Dundee made sure of their Scottish Premiership status for next season with a convincing win against the Lions.

Steven Pressley’s hosts were already well-placed to avoid the relegation play-off place and now have a sufficient cushion of nine points over second-bottom St Mirren with two games left.

Cameron Congreve was alert after Simon Murray’s header was helped on by Joe Westley’s foot, the attacker finishing from close range.

And Congreve set up substitute Finlay Robertson on 71 minutes.

Livi – led by interim boss Scott Arfield for the first time – had a chance to reduce the deficit when Ethan Hamilton fouled Lewis Smith in the box.

But Robbie Muirhead’s penalty was saved by Kieran O’Hara, who had also denied Dylan Tait in the first half.

Another substitute, Ashley Hay, nodded in Robertson’s cross for 3-0 late on.

Livingston interim manager Scott Arfield: “I don’t think that game was ever a 3-0 game. Not a chance. In possession, we were excellent at times. We just need to reward ourselves in big moments.

“We had large in-play possession without really, really going after them and then the times that we do, probably symbolic of the full season this season where the pass or the cross or the shot’s just not accurate enough to cause real, real problems.”

Match report: Andy Campbell

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