Join us tomorrow for four more Premiership games in the winter wonderland of a Scottish January. With Aberdeen inactive, Celtic can regain the lead at the top should they defeat struggling Motherwell, while St Mirren host Dundee United, Hamilton Accies travel to take on Partick Thistle, while Kilmarnock are in Dundee. Thanks for your company tonight.

St Johnstone, who face leaders Aberdeen on Friday night with injury problems mounting, remain seven points behind Hamilton Accies in sixth. Kilmarnock have the chance to narrow the gap with Saints to two points should they defeat Dundee at Dens Park tomorrow night.

That's the first time Caley Thistle have recorded four successive league wins since May 2011.

Caley Thistle's star striker, Billy McKay, is out of contract in the summer and manager John Hughes was asked if there was any chance of the Northern Ireland international signing a new contract.

"I very much doubt it," he said. "He has been a wonderful player since I came here.

"He is out of contract and, if another team is doubling his wages, we can't match that.

"If Billy does more on, he will go with our best wishes and, if he goes to the English Championship or somewhere, he deserves it."

"Overall, we didn't do enough in terms of getting close to them.

"The first goal was shambolic and the second one we were totally disorganised.

"There were things we would have done to stop them that we didn't do.

"The back four were fine. It was those in front of them who didn't do their jobs.

"It is only our third defeat in 12 games, but we're hurting tonight."

"The boys have been different class. It started first day of pre-season.

"We played some real wonderful football tonight and on another night we might have scored more goals, but I'll settle for a clean sheet and 2-0.

"We really work hard on the training pitch and I want to see it put into fruition."

Caley Thistle are now only one point behind Celtic and three adrift of Premiership leaders Aberdeen. An impressive run.

"We've got to give Inverness great credit. Their movement off and on the ball was exceptional and caused them no end of problems. It could and should have been more."

"That was as comfortable as it comes. Caley Thistle played the game like a team at the top of the league. St Johnstone, I'm afraid to say, were the total opposite and lacked in many departments."

A convincing victory for Caley Thistle moves John Hughes' side on to the 44-point mark and into third place in the Scottish Premiership. leapfrogging Dundee United.

Caley Thistle defender Carl Tremarco breaks once more and tries to square the ball for substitute Alasdair Sutherland, but goalkeeper Alan Mannus does well to intercept.

The attendance tonight at Caledonian Stadium is 3,161, which is not bad on a bitterly cold January evening in Inverness. But one shudders (and not just because of the weather conditions) to think what it might have been if that "pay what you can" offer was not in operation.

Time is rapidly running out for St Johnstone, with Caley Thistle completely in control and taking the pace out of the game.

BBC Radio Scotland commentator Scott Davie is pointing out that, even if they lose tonight, St Johnstone are five points better off than they were at this stage last season - and that was before Scotland striker Stevie May headed for Sheffield Wednesday!

Ryan Christie has also come on for Marley Watkins and the talented young midfielder has already been involved in a few Caley Thistle attacks.

By the way, I missed out telling you that Gary Miller had come on for the injured Frazer Wright in the Saints defence. That's Tommy Wright used all his substitutes.

Gary Miller misses a rare chance for St Johnstone as he fires over the crossbar.

Andrew Priestley: "St Johnstone have been so inconsistent since Stevie May left in the summer. They're back to mid-table mediocrity again."

Ross Gillespie: "I'm a big Inverness fan, the atmospheres lately have been poor. Hopefully this experiment will make that change."