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• Wins for Hibs & Aberdeen in four Scottish Premiership 15:00 GMT kick-offs will seal top-six places

• Celtic will extend lead to 16 points if they defeat Hearts

• Aberdeen v Motherwell: Doohan replaces injured Mitov for hosts; Paton & Armstrong in for Well

• Celtic v Heart of Midlothian: Sinisalo in for injured Schmeichel and McGregor returns; Milne makes Hearts debut

• Hibernian v St Johnstone: Kuharevich replaces Bowie; Griffith & Svedberg start for Saints

• St Mirren v Kilmarnock: Taylor & Idowu start; Anderson, Donnelly & Polworth in for visitors

• Three games in Championship, including Lennon’s debut as Dunfermline Athletic manager

• Five matches in Leagues 1 & 2, including Arbroath v Cove Rangers at top of third tier

Live Reporting

Colin Moffat

1. Hibs continue quest for thirdpublished at 14:48 Greenwich Mean Time

   Hibernian v St Johnstone (15:00)

   Brian McLauchlin
   BBC Scotland at Easter Road

   With only one point required for Hibernian to seal their place in the top half of the table for the run-in there may be some fans who will be content with a draw. But David Gray and his players have big plans and will be looking for the win which would aid their quest for a third place finish.

   St Johnstone though are battling for their lives and under Simo Valakari have certainly given themselves a fighting chance of beating the drop. Saints have scored in all but one game since the turn of the year so will be a real threat and the home defence will have to be at their best to keep their goal intact.

2. Blustery for Buddies & Killiepublished at 14:45 Greenwich Mean Time

   St Mirren v Kilmarnock (15:00)

   Calum Macdonald
   BBC Scotland at the SMiSA Stadium

   Stephen Robinson noted the conditions in his pre-match interview and I can confirm that it’s far from pleasant. We’re expecting gusts of up to 40mph at kick-off.

   Both sets of players got a bit of a shock when they came out for their warm-ups. Quite a few from both teams nipped back in to get jackets and gloves.

   Just three points between these two and both will hope that the weather isn’t the deciding factor.

3. Dons recover in time for run-inpublished at 14:41 Greenwich Mean Time

   Aberdeen v Motherwell (15:00)

   Two wins followed by two draws have steadied the ship for Aberdeen after it looked like their season would sink after such a brilliant start.

   Motherwell have taken seven points from their most recent three outings and will want a few more from this visit to Pittodrie and next weekend at Kilmarnock to set up what could be a top-six decider with Hearts at Fir Park.

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4. Can Killie keep up unbeaten run against Buddies?published at 14:39 Greenwich Mean Time

   St Mirren v Kilmarnock (15:00)

   St Mirren really need a win to keep their top-six hopes alive, but Kilmarnock have had their number in recent years.

   The Ayrshire side are unbeaten in the past 10 league meetings between the teams, winning five of those.

   Before home fans throw in the towel, it should be pointed out that Kilmarnock have picked up a meagre nine points on the road this season, the lowest tally in the division.

5. Hibs seek famous five in a rowpublished at 14:36 Greenwich Mean Time

   Hibernian v St Johnstone (15:00)

   Hibs have not lost a league match since early December on their incredible surge from last to third.

   Today they go for a fifth successive home victory, something they haven’t done since 2018.

   St Johnstone are winless in their past three league meetings with Hibernian (D1L2), and have only kept one clean sheet in their past 10 league meetings with the Edinburgh team.

   However, Saints have only lost two of their past 10 matches in all competitions as they battle to avoid the drop.

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6. Rare blip for championspublished at 14:33 Greenwich Mean Time

   Celtic v Hearts (15:00)

   Thirteen points clear at the top, Celtic have lost two of their past four league games, having only suffered two defeats in theirprevious 46 outings in the Premiership.

   Prior to Rangers’ 3-2 victory on 16 March, Hearts were the last league rival to win at Celtic Park, back in December2023.

   It doesn’t happen often. Heartshave lost 25 of their last 27 away games at Celtic in all competitions with one draw in that run.

7. Idowu and Taylor in for Buddies; three Killie swapspublished at 14:28 Greenwich Mean Time

   St Mirren v Kilmarnock (15:00)

   Stephen Robinson makes two changes to the St Mirren starting XI that drew 2-2 with Motherwell before the international break.

   Roland Idowu and Richard Taylor replace the suspended Toyosi Olusanya and the injured Alex Iacovitti.

   Derek McInnes opts for a triple change, with central midfield duo Liam Donnelly and Liam Polworth returning to the starting line-up alongside striker Bruce Anderson.

   They replace attackers Danny Armstrong and Bobby Wales, with defender Robbie Deas also dropping to the bench.

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8. Mitov out again for Dons; Motherwell swap twopublished at 14:24 Greenwich Mean Time

   Aberdeen v Motherwell (15:00)

   Dimitar Mitov is out for Aberdeen after picking up an injury on international duty with Bulgaria. Ross Doohan deputises in the sticks again.

   Jeppe Okkels comes back in as Shayden Morris drops back to the bench. Graeme Shinnie drops into defence while Leighton Clarkson comes in. Pape Gueye also replaces Oday Dabbagh up top.

   Harry Paton and Luke Armstrong come into Michael Wimmer’s Motherwell side, making it two changes from the side that drew 2-2 with St Mirren.

   Luke Plange drops to the bench alongside Kai Andrews, with Tawanda Maswanhise also named among the subs. He’s returning from injury.

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9. Kuharevich in for Hibs; double swap for Saintspublished at 14:21 Greenwich Mean Time

   Hibernian v St Johnstone (15:00)

   David Gray has made just one change from Hibs’ last Premiership outing – a 1-1 draw with Kilmarnock – as Myko Kuharevich replaces Kieron Bowie in the starting XI.

