Given Livingston had not won in the league in 203 days and St Mirren had not picked up a victory on the road in 168 days, expectations for a classic were low.
What transpired was, for the most part, terrible.
The Buddies started brightly, with Jayden Richardson climbing and heading a decent effort on goal, only for it crash off the crossbar with the faintest of touches from home goalkeeper Jerome Prior, but it was not a sign for things to come.
The first half was flat, with balls being lumped from one end of the pitch to the other in the West Lothian rain.
Nlundulu's header on the cusp of half-time woke fans up in the ground, who would have been forgiven for falling asleep. Many had their heads in their hands.
They remained there for much of the second half, where it looked like St Mirren were cruising, without having to do much, and ending their three-game losing streak.
Then, Kabongolo, rather inexplicably and surprisingly, was all alone in the box.
Completely different to his finish last week, the defender showed great quality to haul Livi back level.
The issue is, Livi are not in the market for draws, they desperately need wins.
They pushed for it, while the Saints sat back - their last shot came in the 64th minute.
Robinson admitted they tried to protect their lead too early, and while he accepted the point gained was fair, he added it was perhaps something of a missed opportunity, given the thrashing Killie suffered.
Bartley is backing his players and believes they have more than enough to pull off the great escape, but if today’s performance was anything to go by, that seems a huge challenge.