaos Define the Second Half
The second half unfolded with non-stop drama—alongside a string of defensive blunders. Aberdeen’s Mats Knoester handled a high cross in the box, a moment picked up by VAR and punished as Fraser coolly slotted the penalty.
Moments later, St Mirren failed to clear an in-swinging corner, allowing Polvara to smash in the equaliser. Then, goalkeeper Shamal George spilled a routine ball directly to Lazetic, who tapped home easily.
St Mirren hit back when Milne misjudged a clearance, giving Ayunga room to race in and fire through goalkeeper Dimitar Mitov’s legs.
Aberdeen looked set for another win until late chaos struck. Gavin Molloy was forced off injured after all substitution windows had been used, leaving Aberdeen with 10 men. In added time, they could not prevent King from rising highest to bury Conor McMenamin’s cross.
𝑺𝒕 𝑴𝒊𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒏 𝒃𝒐𝒔𝒔 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒑𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑹𝒐𝒃𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆’𝒔 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕, 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈, “𝑰𝒕’𝒔 𝒔𝒐 𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒖𝒑 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒈𝒐 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒚𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒓.”
Aberdeen’s Attack Sparks, but Balance Still Missing
Aberdeen entered the match amid debate over whether they could sustain results based on defensive solidity alone. This time, their attack came alive, firing eight shots on target from 18 attempts. However, their defensive vulnerabilities resurfaced, allowing St Mirren to score three goals from an expected goals metric of 1.86.
St Mirren’s season-long struggles continued. They had a Scott Tanser goal ruled out in the first half for a foul, a decision Robinson described as yet another frustration in a run of narrow calls.
With the League Cup final against Celtic approaching on 14 December, St Mirren urgently need confidence and momentum.
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