Joe Lewis blunders as St Mirren go through at expense of Aberdeen

A late error from Aberdeen goalkeeper Joe Lewis allowed St Mirren to progress into the Betfred Cup quarter-finals at the expense of the Dons.

Aberdeen goalkeeper and captain Joe Lewis trudges off at full time.

Lewis, the Aberdeen captain, is so usually reliable in between the sticks, but a fairly routine 88th-minute shot from Jamie McGrath squirmed through him and into the net to give the Buddies a 2-1 win.

Jim Goodwin’s men had taken the lead after just four minutes thanks to a free-kick from Ilkay Durmus in Paisley, but Niall McGinn equalised for Aberdeen just before the break.

The tie looked destined for extra time under Lewis’ aberration, with St Mirren building on last weekend’s 1-0 Premiership win away at Livingston.