Watch highlights: Airdrieonians v St Mirren

At a glance

  • Idowu lashes in St Mirren winner in extra-time

  • Devaney's first Buddies goal cancelled out by Henderson strike

  • Airdrieonians penalty appeal turned down at 0-1 after King challenge on Barjonas

Andy Campbell
BBC Scotland

Roland Idowu finally found the net in extra time to send St Mirren past Airdrieonians into the Scottish Cup quarter-finals.

Idowu had been denied by a superb Harry Stone save at 1-1 and soon flashed another effort wide.

But he struck firmly off a long ball in the 115th minute to secure a deserved win for Stephen Robinson's side.

On-loan Manchester United midfielder Jacob Devaney lifted a delightful shot beyond Stone to give St Mirren a first-half lead, which was cancelled out by Euan Henderson's well taken shot on the run after the break - his 17th goal this term.

The Premier Spots Cup winners looked the more likely side in extra time and duly maintained their hopes of trophy double.

Jayden Richardson forced Stone into a smart save soon after the opener before Airdrie claimed unsuccessfully for a penalty for Richard King's challenge on Jamie Barjonas.

Lewis Strapp came close to a leveller with a fiercely whipped shot just before the Henderson strike.

And Idowu could have added to his and St Mirren's tally in added time of extra time, Stone saving with his feet.

Analysis: St Mirren overcome stern test to extend run

With victory over Scottish Premiership leaders Hearts on Tuesday and now a cup win at Airdrie, February so far has been good to St Mirren after January had ended with a moderate improvement.

A fourth-round win on penalties over Livingston ended a sequence of four straight defeats and league draws with Livi and Dundee set Stephen Robinson's side up for Tuesday's landmark victory.

The performance against Aaron Taylor-Sinclair's Airdrie was one of determination against an awkward opponent, fresh from Championship and Challenge Cup successes against Dunfermline Athletic and Arbroath.

Devaney had made an impression against Hearts and notched his first St Mirren goal after receiving Mikael Mandron's pass and picking his spot from just inside the box.

St Mirren are now five unbeaten in all competitions and look more like the side that triumphed against Celtic in December's League Cup final and finished in last season's Premiership top six.

St Mirren manager Stephen Robinson with a graphic of recent resultsSNS

It was not all plain sailing, however, with Barjonas getting the wrong side of King and the challenge giving referee Kevin Clancy a decision to make. He saw no infringement and Airdire did not have the benefit of VAR to make their case. King also escaped punishment for an untidy block on Strapp.

Strapp's shot was a warning and Henderson soon took Barjonas' slipped past and buried past Shamal George.

However, St Mirren gathered themselves and their quality shone through in extra time.

And Idowu told BBC Scotland before receiving his player of the match award: "It came to me and I just, thought, 'should I take a touch or just hit it?' It just sat perfectly for me so I just took the strike.

"We got the result so that's all that matters. We're still on a bit of a streak.

"When we were on the cup run at the start [of the season], it was almost like the impossible. Now, we know it's very possible so whatever the draw is, we go with the same attitude of, 'we've done it before, we know what it takes to get to that level', so we definitely are anticipating good things."

What they said

St Mirren manager Stephen Robinson: "We found a way. There's a lot of tired legs from Tuesday night. We lacked a little bit of quality in the final third. If you find a way to win, you're in the draw, you've still got an opportunity.

"It's certainly a great chance. If you've won a cup, got to a quarter-final and we manage to stay in the league, it ends up being a terrific season.

"Airdrie were excellent, credit to them. We got really casual. Some tired minds, poor decisions. They had spells in the game where they had momentum and it's a lesson."

What's next for these teams?

Airdrieonians host Championship leaders St Johnstone on Friday (19:45 GMT), with that match live on BBC Scotland and iPlayer.

St Mirren return to Premiership action away to Kilmarnock on Wednesday (19:45).

Player of the match

H. Stone
7.81
50 H. Stone
7.81
11 E. Henderson
7.60
3 L. Strapp
7.18
17 L. McGrattan
6.90
14 A. Devine
6.83
6 D. McMaster
6.57
25 S. Constable
6.56
12 C. McArthur
6.47
24 C. McKinnon
6.43
7 C. Mochrie
6.43
2 D. MacDonald
6.33
8 G. Gallagher
6.30
16 C. Ross
6.29
18 J. Barjonas
6.14
23 C. Telfer
6.14
33 J. Hastie
5.70
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