Dundee United came from behind to secure a 3-1 William Hill Premiership win over ten-man St Mirren at Tannadice.

The Buddies opened the scoring through Dan Nlundulu with his first goal for the club and had the better of the first half but United equalised just before the break thanks to a Zac Sapsford free-kick.

The Terrors then took the lead with Amar Fatah netting a controversial penalty that saw Alex Gogic sent off before Craig Sibbald put the game beyond doubt late on.

The win moved United up to third in the table while St Mirren dropped to ninth after what was their third straight defeat.

The hosts made three changes to the team that drew with Rangers at Ibrox last Saturday with Panutche Camara, Nikolaj Moller and Iurie Iovu coming in for Ivan Dolcek, Julius Eskesen and Fatah.

After last week’s defeat to Aberdeen, St Mirren brought in Conor McMenamin and Jonah Ayunga for Mikael Mandron and the suspended Jaydon Richardson.

Following an even opening, St Mirren took the lead in the 18th minute. A Declan John cross from the left was deflected towards goal and home keeper Yevhenii Kucherenko could only palm the ball upwards with Nlundulu on hand to nod home from...