Kheredine Idessane
BBC Scotland at the SMISA

Both captains laid a wreath of poppies in the centre circle before an impeccably observed minute's silence to mark Armistice Day. This is St Mirren's last home game before Remembrance Sunday.

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Derek Ferguson
Former Hearts midfielder on BBC Sportsound

The first impression is that, as soon as they got the ball, Hearts launched it forward. Looks like they plan to put the home defence under as much pressure as they can.

Brian McLauchlin
BBC Sport Scotland at McDiarmid Park

It’s a bit gloomy here in Perth but no floodlights on as yet. Here’s hoping the players can find their way to goal this afternoon!

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Games getting under way.

St Mirren got the better of St Johnstone on Wednesday evening - a first defeat for Perth Saints boss Simo Valakari.

Hearts sustained a first defeat under new coach Neil Critchley, at home to Kilmarnock on Wednesday.

Simo Valakari is "excited" to be taking charge of his first game as St Johnstone manager.

"As expected, there's been a lot of good things but a lot of things we have to improve," the Finn tells BBC Scotland when asked about is early impressions of his squad.

"Today, we are playing a very good football team. Of course, they have their own problems, but they are a very good football team."

Valakari says he learned a lot from the midweek defeat by St Mirren.

Jane Lewis
BBC Scotland at The Falkirk Stadium

The two home stands are filling up nicely at the Falkirk Stadium. The Kevin McAllister stand is almost full, while the main stand is getting there. The away stand is a bit sparse, maybe about 200 away supporters have made the trip...although to be fair they've brought the drums so are making plenty of noise.

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BBC Scotland at the SMISA

There's a good smattering of St Mirren fans around three of the four stands, braving the somewhat bleak driving rain that's been sweeping through Paisley.

It's a near 400-mile round trip from Dingwall and there's a small, hardy band of County fans here too to see if they can finally celebrate an away win for the first time since September last year at Kilmarnock.

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Ross County could not find a winner against Hibernian on Wednesday.

Neil Critchley is enjoying his early days in Scottish football and is "impressed with the quality of our players" despite suffering his first defeat as Hearts boss last time out against Kilmarnock, with his side now bottom of the table.

"But that can't just be outside the box," he tells BBC Scotland. "We've got to translate that into meaningful opportunities.

"If you look at the game as a whole, there were moments when we were quite dominant. There are positives to take from the performance, but the two moments that cost us the goals were really poor."

As for his early impressions of Scottish football, the Englishman adds: It's really competitive and there's such a fine line between winning and losing in lots of games."

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St Mirren manager Stephen Robinson tells BBC Scotland: "My job is to focus solely on football and we aim to prove that today.

"The players are in good spirits and we're ready to go. I can only control certain things and we are happy with where we are after these last two games.

"The hard bit now is the third game in a week but the players have go that bit between their teeth. It's up to the boys to perform again and keep their place in the team."

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Ross County manager Don Cowie tells BBC Scotland: "We know it's three games in a week, I believe in the squad that we've got and I believe this is the team that gives us the best platform to start the game.

"In football you earn your luck. It's a difficult venue, a very good team, they had a great result midweek so they'll be feeling good about themselves but as always we understand the challenge, we accept it and we look forward to it."

On County's poor away record, Cowie adds: "Every game away from home is another opportunity to put that run to an end. The only people that can change it is us and the group and that's what we'll aim to do."

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Kheredine Idessane
BBC Scotland at the SMISA

Ross County have not won away in the Scottish Premiership in more than a year. They have not won in Paisley since 2015. The last Ross County player to score at St Mirren was Brian Graham in 2019. Their last goal here was a Nathan Sheron own goal a year later.

It all points to a difficult afternoon for Don Cowie's men as they look to wipe all of those stats away and leapfrog their hosts in the table.

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Raith Rovers beat Ayr United 2-0 in last night's live BBC Scotland match, with Lewis Jamieson scoring twice in the first half.

Ayr remain third and could lose ground on Livingston and Falkirk today.

Jane Lewis
BBC Scotland at The Falkirk Stadium

A wee foray into the Scottish Championship for me today. Looking forward to seeing in-form leaders Falkirk against Greenock Morton.

The home side stick with the same XI that beat Dunfermline Athletic last weekend while Grant Gillespie comes in for the suspended Iain Wilson and captains the visitors.

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Kheredine Idessane
BBC Scotland at the SMISA

St Mirren have been much more like themselves in their past two matches, playing well in defeat at Ibrox then hitting St Johnstone for three.

It's still just two wins from their past 13 for the Buddies, who'll hope to continue the recent bounce against a side they haven't lost to in Paisley since Liam Boyce scored a hat-trick for County in a 3-0 win in April 2015.

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Ross County have made three changes from the 0-0 draw with Hibernian on Wednesday night.

Ryan Leak misses out completely through illness while Ronan Hale and Aidan Denholm drop to the bench.

Jack Grieves, Josh Nisbet and Josh Reid are in from the start.

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Beni Baningime returns to Hearts' midfield after missing the past three matches through illness as Neil Critchley makes three changes after suffering his first defeat as Hearts manager, at home to Kilmarnock, last time out.

He is joined in midfield by Yan Dhanda, with Daniel Oyegoke replacing Adam Forrester in defence.

Forrester, Cammy Devlin and forward Kenneth Vargas drop to the bench.

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