Hamza Igamane goes ever so close with a strike that curls just over the bar.

He receives it again from Cerny after the wide attacker drives inside and holds off two Kilmarnock defenders.

A potent combination for the hosts so far between the Moroccan and the Czech.

First half chance of the night falls to Motherwell.

Ewan Wilson's cross is laid back by Apostolos Stamatelopoulos and comes to Lennon Miller 30 yards out.

Head down, he drives, but the ball slices high and wide.

Billy Dodds
Former Rangers striker on BBC Sportsound

Defensively there are frailties with Robin Propper, the last time they played Kilmarnock he got bullied by Kyle Vassell and taken off, so I can understand why they've gone with Leon Balogun tonight.

The ball breaks for Vaclav Cerny inside the area, he takes it towards the bye-line and looks for a team-mate.

He nudges it back to Hamza Igamane after some patient play but the forward side-foots it wide.

Tyrone Smith
BBC Sport Scotland at Pittodrie

Having been trackside at Pittodrie I can vouch for the fact that it is a horrendous night for football in the Granite City.

A bitter wind is howling in off the North Sea, the corner flags are blowing in all sorts of different directions, and the sleet is tipping in and whirring around the old ground.

A night for keeping it on the deck - could the weather be a leveller this evening?

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Willie Miller
Former Aberdeen captain on BBC Sportsound

I think it's going to be a very good game of football. It'll be very difficult for Aberdeen.

Jimmy Thelin will be looking for an improvement because they will need to improve to get anything out of this game.

Aberdeen manager Jimmy Thelin tells BBC Scotland: "Opportunities arise for players in the squad through the season. This is Ross [Doohan's] time.

"We play at home again, almost a full house, and we have to use the extra energy that gives. We're going to give everything today.

"We have to try to grow all the time. Nothing has changed.

"Celtic are consistent in their performance. It's good for us to compete in this game, because that's the way we want to be. No game in this league is easy, we have to take the challenge."

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Away we go at Ibrox.

Kick-off at Dens Park will follow in a minute or two.

And action at Pittodrie will get under way at 20:00 GMT.

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It's 19:45 and the players are only just emerging at Dens Park.

You're late, lads.

Still awaiting kick-off at Ibrox too.

Motherwell manager Stuart Kettlewell tells BBC Scotland: "We need to start by eradicating the poor goals. I spoke to the players after the game at the weekend - that's five really poor goals in the last two games we've conceded.

"It's our job to show the opposition we don't have that frailty. I've not seen that weakness in our team and we can only respond to it. If I was Tony Docherty, standing in his dressing room, I'd be asking them to see if that frailty is there.

"We have to show a reaction, and not just talk about it, but see it on the pitch."

Dundee boss Tony Docherty tells BBC Scotland: "Our soul focus tonight is putting in a performance and doing as much as we can to get the better of Motherwell, who are a good team.

"It comes down to competition for places. I've got good players who are ready to come in. Three games in a week, sometimes you need to freshen up. It's just shaking it up.

"Motherwell will look for a reaction. Stuart [Kettlewell] came out and he was quite critical. We need to stand up to that reaction."

Kilmarnock manager Derek McInnes wants his side to replicate their performance against Rangers when they defeated them at Rugby Park in late October.

"We're trying to kind of get as close to that kind of performance, and a lot of what we did right, against Rangers six weeks ago," he tells BBC Scotland.

"We've got to try and make sure [we] limit mistakes. Especially early on, we've got to make sure we're really pragmatic, really responsible, but brave in our approach.

"We've got to try and be that team, just as we have been against them in the past. And sometimes it pays dividends, sometimes it doesn't. Look, we've not got any divine right to expect to win here tonight, the advantages Rangers have over teams like ourselves, but we know it can be done.

"And that's what my reference to the lads was, we were almost perfect against Rangers last time out, six weeks ago."

