St Johnstone keeper Graeme Smith is hoping for a favour from former club Kilmarnock as Saints seek a now unlikely top-six finish.
The Perth side need Killie to win at Tynecastle on Saturday so that victory over Aberdeen the following afternoon would allow them to overhaul Hearts.
One-time Rugby Park keeper Smith is looking for his old team to help ensure Monday night’s defeat by Dundee United hasn’t inflicted fatal damage to Saints’ challenge.
“Losing to United was a sore one,” he said.
“It was one of those games where the first goal was always going to win it, and we of course missed a penalty at 0-0.
“But if anyone had suggested at the start of the season that we’d be in this position, vying for the top six with a game left, we’ve have bitten their hand off.
“Having worked so hard to give ourselves this chance then we’ll give it our all against Aberdeen and hopefully my old club will give us a helping hand.
“Unfortunately it’s out of our control now.
“We can win our last game and it might not be enough, so we have to hope for a wee bit of luck.
“I keep in touch with Cammy Bell and David Fernandez and I’ll certainly be sending them a ‘good luck do us a turn’ text.
“The fact it is a far from meaningless game for them might help us.
“They’ll be going to Tynecastle ready to give it their all for the three points.
“But then Hearts will be similarly minded.
“If things work out for us this weekend, great.
“If not, then we’ll just set about winning our last five games and finishing as far up the table as we can.”