Alex saves St Mirren but gaffer rages over two penalty snubs
coming but it just got gradually worse. I was just hoping the wind wasn’t going to change direction at half-time, the way our luck is going.”
Saints and Well – who gave Tony Watt a late debut off the bench – will battle it out again on Tuesday week, just three days after they meet at Fir Park in the league.
But Goodwin, who saw Ryan Flynn and skipper Kyle Maggenis suffer bad injuries since the turn of the year, could also be without loan capture Hodson after admitting: “It looks like Lee has done his hamstring.
“It never rains but it pours. We were glad to have everyone fit again after the winter break and now every single game there seems to be something different.” Saints could have been ahead with just four minutes on the clock when Ilkay Durmus struck the base of the post from Foley’s lay-off.
Rolando Aarons went close at the other end with a dipping left-foot volley but Vaclav Hladky came to the Buddies’ rescue with a great stop.
The Czech pulled off another fine save to deny Chris Long but was left helpless as O’Hara netted the rebound.
It was a blow to the Buddies but they were almost level when Jakubiak met a Durmus cross only for Mark Gillespie to deny him with a stunning point-blank stop with his right foot.
As the ball broke the home fa ns wer e incensed when ref Dallas turned down two penalty claims in quick succession when the ball appeared to strike the hands of Donnelly and then Hartley.
Hladky scrambled away a shot from Long then turned over a cross-cumshot from Aarons that was dipping under the crossbar as the wind made life difficult for both teams.
Hodson fizzed a low ball across goal which Jon Obika just failed to connect wit but the full-back’s hard work paid off as Saints levelled in 74 minutes.
He fed Kyle McAllister, whose cross was drilled home by on-loan Watford striker Jakubiak with the aid of a deflection.
In a thrilling finale, Gillespie was at full stretch to push away a Durmus effort before Cammy MacPherson sent a long- range shot just over while Donnelly and O’Hara both went close for the Steelmen.