It is a strangely quiet Celtic Park as the home side get the game underway in the Glasgow sunshine.

Celtic manager Ronny Deila has made three changes to his side after last weekend's Scottish Cup defeat by Rangers, with Tom Rogic, Colin Kazim-Richards and Erik Sviatchenko starting the game. 

Gary Mackay-Steven drops to the bench, while Stefan Johansen and the injured Dedryck Boyata drop out.

"We only concentrate on what we have to do and we must win today. 

"We are very positive and we have a few new faces with a point to prove. 

"We are in a position where we rely on other results and they went for us today. 

 "I would be surprised if we did not create chances today and hopefully we have that composure to put the ball in the net. 

 "We have a slim chance and we hang on to it and hopefully make it difficult for Hamilton."

"What other teams do does not affect us and we have to concentrate on getting three points today.

"We know it is a difficult game.

"I am back on the bench as cover. I've been out for a few weeks with an ankle injury.

"I would expect both teams to go out and try to win it and be on the front foot."

Dundee Utd: Kawashima, Dixon, Durnan, Dillon, Knoyle, Rankin, Paton, Demel, Dow, Fraser, McKay. Subs: Ofere, Erskine, Murray, Spittal, Anier, Donaldson, Zwick. 

Hamilton Academical: McGovern, Kurakins, Tagliapietra, Devlin, Gordon, Docherty, MacKinnon, Gillespie, Imrie, Crawford, Morris. Subs: Canning, Diaby, Redmond, Kurtaj, Martin, Boyd, Hughes. 

Referee: Steven McLean 

Celtic: Gordon, Lustig, Sviatchenko, Mulgrew, Tierney, Bitton, Brown, Roberts, Rogic, Kazim-Richards, Griffiths. Subs: Ambrose, Armstrong, Commons, Mackay-Steven, Christie, Bailly, McGregor. 

Ross County: Fox, Fraser, Robertson, Quinn, Franks, Gardyne, McShane, Irvine, Murdoch, Schalk, Boyce. Subs: Boyd, Graham, Dingwall, Gary Woods, De Vita, Goodwillie, McLaughlin. 

Referee: Don Robertson

"The sending off certainly swung it in our favour. 

"Kilmarnock were hit by a triple whammy, with the penalty, the sending off and the goal.

"It was a big three points for us. I did detect some trepidation in their game, but sometimes you have to dig out results."

"We have shot ourselves in the foot after getting ourselves in a good position.

"We did not play particularly well in the first half then got that goal from Kallum Higginbotham.

"We started well in the second half then we give away a penalty and lose our captain and goalkeeper, who has been the best goalkeeper in the league this season.

"I don't understand why you would want to pass the ball back when passing it blind.

"We've got to dust ourselves down for what was always going to be a huge game at Hamilton.

"We might have made it more difficult for ourselves, but we are still in there fighting."

"We are delighted to secure top six and it is now about trying to get as high as we can.

"St Johnstone and Motherwell have had a couple of positive results and we have to try to match them.

"Ronny Deila has made that decision at it makes it a harder game for us as the players will be determined to finish the season on a high."

That defeat for Kilmarnock, of course, will give renewed hope to Dundee United - and will having their opponents, Hamilton Accies, breathing a sigh of relief too.

United can reduce the gap at the bottom to five points should they beat Accies, who themselves can move seven points ahead of Killie should they secure a win at Tannadice.

"It has been a different and tough week, but we have give games and we hope to finish in a good way.

"Now everybody knows what is going to happen and hopefully we can focus on the matches, which is the most important thing.

"Hopefully we can end with a league trophy and being the best team in the country."

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Caley Thistle's second-half comeback all but ensures they will avoid a relegation play-off as they have not only leapfrogged Partick Thistle into eighth place in the Scottish Premiership but, more importantly, move 11 points clear of today's opponents.

Miles Storey fires a low shot just wide of the far post as Caley Thistle end the game on top.  

Kris Boyd gets in behind the Caley Thistle defence and his powerful drive is pushed away for a corner by goalkeeper Owain Fon Williams. From the corner, Rory McKenzie heads well over.

Martin Dowden
BBC Sport Scotland at Caledonian Stadium

Julien Faubert curls a cross-come-shot off the Caley Thistle crossbar and, when it falls to Kris Boyd, the league's former stop scorer blasts over from 10 yards. That should have been a lifeline for Killie.