Neil Lennon leads Hibs into their first Premiership match following a three-season absence from the top flight and he's predicting a frantic start.

He told BBC Scotland's Sportsound: “The excitement is there now we’re back. It’s where Hibs should be and hopefully we can look forward to a solid campaign.

“You don’t know how the season will pan out, I just want us to find consistency.

"We’re playing against a very experienced team.The first 20 minutes will be frantic, but hopefully we can stamp our authority on the game.

“I don’t want to throw Anthony Stokes in early, but we have three games this week and he’ll be involved in all of them.”

Two clubs with recent Premiership experience begin their Championship campaigns in Inverness, where Caley Thistle, who finished bottom in the top flight last season, take on Ray McKinnon's title favourites. who missed out in the play-offs last term.

It's not just the Premiership and Championship getting into their stride today.

Leagues One and Two also get under way and Arbroath, champions of League Two last season, are looking forward to unfurling their title flag at Gayfield ahead of the Lichties' opener against Queen's Park.

Celtic midfielder Callum McGregor has been speaking to Radio Scotland about the champions' opening 4-1 victory over Hearts.

"It was a great start to the season," he said. "We wanted to put on a show for the first day of the season and we have done that.

"It was important for us to hit the ground running and show the others we mean business.

"In the first half, they sat in and made things difficult. We just had to be patient and play the way we do and thankfully we got the goals in the end.

"It is a big squad and big competition for places and you have got to be at your best to play.

"Hopefully that has showed the manager what I can do.

"He just wants me to continue the form I showed last season with some big performances and big goals."

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Kilmarnock: MacDonald, Taylor, Broadfoot, Greer, Wilson, Burke, Jones, Thomas, Frizzell, McKenzie, Boyd.

Substitutes:Bell, Waters, Power, O’Donnell, Samizadeh, Erwin, Graham.

St Johnstone: Mannus, Foster, Shaughnessy, Anderson, Easton, Wotherspoon, Davidson, Alston, Paton, Scougall, Cummins.

Substitutes:Clark, Tanser, O’Halloran, McClean, Kane, Craig, Gilchrist.

Neil McCann makes just one change from Sunday's Dundee derby, with Paul McGowan benched in favour of Randy Wolters.

The Dutchman is one of six players making their league debuts for the Dees, alongside teenage defender Kerr Waddell, midfielders Glen Kamara, Scott Allan and Roarie Deacon, and striker Sofien Moussa.

There are two changes for County after their goalless League Cup draw with Arbroath - out go the suspended Jim O'Brien and Craig Curran, with Christopher Routis and Jamie Lindsay starting.

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Hearts head coach Jon Daly has also hit back at Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers' comments about the sacking of head coach Ian Cathro.

Basically saying that a rival manager commenting on the structure of another club as "unacceptable".

More of that later.

Hearts interim head coach Jon Daly on BBC Radio Scotland: "We made a couple of mistakes at a crucial time that we were punished for.

"That is the quality of Celtic that they will make you pay for that.

"At 1-0, I still felt we were quite comfortable, but once it goes to 2-0, you have to start thinking about having a go.

"But the players showed spirit and kept going."

St Johnstone make six changes from the side that lost 1-0 to Trakai in Europa League qualifying.

Zander Clark, injured in that game, misses out, with Alan Mannus starting, while Steven Anderson, David Wotherspoon, Paul Paton, Brian Easton and Graham Cummins come in and Chris Millar, Scott Tanser, Ally Gilchrist, Liam Craig and Chris Kane make way.

Dundee: Bain, Kerr, Waddell, O'Dea, Holt, O'Hara, Kamara, Allan, Deacon, Wolters, Moussa.

Substitutes:Parish, Vincent, Williams, McGowan, El Bahktaoui, Hendry, Spence.

Ross County: Fox, Fraser, Kelly, Davies, Naismith, Chow, Routis, Lindsay, Gardyne, Dow, Schalk.

Substitutes:McCarey, Mikkelsen, van der Weg, Keillor-Dunn, Tumilty, Dingwall, Malcolm.

The Thistle line-up has a settled look, but it's a surprise to see in-form new signing Blair Spittal not even make the bench.

Kevin Nisbet also makes way from the League Cup win over Stranraer - veteran striker Kris Doolan and defender Niall Keown start.

There could be a debut for new signing Milan Nitriansky off the bench too - the Czech defender's international clearance arrived in time for him to make Alan Archibald's match-day squad.

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Anthony Stokes is among the substitutes as he bids to make his third debut for Hibs on their return to the Premiership.

There are league bows for Danny Swanson and Simon Murray, who spearhead the home attack alongside Martin Boyle.

Fit-again Paul Hanlon captains the side from central defence, with Darren McGregor and David Gray suspended.

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Kilmarnock make two changes from the side that beat Dumbarton 3-0 in the League Cup.

In come winger Jordan Jones and Scotland defender Gordon Greer, making his debut after his summer release from Blackburn Rovers, with William Graham and Stephen O'Donnell making way.

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Hibernian: Marciano, Whittaker, Ambrose, Hanlon, Stevenson, Bartley, McGeouch, McGinn, Swanson, Boyle, S Murray.

Substitutes:Laidlaw, Fontaine, Slivka, Matulevicius, Stokes, F Murray, Porteous

Partick Thistle: Cerny, Booth, Keown, Devine, Osman, Barton, Bannigan, Lawless, Erskine, Elliott, Doolan.

Substitutes:Scully, Turnbull, Nitriansky, Nisbet, Penrice, McCarthy, McLaughlin.

• Neil Lennon's side, back from their three-year spell in the Championship, have not lost at home since October 2016, when St Mirren knocked them out of the Challenge Cup
• However, the Hibees failed to beat Thistle in their past two meetings, both ending all-square at 1-1
• The Jags are unbeaten in their last six opening league games in the Scottish top flight (W2, D4), with wins in two of their last three, while Hibs have failed to score in their last three opening day top-tier matches

• There could be a third Hibs debut for fan favourite Anthony Stokes, who returned to Easter Road on a two-year deal earlier this week
• While Thistle are set to hand a debut to Milan Nitriansky, after the club received international clearance for the Czech defender

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