Motherwell keeper Darren Randolph today vowed that his side will use their 3-1 win over St Johnstone as a launchpad to a double dose of Dundee delight.

On Wednesday night Well host Dundee United in the re-arranged SPL encounter which was originally called off due to a power cut.

The Steelmen will then face the second leg of their Tayside double when Barry Smith's battling Dundee side come calling on Saturday.

Randolph believes Well's first win in five games can send them into the double-header with a renewed sense of self-belief that could be crucial.

He said: "The victory over St Johnstone was very important.

"We had gone the three SPL matches and then the Scottish Communities League Cup game with Rangers without a win and also without a goal, and you need to nip that type of run in the bud as soon as possible.

"But we went to Perth with a very positive mindset and really took the game to St Johnstone. Now we have the three points and laid a great foundation going into the two games with the Dundee sides.

"The big thing for us was that the manager had stressed to us before the game we had not become a bad team overnight and we proved him right in Perth against a St Johnstone side who have been on a bit of an unbeaten run at McDiarmid Park that included turning over Celtic."

But as he looked forward to the two games, Randolph had no doubt that only Well's best will suffice.

He added: "United are in a false position in the table and Dundee have just recorded their second win over Hearts so we are under no illusions as to how tough it will be. But at home we have got to look to win every time."

Motherwell may have gone 368 minutes since they last scored but, within 38 seconds of the first whistle, their goal drought had come to an end.

The driving Henrik Ojamaa rifled in a stinging diagonal drive from the left flank and although Steven Anderson blocked his effort, the ball broke to Jamie Murphy, who drove home to end his own personal dry spell which extended back 10 games.

With St Johnstone clearly shell-shocked, a mix-up between keeper Alan Mannus and centre-back Anderson allowed Ojamaa to latch on to the ball 12-yards out, but with the goal at his mercy he screwed a horrible effort over the bar.

St Johnstone did begin to threaten, and Murray Davidson drew a decent near-post save from Randolph before Anderson should have done better than head Liam Craig's delivery over from eight yards out.

But, with seven minutes left to the break, Murphy emphasised his resurgence. The home defence initially backed off the 23-year-old before he injected some pace and skated past two challenges to hammer home a 20-yard drive that beat Mannus inside his right stick.

After the break, the Fir Park side began to dictate play and, on 58 minutes, Chris Humphrey put Ojamaa through only for Mannus to save.

But in 73 minutes home hopes of a recovery were finally ended when a cute Ojamaa back-heel put Nicky Law through and he dinked the advancing Mannus to take the Lanarkshire side's lead to an unassailable three goals.

Moments later Randolph produced a stunning save, throwing himself across his goal to deny Nigel Hasselbaink's point-blank effort to compound home woes.

Two minutes from time home substitute David Robertson hammered home a close-range consolation, but it was woefully too little, too late.