   Saints boss Simo Valakari has made two changes from their goalless draw with Aberdeen, Victor Griffith and Jonathan Svedberg are in for Adama Sidibeh and Stephen Duke-McKenna.

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10. McGregor & Sinisalo start for Celtic; Milne makes Hearts debutpublished at 14:18 Greenwich Mean Time

    Celtic v Hearts (15:00)

    Celtic switch two following their derby defeat last time out as injured goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel is missing but captain Callum McGregor returns.

    That means Viljami Sinisalo comes in for his first Premiership start in goal, while Luke McCowan drops to the bench.

    There are also two switches for Hearts, who beat Ross County a fortnight ago, and it could be a change of formation as left-back Harry Milne makes his debut.

    The defender comes into the side with Cammy Devlin as midfielders Blair Spittal and Sander Kartum drop to the substitutes.

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11. Wanyama kept in reservepublished at 14:14 Greenwich Mean Time

    Victor Wanyama starts on the bench for Dunfermline, by the way.

    No big surprise since he’s only been in Scotland for a few days and has not played a lot of football for FC Montreal over the past couple of MLS seasons.

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12. Brown v Lennon tops Championship billpublished at 14:11 Greenwich Mean Time

    Neil Lennon v Scott Brown, with a side order of Victor Wanyama? We have some Celtic heroes stardust at Somerset Park as Ayr United take on Dunfermline Athletic.

    Eyebrows were raised when the struggling Fifers appointed Lennon until the end of the season and those eyebrows went higher still when he persuaded Champions League finalist Wanyama to join him.

    Elsewhere in the Championship, there’s a big game at Cappielow as Morton meet Partick Thistle. There’s no love lost between those two and a win for the in-form Greenock side would narrow the gap on the Jags to just one point in the scrap for the last remaining play-off spot.

    Hamilton Accies are at home to Raith Rovers, with the visitors still clinging on to hopes of overtaking Morton and Thistle.

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13. LINE-UPS at SMISA Stadiumpublished at 14:08 Greenwich Mean Time

    St Mirren v Kilmarnock (15:00)

    St Mirren: Hemming, Alebiosu, Fraser, Gogic, Taylor, John, Boyd-Munce, Phillips, O’Hara, Idowu, Ayunga.

    Substitutes: Urminsky, Kenny, Tanser, Smyth, Adeniran, Kiltie, Oseni, Scott, Mandron.

    Kilmarnock: McCrorie, Mayo, Wright, Ndaba, Donnelly, Polworth, Lyons, Kennedy, Murray, Anderson, Watkins.

    Substitutes: O’Hara, Deas, McKenzie, Armstrong, Watson, Findlay, Cameron, Ramsay, Wales.

14. LINE-UPS at Easter Roadpublished at 14:07 Greenwich Mean Time

    Hibernian v St Johnstone (15:00)

    Hibernian: Smith, Miller, Bushiri, Iredale, C. Cadden Levitt, Triantis, Obita, Hoilett, Boyle, Kuharevich.

    Substitutes: Bursik, Ekpiteta, O’Hora, Manneh, Bowie, Moriah-Welsh, Campbell, Gayle, Allan-Molotnikov.

    St Johnstone: Fisher, Wright, Baoldis, Mitchell, Douglas, Curtis, Holt, Svedberg, Sprangler, Griffith, Kirk.

    Substitutes: Sinclair, Clark, Carey, Sidibeh, Steven, Duke-McKenna, Smith, Kimpioka, Watt.

15. LINE-UPS at Pittodriepublished at 14:06 Greenwich Mean Time

    Aberdeen v Motherwell (15:00)

    Aberdeen: Doohan, Jensen, Dorrington, Knoester, Shinnie, Clarkson, Palaversa, Okkels, Keskinen, Nisbet, Gueye.

    Substitutes: Ritchie, Devlin, MacKenzie, Polvara, Dabbagh, Sokler, Morris, Milne, Boyd.

    Motherwell: Balcombe, Sparrow, O’Donnell, Gordon, Casey, Thompson, Halliday, Paton, Slattery, Miller, Armstrong.

    Substitutes: Oxborough, Balmer, Koutroumbis, Wilson, Watt, Andrews, Maswanhise, Plange, Dickson.

16. LINE-UPS at Celtic Parkpublished at 14:05 Greenwich Mean Time

    Celtic v Hearts (15:00)

    Celtic: Sinisalo, Johnston, Carter-Vickers, Nawrocki, Schlupp, McGregor, Engels, Hatate, Jota, Kuhn, Maeda.

    Substitutes: Bain, Taylor, Trusty, Idah, Yang, McCowan, Bernardo, Forrest, Ralston.

    Heart of Midlothian: Gordon, Forrester, Steinwender, Neilson, Milne, Penrice, Baningime, Devlin, Shankland, Wilson, Kabangu.

    Substitutes: Clark, Halkett, Grant, Nieuwenhof, Spittal, Forrest, Dhanda, Kartum, Musa.

17. And we’re back…published at 14:02 Greenwich Mean Time

    The Scottish Premiership returns after an international break to forget.

    Celtic have had time to stew over an Old Firm defeat and host a Hearts team scrambling to stay in the top six.

    Hibs will be fancied to stretch their long unbeaten run at home to bottom side St Johnstone but the men from Perth are not going down without a fight.

    If St Mirren are to reach the top half before the split a win looks essential, although visitors Kilmarnock have a great recent record against the Buddies.

    Motherwell can profit if Hearts lose out to the runaway league leaders but Aberdeen are aiming for three home wins in a row against the Steelmen for the first time since March 2017.

    Later on, we have Dundee v Rangers (17:30 GMT), but, for now, our focus is on the three o’clock starts.

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