Postpublished at 20:55 British Summer Time 7 April 2015
Steven MacLean and now James McFadden have been booked for late challenges. It's been a frustrating night for the St Johnstone forwards, who have been living off meagre scraps.
Summary
FT: Motherwell 5-0 St Mirren (Erwin 2, McDonald, Sutton 2)
Buddies now 10 points behind at the bottom
FT: Ross County 1-0 St Johnstone (Boyce)
Seventh win in eight-game unbeaten run for Staggies
Postpublished at 20:55 British Summer Time 7 April 2015
Postpublished at 20:54 British Summer Time 7 April 2015
What can St Mirren do to salvage something from this game? Their situation at the foot of the table looks perilous...
Postpublished at 20:51 British Summer Time 7 April 2015
Craig Curran connects with a low cross from the left on the slide near the penalty spot but the County forward can only scoop the ball high over the crossbar.
KICK-OFFpublished at 20:49 British Summer Time 7 April 2015
And they're up and running again at Fir Park too.
KICK-OFFpublished at 20:47 British Summer Time 7 April 2015
The match in Dingwall resumes.
Postpublished at 20:47 British Summer Time 7 April 2015
St Mirren make a double change at half-time with Steven Thompson and Gregg Wylde coming on for James Dayton Kieran Sadlier.
Motherwell 3-0 St Mirrenpublished at 20:45 British Summer Time 7 April 2015
Image source, SNSImage caption, Everything seemed to go Motherwell's way in the first half, St Mirren have it all to do
Ross County 0-0 St Johnstonepublished at 20:42 British Summer Time 7 April 2015
Image source, SNSImage caption, No goals so far in Dingwall with County shading it in terms of chances
HALF-TIMEpublished at 20:35 British Summer Time 7 April 2015
Motherwell have taken St Mirren apart in the first half and the gap between the two sides will extend to 10 points unless the bottom-place Buddies can drastically change their fortunes in the second half.
HALF-TIMEpublished at 20:34 British Summer Time 7 April 2015
The home side have had the best of things as both sides harangue referee Kevin Clancy on the way up the tunnel. Martin Woods curled an early free-kick wide and his low shot was then well saved by Saints keeper Alan Mannus.
GOALpublished at 20:32 British Summer Time 7 April 2015
Motherwell make it look so simple as Marvin Johnson takes down a Lionel Ainsworth chip at the back post before cutting back to Scott McDonald, who applies a low finish.
Postpublished at 20:31 British Summer Time 7 April 2015
Saints defenders are back-pedalling furiously as Jackson Irvine strides forward in the middle of the park but the Australian midfielder balloons his shot from 25 yards high over the target.
Motherwell 2-0 St Mirrenpublished at 20:30 British Summer Time 7 April 2015
St Mirren seem to be second to every ball at Fir Park. They are shorn of confidence and desperately need a big turnaround in this match.
Motherwell 2-0 St Mirrenpublished at 20:26 British Summer Time 7 April 2015
Motherwell striker Scott McDonald is clean through on goal as he runs on to Lee Erwin's pass but the Australian made his run just a little too early and is flagged offside.
Postpublished at 20:24 British Summer Time 7 April 2015
The visitors are a threat on the counter-attack and Michael O'Halloran shows good speed to break from the left only to skew his lofted effort wide when inside the penalty area.
Postpublished at 20:23 British Summer Time 7 April 2015
Image source, SNSImage caption, St Mirren have been second best so far at Fir Park, can they recover?
Ouch!published at 20:19 British Summer Time 7 April 2015
Saints' Alan Mannus is at full-stretch to keep out a low shot from Martin Woods, the ball is loose for a second, and the goalkeeper takes a sore-looking dunt from the sliding Craig Curran as he recovers to smother inside the six-yard box.
Motherwell 2-0 St Mirrenpublished at 20:18 British Summer Time 7 April 2015
It looked for a moment as if Craig Thomson had awarded Motherwell a penalty following a challenge on Scott McDonald but an offside flag had already been raised against the striker.
Postpublished at 20:17 British Summer Time 7 April 2015
Image source, SNSImage caption, A committed challenge between St Johnstone's Frazer Wright and Ross County's Liam Boyce
Postpublished at 20:14 British Summer Time 7 April 2015
What a start for Motherwell. They are on course to extend their lead over bottom side St Mirren to 10 points.