Davidson urges Saints to maintain their momentum ahead of League Cup final

Murray Davidson has urged St Johnstone to maintain momentum and ensure they have a stress-free build-up to the Betfred Cup final.

The Perth men are heading to Hampden on February 28 for their date with destiny against Livingston.

And they should have one less thing to worry about after Saturday's impressive comefrom-behind 3-2 win at Kilmarnock

opened up a sevenpoint gap over the Premiership relegation zone.

It completed a dream week for Saints as they capitalised on their semi-final victory over Hibernian and a decent draw at home to third-placed Aberdeen. But Davidson has been around too long to be fooled into thinking his side are safe just yet.

However, he believes if his side can avoid a major slip-up in their next four Premiership games before the final, then they can relax on their return trip to the national stadium at the end of the month.

"The cup semi-final definitely gave everyone a lift," the 32-year-old said. "It was a big game and quite a big buildup. Then the manner we won the game, beating a good Hibs team by three goals, was such a boost for everyone.

"It was so important we made the most of that.

"We knew coming away from Hampden we had two big league games coming up at home to Aberdeen and away at Kilmarnock.

"We've taken four points from those two which is important as we didn't want to be going into the cup final worrying about our league position.

"We're building momentum but we've still got another four massive games before we head back to Hampden. It sounds boring but we have to take it one game at a time and hopefully keep that momentum going."

Saints were two down at halftime at Rugby Park, Killie scoring through Chris Burke and Aaron Tshibola. But praying on the hosts’ fragile confidence, they were able to level things up as Guy Melamed and Davidson