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It's back to league business after two Thursday victories that were heartening for Scotland's two Europa League group stage participants for widely contrasting reasons.

Rangers' clinical 2-0 win away to Lech Poznan meant Steve Gerrard's Scottish Premiership leaders progressed to the last 32 as group leaders.

Celtic's 3-2 win over Lille was not only their first in the group stage this season but ended a run of five games without a win and eased some of the pressure on manager Neil Lennon.

The champions find themselves in third place, with Hibs up to second, and are 13 points behind their unbeaten Glasgow rivals.

Dundee United v Rangers (Sun, 12:00)

Dundee United are still affected by Covid-19 self-isolation, with manager Micky Mellon saying "some" of the nine players missing last weekend would remain out. Top scorer Nicky Clark, fellow forward Paul McMullan, on-loan Manchester City winger Luke Bolton and defender Jamie Robson missed last weekend's defeat away to Livingston.

Midfielder Calum Butcher is free from suspension, but forward Logan Chalmers and midfielder Peter Pawlett remain injured.

Midfielder Ryan Jack and centre-half Filip Helander rejoin the Rangers squad after being left out of the travelling party that beat Lech Poznan in Poland on Thursday.

Veteran striker Jermain Defoe - who is not part of the European squad - is also available again, but centre-half George Edmundson and winger Jordan Jones are suspended, while defender Nikola Katic remains out long term.

Dundee United manager Micky Mellon: "It's a challenge but exciting. Football is all about a challenge. We'll adapt to the situation and microwave a week's work into two days, but we are not looking for any excuses. We will look to be the best version of ourselves and hopefully that will be enough to cause Rangers problems."

Rangers manager Steven Gerrard: "There is obviously a little bit of fatigue and bumps you normally get, but nobody is a concern for the weekend. That is a real big positive for us. I think you could see clearly last night with the decisions we made, we had one eye on the weekend's fixture. I don't think it will be any surprise to see a few changes in the 11."

Did you know? Dundee United are unbeaten in their latest four games at home, winning three of them, but Rangers are without a loss in their last 25 outings, winning the latest four, and have only failed to win one of their last nine games away from home - drawing 3-3 with Benfica in the Europa League.

Celtic v Kilmarnock (Sun, 15:00)

Israel defenders Nir Bitton and Hatem Elhamed, plus midfielder Olivier Ntcham, will be assessed ahead of kick off after missing Thursday's 3-2 Europa League win over Lille with knocks.

Scotland midfielder Ryan Christie returns after missing that game through suspension but wingers James Forrest and Mikey Johnston remain on the sidelines.

Stuart Findlay returns from suspension for Kilmarnock, but it is fellow central defender Clevid Dikamona's turn to sit a game out after being sent off against Hamilton last weekend.

Full-back Ross Millen, midfielder Gary Dicker, winger Chris Burke, goalkeeper Jake Eastwood and on-loan Bournemouth defender Zeno Rossi will miss out again.

Celtic midfielder Callum McGregor: "This club has been built on so much success by the principles of sticking together. Everyone in the building wants the same thing, everyone outside the building wants the same thing. So this is the moment when we stick together and trust the process and we go and really try and turn it around."

Kilmarnock centre-half Stuart Findlay: "With the media and fans, there might be a bit of pressure on them, but if it's the way I can imagine it would be, they will be putting pressure on themselves. I know the squad we have at Kilmarnock, we expect to win every game. Even if we are not the strongest team on paper, we know we can beat teams and I'm glad the mindset is like that."

Did you know? Celtic ended a run of five games without a win, and three at home, with Thursday's 3-2 Europa League win over Lille. Kilmarnock have not beaten Celtic in seven meetings but ended a run of six straight defeats with August's 1-1 draw at Rugby Park.