St Mirren wasted the chance to climb off the foot of the Scottish Premiership after Lee Miller’s first goal for Kilmarnock sealed a last-gasp 1-0 win at Rugby Park, yesterday.
The Buddies saw relegation rivals Motherwell lose to Aberdeen on Friday night and knew even a point against Gary Locke’s side would move them off bottom spot.
But despite having the bulk of the chances, they were stunned late on when substitute Miller guided a low finish past keeper Mark Ridgers with just three minutes left.
The former Hearts and Aberdeen forward has struggled in front of goal since returning north from Carlisle in the summer but his strike was perfectly timed for Killie, who stretch their unbeaten run to seven games.
Scottish League Cup final
Celtic-Dundee United (Hampden, today, 16:00)
Scottish Premiership
Hamilton 2 - Ross County 2
Kilmarnock 1 - St Mirren 0
Partick 3 - St Johnstone 0
Standings
| P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |
| Celtic | 27 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 56 | 14 | 63 |
| Aberdeen | 28 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 49 | 26 | 60 |
| Inverness | 28 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 42 | 29 | 53 |
| Dundee Utd | 27 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 49 | 38 | 46 |
| Hamilton | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 41 | 42 | 42 |
| St Johnstone | 29 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 30 | 41 |
| Dundee FC | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 39 | 39 | 39 |
| Kilmarnock | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 31 | 36 | 38 |
| Partick | 29 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 38 | 36 | 31 |
| Ross County | 29 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 31 | 54 | 25 |
| Motherwell | 29 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 54 | 22 |
| St Mirren | 29 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 22 | 47 | 21 |
Scottish Championship
Alloa 1 - Falkirk 3
Cowdenbeath 0 - Hibernian 2
Hearts 4 - Dumbarton 0
Queen of South 2 - Raith Rovers 1
Rangers 1 - Livingston 1
League One
Airdrie 2 - Morton 1
Ayr 0 - Stenhousemuir 0
Dunfermline 1 - Stirling 1
Forfar 1 - Stranraer0
Peterhead 3 - Brechin0
League Two
Albion 3 - Montrose 0
Arbroath 3 - Clyde 1
Berwick 2 - Annan 2
E. Stirling 2 - East Fife 0
Elgin 1 - Queen’s Park 2