County are beginning to assert themselves. Billy Mckay slips in between two players and is about to pull the trigger, but Accies defender Alexander Gogic gets in to make a crucial challenge to knock it wide for a corner, which Jason Naismith heads wide.

First real chance of the game comes from County. Jason Naismith gets down the right flank and plays a low cross that Hamilton goalkeeper Ryan Fulton gets a touch to and thinks he has deflected clear.

Davis Keillor-Dunn comes racing in at the back post but hits the side netting.

Thistle are close to a superb, audacious equaliser as midfielder Ryan Edwards drives an effort from all of 40 yards and the ball floats a couple of feet over the crossbar.

Darren Lyon clears off the line for Accies as County continue to press.

It has been a scrappy opening in Dingwall, with neither goalkeeper having anything to do so far.

Hamilton do force a corner, but no-one in red and white hoops can get near it and County clear comfortably.

Thistle are under pressure in the early stages and goalkeeper Tom Cerny does well to save from AJ Leitch-Smith then Sofien Moussa heads over.

Both chances were created by Jesse Curran, the 21-year-old making his first start for Dundee.

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David Milinkovic, the 23-year-old winger on loan from Genoa, makes his first start for Hearts.

Ross Callachan and Jamie Brandon also come into the Hearts midfield.

Harry Cochrane drops to the bench, Randall misses out through suspension, while Don Cowie is injured.

Michael O'Halloran returns to start for Saints, while Liam Gordon and Liam Craig also start.

Callum Davidson misses out through injury, Steven Anderson is suspended and Graham Cummins drops to the bench.

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Huge cheer goes up when the name Gary Fraser was read out as one of the Partick Thistle substitutes.

The combative midfielder has missed over a year of football due to a serious knee injury and manager Alan Archibald says he might try to give him 20 minutes of action today, depending on how the game is going.

Jags' top scorer, Blair Spittal, drops to the bench, with Archibald hinting that he has had a quieter last couple of games.

Dundee start a young Australian midfielder called Jesse Curran, who boss Neil McCann rates really highly.

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Attention now turns to this afternoon's three Premiership games and, in particular, on Firhill.

Partick Thistle host Dundee with manager Alan Archibald under increasing pressure.

The Glasgow side sit bottom of the table, three points behind Kilmarnock, who are not playing this weekend.

Hamilton and Ross County are a point ahead of the Ayrshire side and at least one of them will add to their tally as they face one another in Dingwall.

Meanwhile, Hearts host St Johnstone at Murrayfield. The Saints can move up to fourth with a win, but the Edinburgh side can jump above the visitors into fifth if they claim the three points.

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers has lauded his players for their League Cup semi-final win over Hibs.

"I am pleased with the players, particularly their mentality," he told BBC Radio Scotland's Sportsound.

"To come out on the side of playing in the Champions League in midweek and against a difficult opponent and score four goals, I am very pleased.

"To get up to 60 games without a domestic defeat is really incredible.

"At times, we had a bit of fatigue in our legs, but we controlled the tempo of the game."

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Hibs head coach Neil Lennon insisted he could take a lot of positives out of the League Cup semi-final defeat by Celtic.

"We gave them a two-goal start and you can't do that and the manner we gave away the goals was disappointing," he told BBC Radio Scotland's Sportsound.

"We improved in the second half, but overall I was pleased with the way we played and there were some good performances out there.

"It gave us a lot to do in the second half, but we had a real good go at it.

"It is just sloppiness of the goals that were the difference."

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Hearts: McLaughlin, M Smith, Berra, Souttar, Brandon, Buaben, Callachan, Milinkovic, Walker, Lafferty, Isma.

Substitutes: Hamilton, Grzelak, Nowak, Cochrane, Moore, Henderson, Stockton.

St Johnstone: Mannus, Easton, Gordon, Shaghnessy, Comrie, Wotherspoon, Craig, Millar, Scougall, O'Halloran, MacLean.

Substitutes: Tanser, Alston, Clark, Paton, Gilchrist, Cummins.

Referee: Nick Walsh

Partick Thistle: Cerny, Turnbull, Keown, Erskine, Lawless, Barton, Devine, McGinn, Sammon, Edwards, McCarthy.

Substitutes: Scully, Spittal, Doolan, Nitriansky, Nisbet, Fraser, Storey.

Dundee: Bain, Holt, O'Dea, Leitch-Smith, Kamara, Moussa, McGowan, Hendry, Meekings, Curran, Spence.

Substitutes: Parish, Kerr, O'Hara, El Bakhtaoui, Deacon, Wolters, Waddell.

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Ross County are looking for a first home win under new manager Owen Coyle and the Staggies first in the Premiership at home since a victory against Hamilton Accies back in May.

Martin Canning's side are just as desperate for the points after a terrible time on and off the park recently as a sixth straight league defeat will equal their worst run in any division in 18 years.

Coyle makes one change from the side who lost to Hearts last weekend, with Billy Mckay recalled up front and Ross Draper dropping on to the bench.

Hamilton make two changes to the team beaten at home by Motherwell, with Gionnis Skondras and Massimo Donati replaced with Darren Lyon and Steven Boyd.

Ross County: Fox, Fraser, Naismith, Gardyne, Curran, Davies, Lindsay, McKay, O’Brien, van der Weg, Keillor-Dunn

Substitutes: McCarey, Kelly, Chow, Dow, Schalk, Draper, Mikkelsen

Hamilton Academical: Fulton, McMann, Tomas, Imrie, Docherty, Bingham, Gogic, Biabi, MacKinnon, Lyon, S Boyd

Substitutes: Skondras, Templeton, Longridge, Rojano, Donati, Ferguson, Jamieson

Mikael Lustig was one of two Celtic players to score twice and the right-back was delighted with his part in helping his side reach the League Cup final.

"We played quite good and had a lot of the ball," he told BBC Radio Scotland's Sportsound.

"They got a penalty and suddenly they were back in the game, but I think we were the better team.

"It is always nice to score a goal at Hampden.

"We are feeling good, but I don't think we have reached our peak as yet."

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