St Johnstone's chances of reaching the last 16 of the League Cup are out of their hands after losing 1-0 to Inverness Caledonian Thistle to slip to third in the group.
Alfie Stewart's early goal was enough for the Highlanders, who know victory at pointless Morton on Saturday will clinch top spot at the expense of Simo Valakari's side and second place East Fife.
Those teams meet in Methill at the same time, with victory for either potentially enough to clinch a best runner up spot should they win, even if Inverness also triumph.
