Motherwell 1, St Johnstone 2: Well season ends in defeat as Saints rescued

Motherwell's Premiership season came to an end with a defeat at Fir Park that saw St Johnstone avoid the relegation platy-offs on goal difference.

First-half strikes from Nicky Clark and Adama Sidibeh were enough to see all three points head back to Perth on a sunny day in Motherwell.

The hosts, for their part, end the season in ninth place, despite Moses Ebiye's late strike.

Motherwell dominated possession in the first half but didn't do a lot with it, while Saints scored with pretty much their first real attempt on goal through Clark in 17 minutes.

Theo Bair saw his penalty saved by Dimitar Mitov just after the half-hour, before Sidibeh nipped in to double Saints' lead inside first-half stoppage time.

Motherwell tried to get back into the game in the second half and struck the post through Blair Spittal, shortly after three incredible blocks denied Theo Bair, Lennon Miller and Shane Blaney.

Motherwell boss Stuart Kettlewell made three changes to the side that lost 3-0 to Hibs in midweek. Bevis Mugabi, Davor Zdravkovski and Harry Paton came in for Dan Casey, Stephen O'Donnell and Andy Halliday.

His St Johnstone counterpart Craig Levein made just one change to the side that drew 1-1 with rivals Ross County, as Matt Smith came in for Stevie May.

Motherwell started on the front foot, but St Johnstone had the first real chance in seven minutes when Adama Sidibeh was sent through on the right, but good tracking by Mugabi saw him block well.

At the other end, Blair Spittal sent Theo Bair through but his way to goal was well blocked as well.

Motherwell nearly conceded a surreal goal in nine minutes when Davor Zdravkovski blasted an attempted clearance off Nicky Clark's head, with only a terrific save from Liam Kelly preventing