Hibs come from two goals down to secure point

Hibs came from two goals down to draw with St Mirren at a wet Easter Road this afternoon.

Head Coach Jack Ross made three changes to the starting XI
that beat Dundee United on Tuesday with Steven Whittaker, Tom James and Adam Jackson
making way for David Gray, Darren 
McGregor and Stephane Omeonga.

The three transfer day signings, Paul McGinn, Greg Docherty
and Marc McNulty all started on the bench.

An extraordinary first half saw the visitors take a shock
lead with goals by Conor McCarthy and Tony Andreu.

Then the hosts bounced back before the break with efforts
from Scott Allan and Christian Doidge.

Allan came close to stealing a winner when his corner hit
the crossbar 10 minutes from time.

Victories for Livingston and Kilmarnock means Jack Ross’
Hibs are four points adrift in sixth place and four above eighth.

A point offers St Mirren little solace near the bottom of
the table, where they now sit just three points above bottom spot.

Reaction & as it happened

Hibs fight back to claim point

There were very early hints that we might be in for a
capital cracker when Doidge missed an absolute sitter in the second minute,
after Darryl Horgan planted a perfect cross right on to his forehead. His
blushes were spared by the lineman’s flag for offside.

St Mirren opened the scoring in the 13th minute after
Cameron Macpherson’s corner was headed into the net by Conor McCarthy.

Five minutes later Ilkay Durmus’s beat Gray on the left wing
and found Tony Andreu who did well to slot the ball past Ofir Marciano.

Hibs pulled one back when Joe Newell found Scott Allan who
surged forward before finding Martin Boyle on the wing. Boyle looked up and
sent a low cross into Allan’s path and the midfielder slotted the ball into the
net.

St Mirren continued to attack and almost regained their two
goal advantage when a  Macpherson free
kick was badly fumbled by Marciano, who recovered before any major damage was
done.

Hibs equalised in the 39^th  minute when Darly Horgan found Omeonga who
dinked a cross into the penalty area which Christian Doidge headed past the
diving St Mirren keeper.

McGinn replaced Gray at half time and Hibs almost took the
lead when McGregor met Allan’s free kick with a powerful header. only to watch Vaclav
Hladky tip the ball away for a corner.

Moments later Docherty replaced Newell then McNulty took
over from Horgan and entered the field to a standing ovation from the Hibs’
fans.

Allan almost won it when his corner struck the crossbar
directly with 10-minutes remaining.

Allan then picked up an injury but played on despite being
in obvious pain.

The game ended with honours even and Hibs remain in 6^th
place, four points behind Livingston.

After the game Ross told BBC Scotland: “Over the last
two or three months our home record has been good. However, the circumstances
of the game changed that a little bit.

“We had to show character and resilience to come back.
It wasn’t one of our better days overall but when you have a game like that and
still take something from it then that’s encouraging.”

Hibs: Marciano, Gray, Hanlon, Horgan, Doidge, Boyle, Newell,
Stevenson, Allan, McGregor, Omeonga. Subs: Bogdan, McGinn, McNulty, Docherty, James,
Hallberg, Murray

St Mirren: Hladky, Waters McCarthy, Flynn, Obika, Andreu,
Durmus, Foley, Morias, Famewo, MacPherson. Subs: Hodson, McAllister, McGrath,
Cooke, Lyness, Jakubiak, Mullen.

Referee David Munro

Attendance 16,325