UPDATES - ST JOHNSTONE 2-1 BRECHIN CITY
26th July 2016
90 +3 - Full Time - St Johnstone 2-1 Brechin - Crowd 2467
90 +2 - It's Saints who will progress through to the next round draw on Monday.
90 +2 - Brechin's Gerry McLauchlan is sent off for a late challenge.
90 - There will be three minutes of added time.
89 - The game is stuttering towards full time, there doesn't look like another goal in it.
87 - Murray Davidson attempts a pass to Craig when it looked as though he should have taken the shot himself.
85 - Francisco Sandaza is replaced by David Robertson.
84 - Brechin give saints a scare, they move forward and get past McCracken, King lets the ball slip through to Carcary, but his shot is wide when he has only Enckelman to beat.
83 - Last Sub for Brechin, Ex saint Charlie King replaces David McKenna.
82 - Most of the play for the last 20 minutes has been concentrated in the midfield and the edge of the Brechin box, but nothing of note has transpired.
80 - The Saints fans are quite frustrated, despite being in front.
77 - Lomas has yet to make a sub, a change is certainly required to freshen things up.
75 - Saints could really do with a third, although Brechin look to have run out of ideas.
73 - Brechin Sub - David McClune is replaced by David Crawford.
71 - A long run down the right saw Finnigan put in his best cross of the day, it misses Sandaza, but is put back into the box by Craig, where Finnigan meets it again and watches his well taken shot deflected for a corner.
69 - Brechin Sub - Derek Carcary replaces James Lester
66 - Despite being on top, there's not much to entertain the fans, poor passes, lots of mistakes, it's just one of those days.
64 - Morris sends a long ball wide to Finnigan who fails to get past his man. The lose ball is picked up by Mackay but Saints can do nothing with it.
62 - Offside McManus when bearing down on Enckelman.
60 - Saints build up again from the back, Finnigan's pass to Craig however goes astray.
57 - Although playing with confidence, too many mistakes are preventing Saints from really making a difference. They need another to kill of the battlers from Brechin.
55 - Saints attack again, but Murray Davidson finds an attempted overhead kick come off his face!
53 - Saints look comfortable as Brechin try the long ball to get past a dogged saints midfield.
51 - Some nice football from Saints, Dave Mackay links well with first Morris and then Finnigan, but the final ball is poor.
49 - Appeals for handball when the ball bounced up against Anderson, the referee looked across at the linesman but didn't react.
48 - Brechin come back at Saints and force a corner on the left.
46 - Goal Saints, Sandaza. A good ball from Finnigan reached Murray Davidson, his shot is deflected in front of Sandaza, who gets his foot on the end of it to push it past Nelson.
Due to technical problems, we are not able to bring you minute-by-minute text commentary from today's Scottish Cup tie between Saints and Brechin City; we will however bring occasional updates and goal flashes from the match.
There are 2,467 hardy souls at McDiarmid today, with a 300-strong visiting support.
Half time: St Johnstone 1-1 Brechin City.
33 minutes: Lester has a great 20-yard run at the Saints defence, unleashing a shot which Enckelman does well to save.
26 minutes: GOAL BRECHIN CITY
Paul McManus ties the game for Brechin - Anderson and Enckelman suffered a mix-up in the Saints penalty area, McManus latched onto the loose ball to hammer into an empty net. Game on!
6 minutes: GOAL ST JOHNSTONE
And it's Murray Davidson with the opener - Carl Finnigan had a good shot which Craig Nelson parried, but right into the path of the Saints midfielder who blasted home from 6 yards.
2 minutes: Saints win their first corner, taken by Liam Craig but the Brechin defence comfortably clears.
KICK OFF and Saints are shooting towards the North Stand.
Saints bring back Carl Finnigan and Alan Maybury, two changes from the site that comfortably beat Kilmarnock over the Christmas holiday period. Chris Millar and Callum Davidson, the players Maybury and Finnigan replaced in that tie, sit out the match.
Today's teams:
St Johnstone: Enckelman, Mackay, Maybury, McCracken, Anderson, Finnigan, Morris, Murray Davidson, Craig, Sandaza, Haber. Subs: Mannus, Robertson, Moon, Hutchinson, Gray.
Brechin City: Nelson, McLean, McLauchlan, Fusco, Dunlop, McKenna, Molloy, Brady, Hodge, Lister, McManus. Subs: Scott, Carcary, King, Moyes, Crawford.