St Johnstone 0-2 Kilmarnock: Survival hopes for Simo Valakari's side suffer major blow following defeat at McDiarmid Park
Report as Kilmarnock secured a 2-0 win against relegation battlers St Johnstone away from home; David Watson opened the scoring before Daniel Armstrong doubled the lead from the penalty spot; St Johnstone remain six points adrift with three games to play
Saturday 3 May 2025 20:38, UK
David Watson and Danny Armstrong scored early in either half for Kilmarnock to leave St Johnstone's Scottish Premiership survival hopes hanging by a thread.
Watson's fifth goal of the campaign after 12 minutes sent the visitors on the way to a comfortable 2-0 success.
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Saints missed chances in the first period in the hunt for a leveller, but did not cause Killie any serious problems after Armstrong netted a 53rd-minute penalty.
Simo Valakari's side once again failed to take advantage of a Ross County defeat.
They remain six points adrift at the bottom with three games to play and enter the last-chance saloon when hosting the Dingwall side next Saturday.
