Motherwell 1, St Mirren 1: Bair is Well hero as he bags valuable point

Theo Bair was Motherwell's hero as he kept their slim hopes of a Premiership top-six finish alive with a hard-fought point at home to St Mirren.

Their chances are hanging by a thread, but they're still there.

Marcus Fraser's 18th-minute header had the visitors ahead and deservedly so in the first half.

It took Motherwell some time to get themselves back into the game, but Bair's 12th goal of the season could yet turn out to be a vital one.

The result leaves the Lanarkshire side eighth in the table, six points off sixth-placed Dundee, with as many to play for before the split. Dundee have a game in hand, however.

While Motherwell started well and hit the post through Georgie Gent, but Saints stars Ryan Strain and Mikael Mandron both hit the crossbar in the same incident, and Scott Tanser passed up a gilt-edged chance to double their lead.

St Mirren 's goal knocked the stuffing out of Motherwell and it took until the 35th minute before they mustered a chance on goal.

The Steelmen struggled to get to grips with the game in the second half and St Mirren looked pretty comfortable in holding onto their lead.

Motherwell boss Stuart Kettlewell made four changes to the side that lost 1-0 to Aberdeen last time out. Adam Devine, Georgie Gent, Andy Halliday and Davor Zdravkovski came in for Bevis Mugabi, Shane Blaney, Sam Nicholson and Lennon Miller, who were all on the bench.

His St Mirren counterpart Stephen Robinson made three changes to the team that were thumped 5-2 at Kilmarnock on the same weekend. Fit-again Ryan Strain, James Bolton and Toyosi Olusanya came in for Charles Dunne, Ryan Flynn and Conor McMenamin.

Motherwell created the first chance of the game in three minutes hen Jack Vale sent Theo Bair through on goal, but