Mark O'Hara stutters in his run-up, which seems to put him off, and he drags his spot-kick a yard or two wide of the left-hand post.

Dear me. That's an enormous let-off for the Dons.

St Mirren have continued to press for a goal since going ahead.

Mikael Mandron squares to Lewis Jamieson and he curls for goal, but it strikes the hand of Richard Jensen.

There's a VAR check to confirm and Grant Irvine gives the penalty.

Jane Lewis
BBC Scotland at Rugby Park

Derek McInnes and Tony Docherty may no longer share a dug-out, but they still share the same fashion sense.

Black hooded jackets, black trousers, black shoes with white soles. I can barely tell them apart from up here.

Note to self: McInnes is in the dug-out to the right.

It's a positive spell for Hearts.

A really nice move ends up with Kyosuke Tagawa being played the ball right in the centre of the box, just behind the penalty spot.

All he has to do is hit the target but he can't get the connection right and it goes wide.

Danny Armstrong, that's brave.

The home winger has the opportunity to boot the ball up the park, but instead chooses to dance along the bye-line and into the box.

Not sure what that was about. Derek McInnes will just be glad he got away with it.

Chance for Alex Lowry.

He tees up a shot just outside the box but Ryan Leak is in the way to direct the ball out for a corner.

They can't make anything of it but they eventually manage to get the ball back into the Ross County box where Kyosuke Tagawa tees up Frankie Kent who fires it straight at Ross Laidlaw.

The flag eventually goes up for offside to give County a bit of breathing space.

Tyrone Smith
BBC Scotland at Pittodrie

No snow or rain in the Granite City yet. But make no mistake, it is perishing at Pittodrie today.

A strong wind is whirling around the old ground.

Hopefully the action on the park can warm up the hardy souls in the stands.

Kyle Vassell fires off a snapshot and forces Trevor Carson into his first save of the afternoon.

It's fairly routine, but the Killie captain is showing his physical attributes early doors.

An outstretched Mika Biereth is denied by a fantastic Shamal George stop after the forward latched on to a fine Georgie Gent cross.

Early chance at Fir Park.

Motherwell striker Mika Biereth capitalises on a defensive error to tee up Theo Bair, whose scuffed effort deflects off Michael Nottingham and edges just wide of Shamal George's goal.

A bad dive from Jamie McGrath, as the Aberdeen player throws himself to the deck in the St Mirren box.

Thankfully referee Grant Irvine isn't fooled.

Ross County thought they had the ball in the back of the net.

Zander Clark palms the ball out and Ben Purrington is there to head it into the bottom corner.

It's ruled out for offside but VAR are checking. After a long review, it's off.

Away we go across the country.

Tyrone Smith
BBC Scotland at Pittodrie

A nice touch at Pittodrie.

Just before kick-off, there will be a moment of remembrance as pipers play The Northern Lights as Aberdeen pay their respects to all the members of the Dons family who have died during 2023.

Motherwell manager Stuart Kettlewell tells BBC Scotland: "There's a lot of significance on the game. We find ourselves in a position to be desperate to win a game, and we come up against the team a place below us in the league.

"What we do is we always show Livingston a massive amount of respect but we have to see it as an opportunity to put some daylight between ourselves and them, but also see if we can try to force a way towards the teams above us.

"We've spoken to the players about making your own luck, but for us today, very simply, we've had a lot of plaudits about playing a lot of good football at times. What we need to do is try to get three points. A cheap goal for us would work.

"We are united. We are together as a team. The feeling in the dressing room, believe it or not given the run we are on, is very united. But all that said, the most important thing is here today at three o'clock. We can only try and convert that into three points."