St Mirren 1-1 Motherwell: Visitors without a win in last four games

Alex Jakubiak's second-half strike was his first goal for St Mirren

Alex Jakubiak's first St Mirren goal earned the Paisley side a Scottish Cup fifth-round replay against top-flight rivals Motherwell.

Stephen Robinson's side had already beaten St Mirren twice this season, and led when Mark O'Hara put them in front.

However, Watford loanee Jakubiak equalised 15 minutes from time to set up a replay on 18 February.

Both teams will be in the draw for the quarter-final, which follows Celtic's tie with Clyde on Sunday.

• Reaction & as it happened

St Mirren dig deep in tough conditions

Two things stand out after this one. Firstly, St Mirren's refusal to give up, and secondly, what a cracking cup tie in far from ideal conditions.

St Mirren have lost both Premiership matches between the sides this season with an aggregate score of 5-0 and were 15 minutes away from being knocked out of the Scottish Cup. It would have been the first time Motherwell had won in the competition in Paisley in nearly 20 years, but their hosts had other ideas.

Then the conditions. From being reasonably calm at kick-off, they deteriorated so quickly that, 10 minutes before half-time, home goalkeeper Vaclav Hladky had a goal-kick nearly blown back into his arms.

Despite that, these two conjured up an eminently watchable match. The tone was set after just five minutes when St Mirren stole possession and Ilkay Durmus side-footed against the post, then Newcastle loanee Rolando Aarons curled in a goal-bound shot for the visitors that was well tipped away by Hladky.

The strengthening wind was behind the visitors, so there was an inevitable spell when it was one-way traffic towards the St Mirren goal. A deflected Jermaine Hylton effort drew another good stop from Hladky before Conor McCarthy's defensive header cleared his own crossbar.

It was no huge surprise when the Motherwell goal came. Sympathies with Hladky, who saved well when Chris Long was sent clear but the rebound fell for O'Hara, whose finish was powerful and true.

That was after 21 minutes, and the visitors were nearly further ahead five minutes later when Long again drew a good save from Hladky.

Then the opposing keeper came into his own. A nice St Mirren move ended with Durmus cutting the ball back to Jakubiak, whose shot was instinctively blocked by Mark Gillespie. And when he was beaten, his centre-backs weren't - Peter Hartley was perfectly placed to head off the line to deny Durmus from Jon Obika's cutback.

Inevitably - and blamelessly - the match deteriorated as Storm Ciara strengthened. St Mirren took on the tempest as best they could, with Lee Hodson's teasing cross flashing across goal with no takers.

Motherwell, moving the ball around nicely, lacked only a decisive finish or killer pass and were left to rue that when Jakubiak's powerful shot arrowed into the net with 15 minutes left.

Still the chances came - Motherwell twice going within inches of a winner, when Liam Donnelly and O'Hara both shot narrowly wide. There was also a fabulous late, long-range effort from Durmus, which drew a terrific save from Gillespie.

But a winner wouldn't come - so a replay will.

'The weather spoiled the game' - reaction

St Mirren manager Jim Goodwin: "You saw two sets of players really going for it, but we have to do it all over again unfortunately, which I'm sure both teams could do without given the busy fixture schedule. There wasn't a great deal in the game, it was probably fairly even."

Motherwell manager Stephen Robinson: "It was horrendous. Credit to the players for trying to keep playing. A draw was probably a fair result considering the conditions. We had a lot of chances to win it, but the weather spoiled the game in terms of the quality at times."