But McGinn remains confident and believes his side are capable of causing an upset on Saturday like they did away to Motherwell last week when Simeon Jackson's winner snatched a surprise three points.

McGinn told BuddieVision: "No-one will give us a chance down there.

"But then no-one gave us a chance against Motherwell, well the bookies didn't anyway but we got the win.

"Kilmarnock are doing really well but they're no superpower, so I don't see why we can't go and get three points at Rugby Park."

Saints were looking to climb out of the relegation play-off zone when they faced St Johnstone on Wednesday but suffered last-gasp heartache as Tony Watt struck in the last minute to hand Tommy Wright's men victory.

The agony of defeat is becoming a familiar feeling for boss Oran Kearney and his team but the Buddies manager is refusing to go down without a fight.

He said: "We've got to go again – but sadly we've been in this scenario before. We've got to pick ourselves up from a disappoint defeat, particularly from a last-minute one which is hard to take.

"We've licked out wounds and hopefully we can come back out on Saturday and get a result."

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