SPL wrap: Hearts fightback pays dividends

Hearts came from behind twice before snatching a late winner to beat St Mirren 3-2 in the Scottish Premier League on Saturday.

Michael Higdon put visitors St Mirren in front in the 14th minute at Tynecastle, before Rudi Skacel levelled for Hearts 10 minutes into the second half.

Striker Higdon was on target again to restore St Mirren’s lead on 69 minutes, but this time it was the turn of Ryan Stevenson to level for Hearts with nine minutes to go.

And there was a final dramatic twist, with Czech midfielder Skacel grabbing the winner from a corner three minutes into injury time.

Hearts remain third on the table, 10 points behind second-placed Rangers.

St Mirren are second from bottom, seven points clear of Hamilton Academicals and with a game in hand over the last-placed team.

Elsewhere, Kilmarnock came from a goal down to beat Motherwell 3-1 at home.

John Sutton opened the scoring for Motherwell in the 15th minute, but Kilmarnock were in front by half-time with Manuel Pascali levelling and Jamie Hamill making it 2-1 a minute before the break.

Liam Kelly found the net just six minutes into the second half to complete the scoring and wrap up all three points for the hosts.

Kilmarnock are fourth, 10 points behind Hearts while Motherwell are eight points further back in sixth.

Daniel Swanson’s first-half strike saw Dundee United beat visitors Inverness 1-0, while Hamilton Academical played out a goalless draw at home to St Johnstone.

Hamilton finished with 10 men following the 91st-minute dismissal of Simon Mensing.