St Johnstone make a late change with Chris Millar injuring his groin in the warm-up. Manager Tommy Wright tells Murray Davidson to get his tracksuit off pronto.

Will today be the day the Staggies get their first points on the board? The Dingwall side have finished empty-handed in seven league games and confidence will have been given another knock following a home defeat to Hibs in the League Cup.

New boss Jim McIntyre is still searching for his best team and really needs to tighten up a defence that has leaked an alarming number of goals.

Following an excellent start to the season, Dundee have suffered back-to-back losses to local rivals Dundee United, with defender Paul McGinn warning this one may be an "ugly" game.

Penalties were needed to separate these Lanarkshire neighbours on Wednesday and Motherwell will be plotting revenge as they look to claw their way up the table after a surprisingly erratic start to the campaign.

Manager Stuart McCall makes six changes for this one.

Hamilton's young guns are having a ball in the top flight, having lost just once so far. Player boss Alex Neil reckons the current crop of youngsters have more talent than the squad that produced English Premier League starts James McArthur and James McCarthy.

Mikael Antoine-Curier is back to lead the line for Accies.

These sides were evenly matched last season, each enjoying a win at Rugby Park and sharing two draws at Firhill, with just one point separating them at the end of it all.

Alexei Eremenko is catching up in terms of fitness after cunningly missing out on the gruelling pre-season regimen and the Kilmarnock playmaker is a joy to behold when in the mood.

The Jags needed extra-time to see off St Mirren in the League Cup on Wednesday but fatigue shouldn't be an issue at this stage of the campaign.

Jackie McNamara's side are flying high at the top of the table with five wins from seven, while it's been a bit of a see-saw start for Saints.

This is the first meeting of these Tayside rivals since the Scottish Cup final, which the Perth side won 2-0, making it four victories in a row in this fixture for Tommy Wright's men.

Brian Graham has knocked in three goals in four games for St Johnstone since his loan switch from Tannadice but he'll need to sit this one out.

Every pundit's pick for second place are in the bottom half of the table but there have been signs of improvement for Derek McInnes's men following comfortable wins against Ross County and Livingston.

Adam Rooney bagged his second hat-trick of the season against Livi in the League Cup and his understanding with strike partner David Goodwillie is improving all the time.

Caley Thistle are level on points with league leaders Dundee United and have the meanest defence in the top flight. John Hughes has a small but settled squad and will settle into a neat, possession-based routine if opponents stand off them.

Kilmarnock: Samson, Barbour, Hamill, Connolly, Clingan, Johnston, Obadeyi, Eremenko, Westlake, Magennis, Pascali. Subs: Brennan, Miller, Ashcroft, Slater, Ngoo, O'Hara, Muirhead.

Partick Thistle: Fox, Seabourne, Balatoni, Bannigan, Doolan, Stevenson, Lawless, Higginbotham, McMillan, Carroll, Osman. Subs: Gallacher, O'Donnell, Muirhead, Craigen, Elliot, Eccleston, Wilson.

BBC Scotland's Kenny Crawford at Rugby Park

"Kilmarnock make one change from the team that lost 1-0 to St Johnstone in the League Cup. Left-back Chris Chantler is replaced by fellow Englishman Darryl Westlake. Alexei Eremenko starts despite being sent off on Tuesday, as the ban counts in League Cup games.

"Partick Thistle juggle things slightly, too. Ayr United fan Ryan Stevenson comes in at the expense of winger James Craigen."

A double from John Guidetti earns Celtic victory in Paisley. It was far from a vintage performance from the champions, who looked rattled for a while when St Mirren levelled. However, the visitors retained their composure after going back in front and were comfortable in the closing stages.

St Mirren win a late corner but it comes to nothing as Virgil van Dijk rises unopposed to head clear.

Ross County: Brown, Toshney, Brittain, Quinn, Carey, Irvine, Cardle, Frempah, Arquin, Kiss, Gardyne. Subs: Reguero, Boyce, Maatsen, Jervis, Dreesen, Baik, DeLeeuw.

Dundee: Letheren, Irvine, McPake, McAlister, McGinn, Boyle, McGowan, Ferry, Stewart, Harkins, Tankulic. Subs: Bain, Clarkson, Wighton, Roberts, McBride, McDonald, Kerr.

Celtic waste some time bringing on Nir Bitton for Mubarak Wakaso, who didn't get many opportunities to show off his pace.

St Mirren youth Lewis Morgan is on for the final five minutes, with Thomas Reilly making way.

Dundee United: Cierzniak, Watson, Morris, Fojut, Dillon, Paton, Rankin, Dow, Erskine, Ciftci, Bilate. Subs: Szomnik, Spark, Armstrong, Spittal, Telfer, Smith, Mackay-Steven

St Johnstone: Mannus, Mackay, Wright, Anderson, Davidson, McDonald, Wotherspoon, Caddis, Croft, B Easton, O'Halloran. Subs: Banks, Lappin, Morgan, D Easton, Miller, Brown, Kerr.

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John Guidetti's second goal appears to have knocked the stuffing out of the home side.

Motherwell: Twardzik, Carswell, Ramsden, McManus, Lawson, McHugh, Francis-Angol, Erwin, Kerr, Leitch, Ojamaa. Subs: Nielsen, Reid, Hammell, Ainsworth, Sutton, Law, Cummins.

Hamilton: McGovern, Gordon, Hendrie, Devlin, Gillespie, Imrie, Crawford, Andreu, Tena, Redmond, Antoine-Curier. Subs: Hill, Scotland, Neil, Lyon, Longridge, Brophy, Docherty.

MBEHAN, external: "Why take off Stokes when he's been one of Celtic's best players today? #bbcsportscot"

Aberdeen: Langfield, Logan, Taylor, Reynolds, Considine, Hayes, Pawlett, Flood, Robson, Rooney, Goodwillie. Subs: Brown, Murray, Low, Smith, Shankland, Storie, Monakana.

Inverness CT: Brill, Raven, Warren, Meekings, Shinnie, Draper, Tansey, Watkins, Doran, Christie, McKay. Subs: Esson, Devine, Tremarco, Polworth, Vincent, Ross, Williams.

Jo Inge Berget is on for Anthony Stokes as Callum McGregor thrashes a long-range effort over the crossbar. St Mirren have fallen out of this game since Celtic got their second goal.

Matt McSheaffrey on Twitter: "Is there a space in the Golf XI for old Celtic misfit Reggie Bunker? #bbcsportscot"

Of course. He could even be Wedgie Blinker???