St Mirren's league campaign got off to a sticky start as two Liam Kelly wonder saves ensured 10-man Motherwell escaped Paisley with all three points.
The Buddies created several gilt-edged chances to fire themselves into the lead in the first half, with Jonah Ayunga denied by a brilliant point blank one-handed Kelly save.
Despite dominating the first half it was Motherwell's Kevin Van Veen who opened the scoring from the penalty spot just before the break, with Scott Tanser rightly penalised for a hand ball.
