Mikey Devlin's early red card meant Aberdeen were up against it and it is no surprise that Kilmarnock secured a fine away win.

It was a controversial sending off and we'll await the words of Dons manager Derek McInnes with interest.

It's a gallant effort by Aberdeen considering they have had 10 men for 85 minutes, and they may have have got something against a lesser side, but Kilmarnock were too clinical for them today.

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Hamilton manager Martin Canning signed four players yesterday. None of them were ready to make their debuts today and he'll be hoping they are soon after a disappointing home defeat.

For Tommy Wright's visitors, it is steady as she goes.

Hearts extend their lead at the top of the Premiership to five points with a dominant win over St Mirren.

The damage was done in the first half and, with manager Craig Levein recovering from his health scare at home, his side will have cheered him up as they cruised to victory after the break.

Kilmarnock are content with the 2-0 lead. Aberdeen have thrown on Bruce Anderson and are lumping balls into the box, but nothing will fall for them.

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Chris Kane passes up a great chance to seal the points for St Johnstone.

The goal is gaping after goalkeeper Gary Woods races off his line to clear at the feet of Blair Alston, but substitute Kane fires wide.

On-loan Ipswich Town midfielder Tristan Nydam makes his St Johnstone debut as a substitute, replacing Matthew Kennedy.

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What a turnaround in this match. Hibernian deservedly had taken the lead, but as Livingston showed en route to the Premiership last season, they do not roll over easily. Shaun Byrne’s equaliser was a thing of beauty and Scott Pittman showed great composure to put them in front. After the away win over St Mirren in Gary Holt’s first game in charge, if Livi can hang on to this lead, that would be a terrific start to his tenure here.

Livingston substitute Nicky Cadden fires an effort from the edge of the box that goalkeeper Adam Bogdan manages to beat away from goal.

The home side look the more likely to get the next goal.

That goal has given Dundee a new lease of life and the hosts are frantically pressing for a leveller. Paul McGowan's effort is smartly saved by Trevor Carson, while Jesse Curran should have done better moments before. Motherwell hanging on a bit here.

That is a quite stunning miss from Alfie Jones. The ball falls for the unmarked St Mirren substitute on the six-yard line, but he can only produce an embarrassing fresh-air swipe with his attempted volley.

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It's not been Steven Boyd's day so far. He chests the ball down outside the St Johnstone box and sends a sweeping shot towards goal, but it swerves wide.

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Arnaud Djoum has been on the park for about two minutes, but he's almost ordered right back off again.

The midfielder absolutely clatters Ryan Flynn. It's a lunge, the studs are showing.

I's a yellow card only. Lucky man!

Kilmarnock's Jordan Jones gets clear on the left and his low shot is deflected wide by the foot of goalkeeper Joe Lewis.

The return of Arnaud Djoum adds more cheer to a jubilant afternoon for Hearts fans.

The midfielder has been out since snapping an Achilles tendon in February.