Summary

  • FT: Aberdeen 2-1 Dundee (May [2]; Deacon)

  • FT: Motherwell 2-0 Ross County (Tait, Moult)

  • FT: Hibs 1-3 Hamilton (Bingham [2], Longridge; Stokes)

  • FT: St Johnstone 1-0 Partick Thistle (O'Halloran)

  • FT: Rangers 0-0 Hearts

  • FT: Kilmarnock 0-2 Celtic (Forrest, McGregor)

  1. get involved

    Get Involved - Davies in frame for Hearts job?published at 14:53 British Summer Time 19 August 2017

    Rangers v Hearts (15:00)

    What of the man in the opposing dug-out at Ibrox today, Jon Daly? According to Radio Scotland pundit Allan Preston, the Irishman was interviewed on Friday afternoon for the job he currently holds on an interim basis.

    "Paul Hartley has also been interviewed, on top of Steven Pressley last week," reports Preston. "Billy Davies is another name who is doing the rounds at the moment, and I think there is going to be an appointment before next week's matches."

    Billy Davies at Tynecastle? How would you feel about that Hearts fans? Who do you want to see replace Ian Cathro?

    Tweet us @BBCSportScot, external using the hashtag #bbcsportscot, or give us your thoughts on the BBC Sport Scotland, external Facebook page.

    Billy Davies (right) watches from the stands at Kilmarnock v CelticImage source, SNS
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    Billy Davies (right) was an interested observer at Rugby Park earlier for Kilmarnock v Celtic

  2. Caixinha looks for confidence boostpublished at 14:47 British Summer Time 19 August 2017

    Rangers v Hearts (15:00)

    Rangers manager Pedro Caixinha is hoping to get back to winning ways following the defeat to Hibernian last week.

    He told Rangers TV: “It’s always good to have our captain Lee Wallace back.

    "The boys are looking forward to the game, they did a fantastic week of training.

    “We expect a tough challenge from Hearts. They are a very good side who always make it difficult but we are more focused on us to get our confidence back and get the three points for a sold out stadium.”

    Pedro Caixinha oversees a drill at Rangers trainingImage source, SNS
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    Caixinha has tried to prepare his players for 'bad refereeing' decisions in training

  3. LINE-UPS from Fir Parkpublished at 14:44 British Summer Time 19 August 2017

    Motherwell v Ross County (15:00 BST)

    Motherwell: Griffiths, Tait, Heneghan, Bigirimana, Cadden, Moult, Rose, Fisher, Dunne, Kipré, Tanner.

    Substitutes:Morrison, Bowman, Plummer, Campbell, Newell, McMillan, MacLean

    Ross County: Fox, Fraser, Naismith, Gardyne, Chow, Schalk, Curran, Davies, Lindsay, O'Brien, Van Der Weg.

    Substitutes: McCarey, Routis, Kelly, Dow, Draper, Mikkelsen, McKay

  4. Moult in for Motherwellpublished at 14:44 British Summer Time 19 August 2017

    Motherwell v Ross County (15:00)

    Motherwell are without suspended goalkeeper Trevor Carson and captain Carl McHugh. Stephen Hammell and Elliot Frear also miss out, but Alex Fisher starts after being touch and go to make it.

    Russell Griffiths takes Carson's place in goal and defender Charles Dunne had his red card against St Johnstone overturned on appeal.

    Louis Moult is back in the starting line-up to boost the hosts' firepower and Craig Tanner also comes in.

    Louis MoultImage source, SNS
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    Louis Moult starts for Motherwell

    Ross County manager Jim McIntyre has a fully fit squad and Tim Chow has recovered from a head wound that kept him out of last weekend's game against Aberdeen. Jim O'Brien is the other change from last weekend's defeat to Aberdeen, with Ross Draper and Christopher Routis dropping to the bench.

    Billy Mckay completed over an hour and scored for the Under-20s side in the Irn-Bru Cup following groin surgery which has forced him to miss the start of the season, and makes the bench.

