Spectacular first-half strikes from Gary Miller and Steven Lawless ended Partick’s frustrating 22-year wait for a victory at McDiarmid Park. St Johnstone were unable to build on Steven MacLean’s ninth goal of the season shortly after the interval and failed to preserve their unbeaten home record, going down 2-1 in this Premiership encounter.
Although the Firhill side had their captain, Abdul Osman, sent off four minutes from time for a second booking, they held out for the victory.
Hamilton battled back from a goal behind and a sending-off to steal a 1-1 draw at home to Dundee. Kevin Holt put the visitors ahead three minutes into the second half and were in control until Darian MacKinnon was sent off, just after the hour mark. However, the Dark Blues failed to see the game out and Dougie Imrie made them pay with an 87th-minute equaliser.
Kilmarnock beat Inverness 2-0 to move up to ninth in the league table. Greg Kiltie broke the deadlock before half-time and the Northern Ireland international Josh Magennis made the result secure after 66 minutes.
Martyn Waghorn maintained Rangers’ flawless Championship record with a last-minute winning header against Queen of the South – a minute after missing a penalty. Waghorn headed home Nathan Oduwa’s cross to earn Rangers a 2-1 win after Derek Lyle had shocked the Ibrox crowd with a close-range finish before the break. It was his fourth goal against Rangers in six months and Queens looked like holding on after Jason Holt’s equaliser, when Robbie Thomson saved Waghorn’s spot-kick.
