St Johnstone face a relegation play-off tie after Jack Fitzwater’s last-minute equaliser secured Livingston a 1-1 draw at the Tony Macaroni Arena.Fitzwater cancelled out Glenn Middleton’s opener to leave Saints, who cannot catch 10th-placed Aberdeen, six points above bottom-placed Dundee with two games remaining.Middleton bundled home fellow substitute James Brown’s cross at th...Full Story »

Livingston are again without suspended goalkeeper Max Stryjek for the visit of St Johnstone on Saturday, so Ivan Konovalov is set to continue between the sticks after making his debut against Hibernian last weekend.Bruce Anderson is still out with an ankle problem, while James Penrice and Tom Parkes are out for the season following surgery.Caleb Chukwuemeka is set to return to the squad after re...Full Story »

Craig Johnston’s goal earned Montrose a 1-0 play-off advantage and ended Airdrie’s 20-match unbeaten league run.Johnston fired home in the ninth minute of the cinch Championship play-off semi-final first leg at Links Park after the Diamonds failed to deal with an Andrew Steeves cross.Lyall Cameron and Scott Agnew came close from long range at either end and the former forced a good s...Full Story »

St Mirren manager Stephen Robinson voiced his relief after Greg Kiltie’s goal gave them a crucial 1-0 victory over St Johnstone, ending a wretched run of four straight league defeats.The midfielder produced an accurate low finish, following a slick move involving Alex Gogic and Alex Greive, to move the Buddies to the brink of safety – eight points clear of the relegation play-off spo...Full Story »

Greg Kiltie’s precise second-half finish proved to be the winner as St Mirren claimed a priceless 1-0 victory over St Johnstone at McDiarmid Park.The midfielder steered home Alex Greive’s cutback to settle a tight contest as they move to the brink of safety, eight points clear of the cinch Premiership relegation play-off spot with three games remaining.St Johnstone, meanwhile, were u...Full Story »

St Johnstone manager Callum Davidson will select from an unchanged squad for Saturday’s cinch Premiership match at home to St Mirren.Tony Gallacher (leg), Craig Bryson (ankle), Chris Kane (knee) and David Wotherspoon (knee) all remain on the sidelines.None of this quartet are expected to feature again this season.St Mirren pair Richard Tait and Eamonn Brophy are included in the squad despi...Full Story »

Dundee’s cinch Premiership future looks bleak after they could only draw 1-1 against St Johnstone at Dens Park.The home side stormed into an early lead through Jordan Marshall before Shaun Rooney equalised for the visitors in the second half to secure a point against their relegation rivals.The result leaves the rock-bottom Dark Blues still five points adrift of 11th-placed Saints in the p...Full Story »

Dundee have no fresh injury problems ahead of their crucial cinch Premiership relegation duel with St Johnstone.Goalkeeper Adam Legzdins remains out with a knee problem and is unlikely to feature again this season.Defender Lee Ashcroft (hamstring) and striker Cillian Sheridan (Achilles) are out for the season.St Johnstone boss Callum Davidson also has no new injury worries for the trip to Dundee...Full Story »

David Button is set to take the gloves from England goalkeeper Sam Johnstone for West Brom when Blackpool visit the Hawthorns on Good Friday.Baggies boss Steve Bruce revealed on the eve of the clash that with Johnstone poised to leave the club in the summer when his contract expires, Button will be given the chance to impress.Karlan Grant will be pushing for a start after featuring in the final ...Full Story »

Celtic tightened their grip on the cinch Premiership title yet further with a 7-0 thrashing of second-bottom St Johnstone at Parkhead.Goals from Reo Hatate, Giorgos Giakoumakis and Daizen Maeda gave the relentless Hoops an unassailable interval lead.Josip Juranovic added a fourth from the spot early in the second half and Matt O’Riley scored twice in three minutes before fellow substi...Full Story »

Celtic will welcome Kyogo Furuhashi back for the visit of St Johnstone.The Japan forward will be in the squad for the first time since he aggravated a hamstring injury on Boxing Day.That will leave James Forrest as the only absentee for the cinch Premiership leaders as he nurses a minor leg muscle problem.St Johnstone will be without full-back Tony Gallacher for the rest of the season after he f...Full Story »

Callum Hendry’s third-minute penalty helped St Johnstone secure back-to-back wins for the first time in the cinch Premiership this season with a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Livingston at McDiarmid Park.The in-form striker fired his spot-kick low down the middle of Max Stryjek’s goal after Livingston defender Jack Fitzwater was ruled to have caught him with a stray arm as they challe...Full Story »

Cammy MacPherson returns to the St Johnstone squad for the visit of Livingston in the cinch Premiership.The midfielder missed the win over Motherwell before the international break through injury.Defender James Brown will be assessed after returning from international duty with Malta while Craig Bryson, Chris Kane and David Wotherspoon remain on the sidelines.Livi boss David Martindale has no fr...Full Story »

St Johnstone assistant manager Steven MacLean hailed Callum Hendry after the striker claimed a spectacular stoppage-time winner against Motherwell.Hendry let a long ball bounce before firing into the top corner from the corner of box to earn a 2-1 victory which moved Saints four points clear of cinch Premiership bottom club Dundee.The striker had earlier cancelled out Kevin van Veen’s solo...Full Story »

St Johnstone manager Callum Davidson will miss his team’s cinch Premiership match at home to Motherwell as he is isolating due to Covid-19.Shaun Rooney, Callum Booth and Murray Davidson are all fit to return after injury while Tom Sang could also be available after being forced off early in the recent match away to Hibernian.Craig Bryson, Chris Kane and David Wotherspoon remain on the side...Full Story »

West Brom manager Steve Bruce admitted his England goalkeeper Sam Johnstone would have a sleepless night after his mistakes led to both Huddersfield goals in a 2-2 draw at The Hawthorns.However, he praised his side’s commitment after they emerged with an unlikely point courtesy of a comeback in the last five minutes.Huddersfield took a bizarre lead in the 24th minute. Johnstone’s kic...Full Story »

Hibernian climbed up to fourth in the cinch Premiership despite being held to another frustrating 0-0 draw by St Johnstone in front of a bumper Easter Road crowd.Nearly 20,000 fans crammed into the stadium, including 1,900 away supporters, after the Leith side made tickets available for only £5.But there was a distinct lack of action at both ends of the park as Hibs, who have now drawn the...Full Story »

Hibernian are set to be without 10 players who would ordinarily be in with a strong chance of starting when they host St Johnstone on Saturday.Rocky Bushiri is suspended, while Matt Macey, Paul McGinn, Paul Hanlon, Kevin Nisbet, Demetri Mitchell, Joe Newell, Kyle Magennis, Chris Mueller and Kevin Nisbet are all injured.James Scott could be rushed back into the squad to ease Shaun Maloney’s...Full Story »

St Johnstone manager Callum Davidson praised his players for pushing title-chasing Rangers all the way after falling behind to Glen Kamara’s early strike.The Perth side were unable to craft an equaliser to boost their prospects of pulling out of the relegation fight with local rivals Dundee.Kamara ignored offside pleas to tuck a calm finish past static home keeper Elliot Parish as Rangers ...Full Story »

On-loan forward Glenn Middleton is not allowed to play for St Johnstone against parent club Rangers at McDiarmid Park on Wednesday.Goalkeeper Zander Clark has an outside chance of returning from a calf problem.Cammy MacPherson (shoulder), Callum Booth (groin), Shaun Rooney, Craig Bryson (both ankle), Chris Kane and David Wotherspoon (both knee) are all set to remain on the sidelines.Rangers have...Full Story »