Both Aberdeen and St Johnstone had positive midweek results.

Aberdeen recovered from their weekend League Cup final defeat by beating Rangers 1-0 at Ibrox while St Johnstone’s unbeaten run extended to a seventh match with a 2-2 draw against Hearts.

Saints lead the Dons by a point, though Aberdeen have a game in hand.

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Hamilton lost 4-0 to Dundee on Wednesday.

Hibs fought back twice to claim a draw against St Mirren in midweek.

There are four changes for Hamilton after their 4-0 drubbing at Dundee, with Lennard Sowah, Matt Kilgallon, Tom Taiwo and Rakish Bingham in for Scott McMann, Delphin Tshiembe, Scott Martin and Fredrik Brustad.

Hibs bring in Vykintas Slivka and Miquel Nelom, with winger Daryl Horgan dropping to the bench and midfield enforcer Marvin Bartley missing through an injury picked up in Wednesday's 2-2 draw with St Mirren.

It looks like Lewis Stevenson will move forward into a midfield role, with Nelom stepping in at left-back.

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Hamilton Academical: Mucha, McGowan, Sowah, Kilgallon, Gordon, Taiwo, MacKinnon, Imrie, Miller, Keatings, Bingham.

Substitutes: Woods, McMann, Bloomfield, Want, Martin, Boyd, Brustad.

Hibernian: Bogdan, Mavrias, Ambrose, Porteous, Nelom, Boyle, Slivka, Mallan, Stevenson, Shaw, Kamberi.

Substitutes: Marciano, Whittaker, Horgan, Maclaren, Hyndman, McGregor, Allan.

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Both Hamilton Academical and Hibernian are desperate for a win after a disappointing midweek.

Hamilton were humbled 4-0 by Dundee while Hibs could only draw at home to St Mirren to extend their winless run to seven.

The last time these sides met Hibernian racked up a 6-0 win but that was the last time Neil Lennon’s side tasted victory.

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Hearts ended a run of four straight defeats with a draw against St Johnstone midweek. Craig Levein makes two changes as he searches for an elusive win. Midfielder Olly Lee and striker Craig Wighton both drop to the bench and in come Godinho and Steven MacLean.

Motherwell lost defenders Liam Donnelly and Peter Hartley to injury in the opening 10 minutes of their 1-1 draw with Celtic and neither make the squad. Up front, Conor Sammon misses out and in midfield Allan Campbell drops to the bench. Incoming are Curtis Main, Andy Rose, Charles Dunne and Alex Rodriguez Gorrin.

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Heart of Midlothian: Zlamal, Godinho, Smith, Dikamona, Berra, Mitchell, Bozanic, Haring, Djoum, Clare, MacLean.

Substitutes: Doyle, Lee, Wighton, Hughes, Garuccio, Cochrane, Morrison.

Motherwell: Gillespie, Tait, Dunne, McHugh, Aldred, Rose, Grimshaw, Turnbull, Rodriguez Gorrin, Johnson, Main.

Substitutes: Ferguson, Campbell, Bowman, Bigirimana, Mbulu, Livingstone, Scott.

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Motherwell fought back with a late goal to secure a draw against Celtic in midweek but have struggled to find consistency this season.

Hearts had consistency at the start of the season then lost it, with Wednesday’s draw with St Johnstone their seventh winless match in a row.

Hearts have beaten Motherwell twice in all competitions so far this season.

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Adam Hammill scored from his own half in St Mirren's midweek draw with Hibernian.

Livingston: Kelly, Gallagher, Halkett, Lithgow, Lamie, Lawless, Byrne, Pittman, Jacobs, Menga, Hardie.

Substitutes: Stewart, Cadden, McMillan, Burns, Sibbald, Hamilton, Lawson.

St Mirren: Rogers, P McGinn, Ferdinand, Jones, Baird, Erhahon, Hodson, S McGinn, Edwards, Hammill, Jackson.

Substitutes: Lyness, Eckersley, Macpherson, Willock, McShane, Breadner, Smith.

The two sides who were promoted at the end of last season meet in West Lothian.

Livingston’s impressive start to the season slipped into an inconsistent autumn and they lost their fourth match in six at Kilmarnock on Wednesday.

St Mirren, on the other hand, have taken four points from six so far in December and travel to the Tony Macaroni Arena buoyant.

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It’s another busy Premiership Saturday and one where the tussles at the top and bottom of the top flight may take more twists.

Kilmarnock are the pacesetters at the top of the Scottish Premiership before this weekend's fixtures, while at the bottom there is just a point separating the bottom two.

Premiership (all 15:00):

Aberdeen v St Johnstone

Celtic v Kilmarnock

Hamilton Academical v Hibernian

Hearts v Motherwell

Livingston v St Mirren