Kilmarnock and St Mirren have played out a 1-1 draw in their Scottish Premier League encounter at Rugby Park.

The result has kept alive Killie's chances of European football as they now sit one point ahead of seventh-placed Aberdeen.

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The visitors were ahead at the break when Esmael Goncalves had the pace to burst past the Kilmarnock defence before firing in.

However, the home side got themselves level just a minute after the restart as Kris Boyd smashed in his first goal since rejoining the club.