St Johnstone to open post-split fixtures with home game against Dundee United

St Johnstone will begin their Premiership safety mission with a home game against Dundee United.

The post-split fixture schedule matched the Tayside pair up for a McDiarmid Park crunch clash on Saturday, May 6.

Saints sit ninth in the table, just two points above 10th placed Dundee United and second-from-bottom Kilmarnock.

After hosting the Tangerines, the Perth side then welcomes Motherwell on Saturday, May 13 before a trip to Killie on Saturday, May 20.

A midweek journey up the A9 to take on Ross County, who currently sit bottom, is pencilled in for Wednesday, May 24. Kick-off is 7.45pm.

The curtain-closing fixture is on Sunday, May 28 at home to Livingston.