Early St Mirren substitutionpublished at 15:13 Greenwich Mean Time 8 December 2018

15:13 GMT 8 December 2018

Livingston 0-0 St Mirren

Paul McGinn is replaced by Matty Willock after a nasty clash of heads with Craig Halkett.

Lewis Ferguson finds Stevie May in behind the Saints defence and the Dons striker flashes a shot across the face of goal and wide of the far post.

MacLean takes a tumblepublished at 15:11 Greenwich Mean Time 8 December 2018

15:11 GMT 8 December 2018

Hearts 0-0 Motherwell

Steven MacLean chases down a ball in the box but he's shunted off the ball comfortably by Charles Dunne and finds himself on the deck beside the advertising boards...

Motherwell youngster David Turnbull, who has form when it comes to long distance goals, hit one just past the post in the opening minutes at Tynecastle.

It is the visitors doing most of the pressing so far.

John Barnes
BBC Scotland at the Hope Stadium

The pressure has been added to the Hibs squad with assistant manager Garry Parker insisting the players are “playing for their futures” after a seven-game run without a win.

Jonathan Sutherland
BBC Sport Scotland at Celtic Park

Kilmarnock had started the match fairly well. They looked confident and assured and were getting plenty of the ball and up the field. But that now all counts for very little as Celtic take lead. The ball slung into the box and James Forrest makes no mistake from inside the box. An early blow for the league leaders and a goal that seems to have energised the home side and the home support.

Curtis Main fires into the net but the Motherwell striker is penalised for a push just before he had retrieved the ball.

Demetri Mitchell whips a ball across goal for Hearts but a great challenge prevents Steven MacLean from making contact from five yards.

Pat Bonner
Former Celtic goalkeeper on BBC Sportsound

It is St Johnstone's turn to squander an early chance as Ross Callachan is found unmarked 12 yards from goal, but the midfielder makes a mess of his header and it comes off his shoulder and does not trouble goalkeeper Joe Lewis.

Not one but two late goalkeeper changes at the Hope Stadium...

Gary Woods now starts in place of Jan Mucha, with Jacob Marsden a late addition to the home bench.

Adam Bogdan has also done himself a mischief in the warm-up, with Ofir Marciano in for his first start of the season for Hibs after a long spell on the sidelines through injury.

I'm not sure the visitors have another goalie in their travelling party.

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An early chance for Aberdeen as the increasingly impressive Max Lowe curls a low cross to the back post.

It reaches Connor McLennan at the back post, but the young forward appears to be taken by surprise and the ball bounces off his shin and into the arms of goalkeeper Zander Clarke.

• Aberdeen are unbeaten in their past four Premiership games against St Johnstone, winning three and drawing one since.
• Kilmarnock are unbeaten against Celtic under manager Steve Clarke - two wins and two draws.
• Hibernian's last win was their 6-0 humbling of Hamilton in October.
• Motherwell have not won on their past six visits to Hearts in all competitions.
• Livingston have lost just once at home in the league this season and St Mirren are yet to win away from home in the top flight this term.

Today's games are getting under way.

You can listen to live commentary of Celtic v Kilmarnock on BBC Radio Scotland 810MW while on 92-95FM, it's Open all Mics. Both are available here.

Sportscene's extended updates and results services has started here online and BBC One Scotland joins in at 16:30.

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Jonathan Sutherland
BBC Sport Scotland at Celtic Park

History is not on the side of Kilmarnock this afternoon.

Yes, they after unbeaten against the champions under the inspired guidance of Steve Clarke.

But Kilmarnock have only managed one league win at Celtic Park in the last 63 years.

That came back in 2012, a 2-0 win during the reign of Kenny Shiels.

Tyrone Smith
BBC Scotland at Pittodrie

This afternoon’s Pittodrie showdown definitely falls into the intriguing category.

Sixth-placed Aberdeen can leapfrog fifth-placed St Johnstone with a victory.

The Dons will be in good spirits after their impressive midweek win at Rangers.

But Saints are looking to extend their seven-game unbeaten run and will undoubtedly be boosted by manager Tommy Wright signing a new deal until the Summer of 2022.

The teams drew 1-1 in Perth in September, so don’t be surprised if they contest a similarly tight affair in the Granite City.

After a flying start, Hearts are currently on a run of seven games without a win in all competitions. But manager Craig Levein says he is seeing improved performances of late.

"The last two games have been slightly better," he said. "Our problem has been our lack of ball retention in the final third, earlier in the season were were fantastic at it, and that allowed our midfield players to get in touch and give them confidence going forward."

Levein also reiterated his call for the introduction of VAR in Scottish football to "help" referees "get the right decisions".

He added he would be more than happy to give up some of his playing budget. He told BBC Scotland: "I'm in favour of everybody chipping in if that's the case and we would do that for sure."

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