Max Kucheriavyi wants a penalty after the home midfielder bursts on to a loose ball in the box, but he looks to be anticipating the contact too much and nothing is given.

St Johnstone are enjoying a decent spell in this game now.

St Johnstone go close as a Liam Gordon header is blocked from a corner.

In the midst of the ball ping-ponging around, there are some shouts for a handball from the hosts, but the referee isn't interested.

Moments later, they go close again. Goalkeeper Zander Clark fails to gather a corner kick and it spills into the box, with Cammy Devlin stretching a leg out to clear it off of the line.

On-loan Rangers midfielder Alex Lowry then comes on to make his Hearts debut for fellow summer signing Calem Nieuwenhof.

Kilmarnock: Dennis, Mayo, Deas, Findlay, Ndaba, Armstrong, Watson, Lyons, Magennis, Kennedy, Watkins.

Substitutes: O'Hara, Sanders, Davies, Donnelly, Polworth, McKenzie, Murray, Cameron, Vassell.

Rangers: Butland, Tavernier, Goldson, Souttar, Barisic, Dowell, Lundstram, Raskin, Sima, Lammers, Dessers.

Substitutes: McCrorie, Hagi, Jack, Cantwell, Cifuentes, Matondo, Roofe, Balogun, Danilo.

A Hearts cross eventually drops to Yutaro Oda at the back of the box.

He takes a few smart touches in the box, but his shot is right at goalkeeper Dimitar Mitov.

Moments earlier, a Stephen Kingsley free-kick was sent over the bar.

Not a whole lot more happening in this half so far than there was in the first.

Luke McCowan plays a brilliant one-two with Lyall Cameron to burst into the Motherwell penalty box.

The midfielder's shot is past goalkeeper Liam Kelly but off a post!

It comes back to Zach Robinson, but the striker's shot is straight at Kelly.

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The large travelling support are trying to encourage their side here.

"Come on you Reds" was the chant before it petered out as a rare exciting Dons attack was well defended by Livi.

It's a tough watch, this one.

Well come forward, but the ball is holding up on the pitch and the passes are often behind the on-rushing attackers.

Eventually, the ball breaks to Callum Slattery and the midfielder slices one for the top corner - it's just wide.

He's got previous from that sort of distance.

Goodness knows what Barry Robson has said at half-time, but it appears Aberdeen have got their act together a little more.

Leighton Clarkson nearly latches onto a fizzing ball.

Meanwhile, there's a wee switch at half-time. Mo Sangare is off for Scott Pittman in the Livi midfield.

Blair Spittal chests a header off the line!

Home centre-halfJoe Shaughnessy got his head to Owen Beck's corner, but the Motherwell midfielder tracks back well, calmly chesting down and booting away.

The second half action commences in Perth, still behind the other games after that first-half VAR problem.

Some more goalmouth action in this 45 please, thank you.