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Colin Moffat
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Celtic 0-0 Ross County
Cameron Carter-Vickers takes matters into his own hands, stepping up from defence to unleash a 30-yarder.
County keeper Ross Laidlaw can't hold it and is bailed out by defender Alex Iacovitti, who gets to the rebound just ahead of Kyogo Furuhashi.
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Hearts 0-0 Livingston
Hearts have got a grip of this game now. Josh Ginnelly is through in the box, but Livi keeper Ivan Konovalov charges out to deny the forward.
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St Johnstone 0-0 Motherwell
Motherwell have started the brighter up in Perth, Stuart McKinstry latching onto a neat through ball from Louis Moult but unable to test goalkeeper Remi Matthews.
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Hearts 0-0 Livingston
Much better from Hearts. Orestis Kiomourtzoglou fires it out to Barrie McKay on the left.
The forward plays it inside to Alex Cochrane, and his ball across the box finds Lawrence Shankland who fires over from 12 yards.
That should have been Premiership goal number 10 for the striker.
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Kilmarnock 0-0 Hibernian
Marijan Cabraja goes into the book for a strong challenge on Danny Armstrong. The left-back catches the in-form Killie winger right on his ankle. Thankfully for Killie, their star man is back on his feet.
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Celtic 0-0 Ross County
Celtic winger Sead Haksabanovic twists, turns and sends in a tempting delivery that Kyogo Furuhashi helps on with a head flick, but the ball drops on to the roof of the net.
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Hearts 0-0 Livingston
Livingston have looked the more threatening in the final third. A cross from the right finds Andrew Shinnie, but he can't steer his effort on target.
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Kilmarnock 0-0 Hibernian
Big chance for Hibs. Chris Cadden gets in behind Rory McKenzie on the right and crosses hard and low, but Mykola Kuharevich, completely free at the back post, just can't stretch far enough.
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Celtic 0-0 Ross County
All Celtic so far.
Big let-off for County as Victor Loturi dallies on the ball and has his pocket picked by Matt O'Riley, who sends Kyogo Furuhahshi racing clear.
But the referee pulls back play for a foul on Loturi.
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Hearts 0-0 Livingston
A decent start by Livingston as Jack Fitzwater peels off the back of the Hearts defence at a free kick and lofts the ball into the six yard box.
After a scramble, Stephen Kelly's tame shot is saved by Craig Gordon.
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St Johnstone 0-0 Motherwell
The action has just started in Perth, a long time after the other games.
'We have to see' - Rangers boss on future
FT: St Mirren 1-1 Rangers
Rangers manager Giovanni van Bronckhorst tells Sportsound: "Obviously not good enough. We started well, created chances. One big chance with Scott Wright. It's always difficult against a deep block.
"We have to be more ruthless in our box to clear dangerous moments.
"It's too many points. If you lose points at home against Livingston and away against St Johnstone and St Mirren, it's not good enough.
"We have the squad as it is now. We need to continue with the squad when we continue after the break. This is the squad we work on and every window you see if you can make changes in the squad to become stronger."
Asked if he expected to be given time to turn things around, Van Bronckhorst replied: "We have to see, it's still football and if you have a run like this, a lot of things can happen but I have the backing of the board. They gave me confidence but in football, you never know."
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World Cup stars happy to play - Postcoglou
Celtic 0-0 Ross County
Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou says he didn't consider leaving out Cameron Carter-Vickers and Daizen Maeda today before they head off to the World Cup.
"They could have an accident going to the airport," he tells BBC Sportsound. "That's not how you live life. You play the game and the boys would be disappointed if I'd left them out oday.
"I've picked a team to win the game and that's our only focus.
"It was a tough night on Wednesday that took a lot out of us and a quick turnaround so I've made some changes that will give us energy.
"We're looking to start well, control the game in the areas we want and if we do we'll be hard to stop."
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Here we go across the grounds...
King 'okay' after being taken off on stretcher
FT: St Mirren 1-1 Rangers
Rangers defender Leon King was taken to hospital after being carried off on a stretcher following a head knock and manager Giovanni van Bronckhorst reports the teenager is "okay".
