St Johnstone 5-2 Livingston

Kevin Moon kicked off the rout for St Johnstone with a deflected shot on 45 minutes after Saints had missed several first-half chances at McDiarmid Park.

Paul Sheerin scored two penalties in three minutes before Leigh Griffiths countered for Livingston in 63 minutes.

Steven Milne slotted Saints' fourth a minute later before Livi's Murray Davidson turned in a near-post corner.

Milne completed the scoring a minute later, in 81 minutes, when he finished from a tight angle.

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St Johnstone: Cuthbert, Irvine (Monaghan 89), Stanic (Kerr 67), Moon, Anderson, McManus, Weatherston, Milne, McBreen, Craig, Sheerin. Subs Not Used: Rutkiewicz, MacDonald, Main.

Goals: Moon 45, Sheerin 57 pen, 60 pen, Milne 64, 81.

Livingston: Lunn, MacDonald, Malone (Smith 56), McPake, McCaffrey, Sinclair, Dorrans (Hamill 70), Fox, Griffiths (Halliday 70), Weir, Davidson. Subs Not Used: Snodgrass, Jamieson.

Booked: McPake.

Goals: Griffiths 63, Davidson 80.

Att: 2,751

Ref: D Somers