St Mirren booked their place in the fifth round of the Scottish Cup after coming out on top in a penalty shoot-out with Dundee.
The teams couldn’t be separated after a poor 120 minutes of few meaningful chances.
Kyogo Furuhashi hit a double as Celtic consolidated top spot in the cinch Premiership with a 4-0 victory over St Mirren.
With Giorgos Giakoumakis absent and seemingly on his way out of the club, the Japanese striker perhaps showed why Ange Postecoglou appears to be so relaxed about the prospect of losing his top league goalscorer from last season.
Stephen Robinson was disappointed St Mirren failed to put in-form Hearts to the sword while they were on top.
The Buddies were the better side in the first half but only had one goal – from a deflected Ryan Strain free-kick – to show for their superiority.
Curtis Main scored a second-half equaliser to rescue a point as St Mirren recorded 1-1 cinch Premiership draw at Livingston in a game that saw both teams finish with 10 men.
The home team lost Scott Pittman to a straight red card for a challenge on Keanu Baccus in the 24th minute.
St Mirren compounded 10-man Aberdeen’s misery at the end of a tough week as the Saints won 3-1 at home despite missing two of their three penalties in the Scottish Premiership clash.
Jim Goodwin’s Dons, who had lost to Celtic and Rangers already this week, went ahead early on through Matty Kennedy before losing captain Anthony Stewart to a red card in the 35th minute.
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