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'Pressure is a privilege' - Hibs boss Johnson
Kilmarnock v Hibernian (15:00)
Hibernian boss Lee Johnson told BBC Sportsound: "They're all big games. This is the next opportunity to get three points. It's a tight league and three points will catapult the mentality. We're buoyed by 1700 travelling fans. It's one we believe we can win if we do everything right.
"That pressure is a privilege at a club like this. We're still a working project, there's a lot to do. We haven't been at our best in recent weeks, but there's factors within that. Some that people know and some that people don't.
"I have good memories here, there's good people here so it's nice to catch up."
Image caption: Elias Melkersen, 19, is in the Hibs attack, alongside 21-year-old Mykola KukharevychCopyright: SNS
Kilmarnock 'shake it up' - McInnes
Kilmarnock v Hibernian (15:00)
Kilmarnock boss Derek McInnes tells BBC Sportsound: "I was disappointed with the performance [midweek]. I'm not going to let a poor evening derail us. Sometimes on the back of that type of result, as a manager you have to give opportunities to others.
"Up until that night I think the level of performance has been good. We chucked away the Livingston game here last time out through individual errors. We feel we can shake it up a bit, give the patient ones an opportunity.
"Some games you can move on quickly from. There's acceptable ways of losing. Other games, you have to look deeper and Wednesday was one of those. The players are angry from the other night and so they should be."
Halkett back for Hearts, Livi change keeper
Hearts v Livingston (15:00)
Hearts are starting to get some key players back from injury, and now Craig Halkett is back among the substitutes having not featured since the win against RFS in Latvia in September.
Orestis Kiomourtzoglou and Barrie McKay replace Nathaniel Atkinson and Cammy Devlin from the XI which lost at Ibrox on Wednesday. At least, that was the plan. Andy Halliday has picked up an injury in the warm-up so Cammy Devlin starts instead.
Livingston goalkeeper Shamal George has been struggling with a thigh injury and misses out, with Ivan Konovalov starting in goal.
Dylan Bahamboula, Scott Pittman and Bruce Anderson drop to the bench as Stephane Omeonga, Andrew Shinnie and Stephen Kelly earn a start at Tynecastle.
McInnes swaps seven after midweek thrashing
Kilmarnock v Hibernian (15:00)
Derek McInnes has unceremoniously swapped seven of the eleven that started Killie's midweek thrashing at the hands of Dundee United.
Out go Zach Hemming, Ash Taylor, Kerr McInroy, Blair Alston, Ryan Alebiosu, Jordan Jones, and Christian Doidge.
In come Sam Walker, Jeriel Dorsett, Fraser Murray, Alan Power, Liam Polworth, Rory McKenzie, and Innes Cameron.
Meanwhile, Lee Johnson makes three changes from the side that lost to Ross County through the week.
Ewan Henderson, Rocky Bushiri, and Demetri Mitchell all drop to the bench. Left-backs Marijan Cabraja and Lewis Stevenson come in, alongside Josh Campbell. It might mean Stevenson will be in midfield or in a back three.
Summer signing Harry McKirdy returns to the bench after a three-match absence through injury.
May back for Saints; Moult starts for Steelmen
St Johnstone v Motherwell (15:00)
Callum Davidson makes four changes to the side that snatched a late draw against St Mirren during the week.
The suspended Alex Mitchell is out, while James Brown, Jamie Murphy and Connor McLennan are named as substitutes. Liam Gordon, Adam Montgomery, David Wotherspoon and Stevie May start for Saints.
Louis Moult makes his first start for Motherwell since his summer return to the Lanarkshire side. He is one of two changes to Stevie Hammell's team that lost out 2-1 to Celtic on Wednesday, with Dean Cornelius dropping to the bench.
The injured Bevis Mugabi makes way after a knock to the knee in the midweek with Sondre Solhom taking his place in defence.
Image caption: Louis Moult is due to make his first Motherwell start since returning to the Steelmen from Burton Albion on transfer deadline day.Copyright: SNS
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