HAMILTON 4 DUNDEE 0 PILE

Accies run wild to keep survival hopes alive

Accies bagged two goals in two first-half minutes to quell the last-day desperation brought on by their post-split apocalypse.

And two more after the break earned them their biggest win of the season.

But with a double-header against Dundee United lying in wait, they’ll need another massive shot of adrenalin to protect their Premiership status.

A controversial opener from Rakish Bingham settled nerves before Giannis Skondras laced home a stunner, with a Dougie Imrie penalty and Ali Crawford’s first goal in five months sealing the deal.

It was only their seventh win of the season – and it may have come at a cost with Mikey Devlin stretchered off with a knee injury – but it was still enough to make Martin Canning believe they have momentum going into Thursday night’s Tannadice play-off first leg.

He said: “We put in a similar display against Ross County but the difference is today the breaks didn’t go against us.

“We were excellent. It’s good to go into the play-offs on the back of such a strong performance and, given what was at stake today, it bodes well that we can perform at that level.”

Canning took no offence at the fact United boss Ray McKinnon opted for the Inverness game rather than theirs and shrugged: “That’s their choice.