Hearts saw their lead at the top of the Scottish Premiership cut to six points as they were held to a 2-2 draw by St Mirren in Paisley.

The home side twice led through Dan Nlundulu and Miguel Freckleton, only for Hearts to reply with goals from Lawrence Shankland and Claudio Braga.

St Mirren also had a second 'goal' from Freckleton ruled out by VAR, as did Hearts late on after Pierre Landry Kabore netted.

It is just the second time Derek McInnes' side have dropped points in the league, while the draw ends a sequence of three straight defeats for St Mirren ahead of their Premier Sports Cup semi-final against Motherwell on Saturday.

The home side made two changes from the team beaten by Dundee United. In came Richard King for the suspended Alex Gogic, while Mikael Mandron replaced Jonah

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