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• After their 1-0 win in October, Dundee could earn successive league victories over Motherwell for the first time since April 2017 (three in a row).
• Motherwell have won five and lost just one of their last seven league away games against Dundee (D1), winning their last such trip 3-2 in April last season.
• Dundee have won both of their last two home games in the Scottish Premiership, last winning three in a row in the top flight on home turf in April 2002 under Ivano Bonetti, which included a 2-0 victory over Motherwell.
• Since drawing four successive away games in the Scottish Premiership from December 2023 to February 2024, none of Motherwell's last 13 on the road in the league have finished level (W7 L6).
• Lyall Cameron has scored in three of his four Scottish Premiership appearances against Motherwell (three goals), including Dundee's winner in October (1-0).

Tony Docherty makes two changes to the side that drew with Kilmarnock at the weekend.

Fin Robertson drops out, as does Seb Palmer-Houlden. They're replaced by Olafaseun Adewumi and Scott Tiffoney.

Clark Robertson, Ziyad Larkeche and Scott Fraser remain out along with long-term absentee Joe Shaughnessy.

Jair Tavares makes his first Motherwell start - one of four changes to the Well XI from the 3-0 loss to Hibs.

Steve Seddon, Harry Paton and Tony Watt are the other changes. Andy Halliday, Davor Zdravkovski, Marvin Kaleta and Tawanda Maswanhise are all named among the subs.

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Travel back almost 40 years and relive the title-deciding match between Aberdeen and Celtic in 1985.

Four decades on, Sir Alex Ferguson's Dons are still the last non-Old Firm team to win Scotland's top-flight crown.

It was revealed yesterday that Aberdeen goalkeeper Dimitar Mitov will be ruled out for up to six weeks after sustaining a hamstring injury.

The Bulgarian had been an ever-present in the league this term until he was was replaced by Ross Doohan at half-time of Sunday's 1-1 draw at Hearts.

Boasting a 72% save rate - the third best in the division - Mitov will be a big loss for Jimmy Thelin, but the manager has full faith in ex-Celtic keeper Doohan.

"Ross came in in the last game and did well and we are confident he is going to do a good job for us," the Swede said.

Doohan never played for Celtic during his seven years at the club - and tonight will be just his fifth game for Aberdeen since joining in summer last year.

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Aberdeen manager Jimmy Thelin makes six changes to the side that drew at Tynecastle on Sunday.

Dimitar Mitov is out for six weeks with a hamstring injury and is replaced in goal by Ross Doohan.

Slobodan Rubezic replaces Angus MacDonald in the heart of defence and Graeme Shinnie comes in for Ante Palaversa in midfield, while Duk and Topi Keskinen both start out wide.

Finally, Kevin Nisbet leads the line, preferred to Ester Sokler.

For Celtic, Brendan Rodgers recalls several key players having rested them against Ross County on Saturday.

Nicolas Kuhn and Kyogo come into the front three, with James Forrest and Adam Idah dropped to the bench.

Reo Hatate and Auston Trusty also come into the side, with Luke McCowan and Liam Scales missing out.

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• Rangers are unbeaten in 11 home games against Kilmarnock in all competitions (W9 D2) since a 0-1 reverse in March 2018 under Graeme Murty.
• Kilmarnock could win back-to-back league meetings with Rangers for the first time since March 2018, after winning 1-0 in October.
• Rangers have lost just one of their last 22 home games in the Scottish Premiership (W19 D2), a 1-2 defeat to Motherwell in March last season.
• Kilmarnock have lost both of their last two away league games, last losing three in a row in November 2023.
• Kilmarnock's Derek McInnes has lost 13 of his 16 top-flight away games against Rangers as a manager (W2 D1), including his last five in a row.

Jane Lewis
BBC Sport Scotland at Ibrox

The rain is not letting up here in Govan. The Ibrox surface will be slick, that's for sure!

Long studs at the ready for both sets of players I should think.

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Rangers manager Philippe Clement says he is "excited" to see Danilo and Hamza Igamane playing together, with the former making his first league start of the season.

"He's [Danilo] played a few games already, he did some things in the pre-season but not much," Clement told BBC Scotland

"So we want to get him up to speed because he's a player with a lot of qualities against teams with a low block.

"I'm excited to see the combination now with him and Hamza [Igamane] together. It will be the first time because of the circumstances; Danilo out so long, Hamza just in the building.

"So I think it can be a really good partnership in that way against this kind of opponent."

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