  5. LINE-UPS from McDiarmid Parkpublished at 14:42 British Summer Time 19 August 2017

    St Johnstone v Partick Thistle (15:00 BST)

    St Johnstone: Mannus, Shaughnessy, Anderson, Davidson, MacLean, Wotherspoon, O'Halloran, Paton, Foster, Scougall, Easton

    Substitutes:Clark, Tanser, Craig, Thomson, Gilchrist, Cummins, Hendry

    Partick Thistle: Cerny, Booth, Turnbull, Keown, Osman, Erskine, Lawless, Barton, Elliot, Edwards, Storey

    Substitutes:Scully, Spittal, Bannigan, Doolan, Devine, Nitriansky, Sammon

  6. Same again for Saints, Storey makes Thistle startpublished at 14:41 British Summer Time 19 August 2017

    St Johnstone v Partick Thistle (15:00)

    St Johnstone midfielder Blair Alston has failed to overcome a thigh injury in time to feature against Partick Thistle.

    Other than that manager Tommy Wright has unsurprisingly elected to stick with the same starting XI that beat Motherwell 4-1.

    Miles StoreyImage source, SNS
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    Thistle's Miles Storey made his debut from the bench against Celtic

    Miles Storey replaces Conor Sammon to make his first start for Partick Thistle.

    Abdul Osman and Chris Erskine are the other two changes from the narrow defeat to Celtic, with Stuart Bannigan and Kris Doolan dropping to the bench.

    Thistle have midfielder Blair Spittal and defender Danny Devine back from injury, but both begin as substitutes.

    Long-term absentees Gary Fraser and Mustapha Dumbuya remain out for Alan Archibald's side.

    Steven Lawless makes his 200th appearance for the club.

  7. LINE-UPS from Easter Roadpublished at 14:41 British Summer Time 19 August 2017

    Hibernian v Hamilton (15:00)

    Hibernian: Marciano, Ambrose, McGregor, Hanlon, Whittaker, McGinn, McGeouch, Swanson, Stevenson, S Murray, Stokes

    Substitutes: Laidlaw, Gray, Fontaine, Slivka, F Murray, Barker, Matulevicius

    Hamilton: Woods, Skondras, McMann, Tomas, Imrie, Docherty, Docherty, Bingham, Crawford, Mackinnon, Boyd, Sarris

    Substitutes: Gillespie, Redmond, Gogic, Longridge, Jamieson, Lyon, Templeton.

  8. One change each for Hibs & Acciespublished at 14:39 British Summer Time 19 August 2017

    Hibernian v Hamilton (15:00)

    Hibernian's new loan signing Brandon Barker starts on the bench, with the only change to the starting line-up from the 3-2 win at Rangers seeing Danny Swanson replace Vykintas Slivka, a scorer at Ibrox.

    The game comes too soon for midfielder Marvin Bartley and forward Martin Boyle, who both miss out.

    Hibernian's new loan signing Brandon Barker.Image source, SNS
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    Hibernian's new loan signing Brandon Barker.

    Xavier Tomas returns from suspension for Hamilton, and he is Hamilton's only change, replacing Massimo Donati, following the 3-0 win over Dundee last week.

  9. LINE-UPS from Pittodriepublished at 14:36 British Summer Time 19 August 2017

    Aberdeen v Dundee (15:00)

    Aberdeen: Lewis, Logan, O'Connor, Reynolds, Considine, McLean, Shinnie, Mackay-Steven, Tansey, Christie, May

    Substitutes: Rogers, Stewart, Rooney, Maynard, Arnason, Wright, Stockley

    Dundee: Bain, Kerr, Holt, Vincent, Kamara, Allan, El Bakhtaoui, Deacon, Hendry, Haber, Waddell

    Substitutes: Parish, Hateley, Williams, O'Hara, McGowan, Spence, Lambert

  10. Christie returns to Aberdeen starting line-uppublished at 14:35 British Summer Time 19 August 2017

    Aberdeen v Dundee (15:00)

    Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes makes just one change from the side that beat Ross County last weekend, with Ryan Christie coming in for fellow loanee Greg Stewart.

    Dundee forward Sofien Moussa has been ruled out for up to four weeks after knee surgery.

    Darren O'Dea, Randy Wolters, Kostadin Gadzhalov, Craig Wighton, Julen Etxabeguren and James McPake remain out, but Roarie Deacon returns and starts.

    James Vincent and Kerr Waddell also come into the side.

    Aberdeen's Ryan ChristieImage source, SNS
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    Aberdeen's Ryan Christie is the club's top scorer so far this season

  11. LINE-UPS from Ibroxpublished at 14:33 British Summer Time 19 August 2017

    Rangers v Hearts (15:00)

    Rangers: Foderingham, Tavernier, Cardoso, Alves, Wallace, Jack, Dorrans, Windass, Candeias, Miller, Morelos.

