St Johnstone and the other Premiership clubs will have to wait until Tuesday to find out their post-split fixtures fate.
The SPFL are taking an extra day to conclude their discussions with Police Scotland and Sky Sports before announcing the last five rounds of matches.
Saints are one of four teams still in relegation danger.
Courier Sport has picked the best case scenario for the Perth club and the nightmare one.
Best
Ross County A
Livingston H
Dundee United A
Kilmarnock H
Motherwell A
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Playing the team at the bottom first didn’t work out too badly for Saints last season when they were handed a trip to Dens Park.
A draw would make it highly unlikely they’ll be going straight down, a win would absolutely banish that fear and even if they lost, there would be time to recover.
Livingston are already a side with nothing at stake and by the time Saints face Motherwell away, that will almost certainly be the case as well.
They’ve got a far better record at Tannadice than McDiarmid Park; Kilmarnock have just won their first game away from Rugby Park but that doesn’t exactly make them specialists on the road; and given Saints’ woeful home record in general, three matches away is actually preferable to two.
Worst
Dundee United H
Ross County A
Motherwell H
Livingston A
Kilmarnock A
After, Motherwell, United are the form team in the bottom six and, as mentioned above, they love a trip to McDiarmid.
You don’t want Jim Goodwin’s on a roll outfit first.
Fir Park has been a happy hunting ground so facing them in Perth doesn’t bring a benefit.
And, although Saints may well be quite happy with a two at home, three away mix, the prospect of facing BOTH Livi and Killie on plastic would be an unpalatable one given how much they’ve struggled on artificial surfaces this season.
And if it’s a last day head to head at Rugby Park to decide who goes into the play-off and who doesn’t, that would be a daunting task for Steven MacLean’s side.
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