Ten-man Aberdeen ended their dismal run of form with a hard-fought 2-1 victory over St Mirren at Pittodrie.
McGhee's ten-man outfit claim maximum haul
Ten-man Aberdeen ended their dismal run of form with a hard-fought 2-1 victory over St Mirren at Pittodrie.
The Dons headed into the match on the back of a dreadful 11-match winless streak but goals from Zander Diamond and Sone Aluko gave them a two-goal lead.
Steven Robb pulled a goal for the Buddies with 11 minutes remaining before Aberdeen's Steve MacLean saw red for a second bookable offence three minutes later to set up a nervy finish, but the Reds hung on for a welcome triumph.
St Mirren arrived at the Granite City in buoyant mood after their emphatic 4-0 midweek win over Celtic but it was the hosts who opened the scoring after 37 minutes. Paul Gallacher pulled off a smart save to keep out Diamond's bullet header but the Dons defender reacted quickest to smash the rebound high into the roof of the net.
Aberdeen's second eventually came in bizarre circumstances after 56 minutes. Substitute Fraser Fyvie centred the ball for Aluko whose low shot took a wicked deflection off Jack Ross before trickling into the goal despite the best efforts of Gallacher and John Potter.
The Buddies did grab a lifeline, though, when Billy Mehmet's cross fell kindly into the path of Robb who clinically drove the ball past the helpless Jamie Langfield.