    Substitutes: Alnwick, Wilson, Hodson, Rossiter, Kranjcar, Pena, Hardie.

    Hearts: Hamilton, M.Smith, Souttar, Berra, Brandon, Walker, Randall, Cowie, Djoum, Lafferty, Goncalves

    Substitutes: Noring, Hughes, Nowak, Buaben, Grzelak, Zanatta, Stockton

  12. Walker starts for Heartspublished at 14:33 British Summer Time 19 August 2017

    Rangers v Hearts (15:00)

    Rangers target Jamie Walker starts for Rangers, the only change from their 1-0 win over Kilmarnock, replacing Rafak Grzelak.

    Captain Lee Wallace returns at left-back for Rangers, replacing Lee Hodson.

    Rangers midfielder Ryan Jack and Hearts forward Isma Goncalves are free to play, and both start for their respective sides.

    The pair had red cards from last week rescinded after the clubs successfully appealed against the dismissals.

    Jamie WalkerImage source, SNS
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    Rangers had a bid for Hearts winger Jamie Walker rejected this summer

  13. get involved

    Get Involved - Can any Scottish team beat Celtic?published at 14:32 British Summer Time 19 August 2017

    So it's 52 matches unbeaten and counting on the domestic front for Celtic now. Killie boss Lee McCulloch said pre-match that he felt the gulf between the champions and the rest is "the biggest it has been in a good few years"

    So could the champions go unbeaten for a second straight season? Can you see anyone beating them in the Premiership this season? If so, who?

    Runners-up Aberdeen finished 30 points adrift last term, Rangers 39. How close will anyone get this season?

    Tweet us @BBCSportScot, external using the hashtag #bbcsportscot, or give us your thoughts on the BBC Sport Scotland, external Facebook page.

  14. Saints, Hibs & Dons seek to maintain 100% recordspublished at 14:31 British Summer Time 19 August 2017

    St Johnstone v Partick, Hibernian v Hamilton, Aberdeen v Dundee (all 15:00)

    So is this destined to be another Celtic stroll to a seventh consecutive Scottish title?

    Lest we forget, there are three other teams who still have a 100% record after the opening two rounds of this fledgling season, and they are all at home today.

    St Johnstone, leaders on goal difference before Celtic's win at Rugby Park, host Partick Thistle, who are still to gain a league point after defeats by Hibs and Celtic, but they did win 3-0 in Perth in the League Cup only 11 days ago.

    Hibernian, buoyant after following up an opening win over Partick by beating Rangers at Ibrox, entertain Hamilton, who enjoyed a 3-0 home win over Dundee last weekend.

    And Aberdeen, Celtic's closest challengers for the last three seasons, have also started well domestically despite a turnover of players this summer. They host Dundee, who like Motherwell, Partick Thistle and Kilmarnock, are still searching for their first point.

    St Johnstone celebrate a Michael O'Halloran goal against MotherwellImage source, SNS
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    St Johnstone have won 2-1 at Kilmarnock and thumped Motherwell 4-1 last week

  15. Postpublished at 14:27 British Summer Time 19 August 2017

    Callum McGregor scoresImage source, SNS
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    Callum McGregor scored Celtic's second goal today. Could he find himself in the Scotland squad named next week?

  16. Postpublished at 14:25 British Summer Time 19 August 2017

    Lee McCullochImage source, SNS
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    It already looks like it will be a long season for Kilmarnock and manager Lee McCulloch

  17. FULL-TIMEpublished at 14:18 British Summer Time 19 August 2017

    Kilmarnock 0-2 Celtic

    Three Premiership wins out of three for Celtic and three league defeats out of three for Kilmarnock.

    James Forrest and Callum McGregor got the goals in a dominant display from Celtic.

  18. ADDED TIMEpublished at 90+2 mins

    Kilmarnock 0-2 Celtic

    Into two minutes of stoppage time at Rugby Park and Celtic may have an injury worry with substitute Nir Bitton limping off.

  19. goal

    GOAL Kilmarnock 0-2 Celticpublished at 88 mins

    Callum McGregor

    It's another goal for Celtic and another assist from Tom Rogic.

    He drives at the Kilmarnock defence and slips a pass through for Callum McGregor to take a touch and pass the ball into the net.

    That should be that at Rugby Park.

  20. Postpublished at 87 mins

    Kilmarnock 0-1 Celtic

    Celtic are on course for their third successive 1-0 win at Rugby Park.