Summary

  • Chris Kane gets toe on Glenn Middleton cross to guide St Johnstone into lead; Middleton rifles in free-kick two minutes later; Conor McCarthy bullets home response

  • Watch live on Sportscene & listen on Sportsound

  • League Cup winners St Johnstone lifted the Scottish Cup in 2014

  • Hibernian already through to final on 22 May after beating Dundee United on Saturday

Live Reporting

Colin Moffat

  1. 'Clark form is something else'

    HT: St Mirren 0-0 St Johnstone

    Tom English
    BBC Scotland's chief sports writer on Sportsound

    It's a brilliant save from Zander Clark. His highlights reel from this season is something else

  2. 'Perth side playing with more authority'

    HT: St Mirren 0-0 St Johnstone

    Derek McInnes
    Former Aberdeen and St Johnstone manager on BBC One Scotland

    St Mirren have defended very well, but St Johnstone have played with more authority on the ball.

  3. Clark keeps Erwin out

    HT: St Mirren 0-0 St Johnstone

    St Mirren striker Lee Erwin must have thought he was scoring when he got on the end of that cross from Kristian Dennis but Zander Clark got himself in the way.

    The best chance of the game by a distance.

    Zander Clark saves from Lee ErwinSNS

  4. HALF-TIME St Mirren 0-0 St Johnstone

    All square at the break. No goals but plenty of incidents and talking points at Hampden.

  5. 'St Johnstone dominate for long spells'

    St Mirren 0-0 St Johnstone

    Allan Preston
    BBC Scotland summariser on Sportsound

    I think Jim Goodwin will be happy to get to half-time at 0-0. St Mirren had the best chance of the half but St Johnstone have dominated for long spells.

  6. St Mirren 0-0 St Johnstone

    A bit of a scruffy spell here as we approach half time.

  7. St Mirren 0-0 St Johnstone

    St Johnstone's Shane Rooney delivers a cross from the right after twisting his way past Ilkay Durmus but Guy Melamed makes a mess of the first-time effort, shooting high and wide.

  8. St Mirren 0-0 St Johnstone

    Opinions, eh?

    Our pundits do agree it was a top drawer stop from Zander Clark though...

  9. Erwin did 'everything right' before 'fantastic save'

    St Mirren 0-0 St Johnstone

    Chris Iwelumo
    Former Scotland striker on BBC One

    What a fantastic save. Erwin did everything right, good contact on the ball, it's on target, but it's a fantastic save.

  10. 'Glorious opportunity' wasted by 'poor finish'

    St Mirren 0-0 St Johnstone

    James McFadden
    Former Scotland forward on BBC Radio Scotland

    It's a poor finish, a really poor finish. Great save, but Lee Erwin has to score. That is a glorious opportunity for St Mirren.

  11. GREAT SAVE!

    St Mirren 0-0 St Johnstone

    Kristian Dennis does really well to volley a long ball over the top across the face of goal and in slides his St Mirren strike partner Lee Erwin to finish it off inside the six yard box. A certain goal, surely... But no, Zander Clark somehow gets in the way to make a fantastic save.

  12. 'St Mirren need more from McGrath'

    St Mirren 0-0 St Johnstone

    James McFadden
    Former Scotland forward on Sportsound

    St Mirren will be wanting to get Jamie McGrath on the ball. He had a really bright opening, but in the last 10 minutes he has barely touched it.

    St Mirren's Jamie McGrath (left) challenges St Johnstone's Ali McCannSNS

    St Mirren's Jamie McGrath (left) challenges St Johnstone's Ali McCann

  13. CLOSE!

    St Mirren 0-0 St Johnstone

    Big chance for St Johnstone striker Chris Kane. He comes steaming through the middle and smashes a rising shot narrowly over the top from the edge of the box. He's got to keep that down.

  14. St Mirren 0-0 St Johnstone

    Now it's the other St Johnstone wing-back having a go as a shot from Callum Booth screams wide.

  15. 'Saints winning the midfield battle'

    St Mirren 0-0 St Johnstone

    Allan Preston
    Former St Johnstone midfielder on Sportsound

    St Johnstone are starting to dominate in the middle of the park

    St Mirren's Lee Erwin (left) is tackled by St Johnstone's Jason KerrSNS

    St Mirren's Lee Erwin (left) is tackled by St Johnstone's Jason Kerr

  16. GREAT SAVE!

    St Mirren 0-0 St Johnstone

    Shaun Rooney cuts inside and takes aim for the top corner with a curling shot from 22 yards. It's a bit more central than the St Johnstone wing-back would like and Jak Alnwick is at full-stretch to push it away.

  17. 'Big call'

    St Mirren 0-0 St Johnstone

    Chris Iwelumo
    Former Scotland striker on BBC One

    It comes off his hand and it's goal-bound. It's a big call, there are questions to be asked.

  18. PENALTY APPEAL

    St Mirren 0-0 St Johnstone

    St Mirren forward Kristian Dennis meets another good Ilkay Durmus cross flush on the volley and it's travelling on target at a rate of knots before it hits the hand of defender Jamie McCart.

    There's no chance he can get out of the way from there... But. Quite a big but actually, it has stopped a fierce strike.

  19. St Mirren 0-0 St Johnstone

    David Wotherspoon has been prominent for St Johnstone. He just seems to glide with the ball and always plays with his head up. The midfielder is tugged back and then curls in the free-kick himself but it's sent miles clear by a thumping header from St Mirren captain Joe Shaugnessy.

  20. St Mirren 0-0 St Johnstone

    St Mirren left-back Richard Tait is getting forward a lot in these opening exchanges and he's the closest to a long ball over the top of the St Johnstone defence, sliding in but just not able to get on the end of it.