REELING BUDDIES SEE RED AS UNITED NICK WIN

VAR sending-off and penalty turn match in hosts' favour

- Colin Paterson

Off day Gogic is given his marching orders at Tannadice

St Mirren suffered late-show red-card misery yet again as Jim Goodwin's Dundee United stole victory.

The Buddies were left reeling at Tannadice on Saturday after losing a game they should have, at the very least, taken a point from.

Dan Nlundulu put Saints in front but Zach Sapsford equalised before the interval.

It was evenly poised with eight minutes to go when Alex Gogic was sent-off for a lunge on Nikolaj Moller in the box after referee John Beaton was sent to the VAR small screen.

Amar Fatah tucked away the resulting penalty with Craig Sibbald putting the game beyond doubt.

The Buddies have now clocked up a hat-trick of Premiership defeats with table-topping Hearts up next on Wednesday night.

Saints made two changes to the side that suffered a heartbreaking injury-time defeat to Aberdeen.