Summary

  • Celtic 4-0 Motherwell - Maeda header, deflected Kuhn strike & Hatate effort add to Engels penalty

  • Dundee 0-3 Ross County - Chilvers with opener before Nisbet & White (pen) add to lead

  • Kilmarnock 4-0 Aberdeen - Vassell forces in at second attempt from close range before Watson, Cameron & Anderson net after break

  • St Johnstone 1-2 Dundee Utd - Kirk with opener but Middleton levels & league's top scorer Dalby strikes; Utd's Gallagher sent off late on

  1. Murray returns for Dee; Amissah makes County debutpublished at 14:14 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2024

    Dundee v Ross County (15:00)

    Dundee captain Simon Murray returns to the Dundee starting XI, alongside strike partner Oluwaseun Adewumi.

    Finlay Robertson and Seb Palmer-Houlden are dropped to the bench, while Trevor Carson remains in goals - preferred to Jon McCracken.

    Ross County give a debut to goalkeeper Jordan Amissah, with Jack Hamilton dropped to the bench.

    Ryan Leak comes into defence, Aidan Denholm starts in midfield and Jack Grieves is into the attack.

    Scott Allardice, Josh Nibset and Jordan White drop out.

    Jordan AmissahImage source, SNS
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    Keeper Amissah starts in goal for County

  2. Idah starts for Celtic; four Well changespublished at 14:11 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2024

    Celtic v Motherwell (15:00)

    Brendan Rodgers has made four changes from the goalless draw with Dundee United at the weekend.

    Cameron Carter-Vickers replaces Stephen Welsh at centre-back. In midfield, Luke McCowan and Reo Hatate are replaced by Paolo Bernardo and Arne Engels.

    Adam Idah replaces Kyogo Furuhashi up top. Alistair Johnston misses out on the matchday squad.

    Stuart Kettlewell has also made four changes from his side's 1-1 draw with Kilmarnock.

    Ewan Wilson, Tawanda Maswanhise, Harry Paton and Tom Sparrow all start. Dan Casey also keeps his place in the starting line-up after his red card was downgraded following an appeal.

    Liam Gordon, Andy Halliday and Apostolos Stamatelopoulos drop to the bench, while injured Steve Seddon misses out.

    Adam IdahImage source, SNS
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    Striker Idah comes into the Celtic attack

  3. Listen to Sportsoundpublished at 14:08 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2024

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    You'll hear the Edinburgh Derby on BBC Radio Scotland right now and Open All Mics will follow for the three o'clock games.

    On BBC Radio Scotland Extra, you have the option of live match commentary of Celtic v Motherwell.

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  4. LINE-UPS at Dens Parkpublished at 14:06 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2024

    Dundee v Ross County (15:00)

    Dundee: Carson, Astley, Portales, Koumetio, Mulligan, McGhee, Sylla, Cameron, Tiffoney, Murray, Adewumi.

    Substitutes: McCracken, Sharp, Ingram, Main, Kelly, F Robertson, Braybrooke, Palmer-Houlden, Vetro.

    Ross County: Amissah, Wright, Lopata, Leak, Efete, Randall, Denholm, Harmon, Chilvers, Grieves, Hale.

    Substitutes: Hamilton, Brown, Allardice, Loturi, Telfer, Nisbet, White, Brophy, Reid.

  5. LINE-UPS at McDiarmid Parkpublished at 14:04 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2024

    St Johnstone v Dundee Utd (15:00)

    St Johnstone: Rae, Wright, Mikulic, Sanders, Cameron, Keltjens, Holt, Sprangler, Carey, Kirk, Kimpioka.

    Substitutes: Sinclair, Raymond, Neilson, Clark, Essel, Sidibeh, Kucheriavyi, Smith, Franczak.

    Dundee Utd: Walton, Strain, Adegboyega, Gallagher, Holt, Ferry, Odada, Sevelj, Fotheringham, Middleton, Dalby.

    Substitutes: Richards, Graham, Trapanovski, Babunski, Stephenson, Van der Sande, Docherty, Thomson, Meshack.

  6. LINE-UPS at Rugby Parkpublished at 14:03 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2024

    Kilmarnock v Aberdeen (15:00)

    Kilmarnock: McCrorie, Watson, Mayo, Wright, Ndaba, Armstrong, Polworth, Lyons, Murray, Vassell, Wales.

    Substitutes: O'Hara, Burroughs, McKenzie, Mackay-Steven, Magennis, Cameron, Anderson, Donnelly, Bainbridge.

    Aberdeen: Mitov, Devlin, Rubezic, MacDonald, MacKenzie, Heltne Nilsen, Shinnie, Duk, McGrath, Keskinen, Ambrose.

    Substitutes: Doohan, Polvara, Nisbet, Clarkson, McGarry, Palaversa, Sokler, Morris, Molloy.

  7. LINE-UPS at Celtic Parkpublished at 14:01 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2024

    Celtic v Motherwell (15:00)

    Celtic: Schmeichel, Ralston, Carter-Vickers, Scales, Taylor, McGregor, Engels, Bernardo, Yang, Maeda, Idah.

    Substitutes: Sinisalo, Trusty, Palma, Kyogo, Kuhn, Valle, McCowan, Hatate, Welsh.

    Motherwell: Oxborough, Kaleta, Casey, Balmer, Blaney, Wilson, Paton, Sparrow, Miller, Maswanhise, Watt.

    Substitutes: Hegyi, O'Donnell, Gordon, Zdravkovski, Halliday, Stamatelopoulos, Nicholson, Ebiye, Tavares.

  8. The main menupublished at 14:00 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2024

    Scottish Premiership

    Premiership fixtures

    Season's greetings.

    Hearts and Hibs are currently providing you with your Boxing Day starter, plus St Mirren v Rangers (17:45 GMT) will be your dessert later.

    But there are four 15:00 games included in your main menu as Celtic will look to stretch their lead at the top against fourth-placed Motherwell.

    Elsewhere, Aberdeen are aiming to end their winless run at Kilmarnock.

    There's also a Tayside derby at McDiarmid Park and Dundee host Ross County at Dens Park

    The team news is filtering in. Let's get straight to it...