Motherwell winger Elliott Frear picked up a knock in training, so teenager Jake Hastie gets the chance to show what he can do.

Captain Peter Hartley, Carl McHugh, Danny Johnson and Ross McCormack also drop out after the Fir Park side's Scottish Cup exit at the hands of Ross County.

Liam Grimshaw, Allan Campbell, Alex Gorrin and Curtis Main come into the starting line-up.

Hibs goalkeeper Adam Bogdan is out with a concussion and his place goes to Ofir Marciano.

New signing Stephane Omeonga comes straight in and there's a return for Ryan Porteous in what looks like a back three. Vykintas Slivka and Sean Mackie drop to the bench.

Ryan Gauld makes his first Scottish top-flight appearance since May 2014, having started his loan spell at Hibs by setting up the opening goal against Elgin on Saturday.

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With top scorer Steven Naismith suspended, Hearts make two changes from Sunday's Scottish Cup win over Livingston. Demetri Mitchell and Aidan Keena, who has been recalled from a loan spell at Dunfermline start and Ben Garuccio, like Naismith, drops out. Still no John Souttar, Uche Ikpeazu and Peter Haring for the hosts.

Visiting manager Jim McIntyre also makes two changes to his team with forwards Andrew Nelson and Andy Dales coming in for Roarie Deacon and Kenny Miller, who are both on the bench.

Dundee defender Darren O'Dea serves the final game of his two-match ban, while Andrew Davies suffered a broken foot just a few days after signing.

Just the one change for Hamilton following Saturday's Scottish Cup defeat by St Johnstone with Tom Taiwo replacing Lennard Sowah.

Hamilton are going through a sticky patch with six defeats in their past seven outings and manager Martin Canning was on the end of some serious vitriol from fans on Saturday and reminded frustrated fans: "We've kept the club up four seasons in a row. That's the record. We've never done that before in our history. That's success, if you like.

"It's not often that I defend myself, I usually just accept it and move on. But if I'm looking at what my job is, it's to keep Hamilton in the top flight."

One change also for Aberdeen with Stevie May taking over from the benched Niall McGinn.

The Dons were going great guns in December, with six wins from their eight league matches rocketing them up the table.

But Derek McInnes' men are winless in four Premiership visits to Hamilton (D2 L2) since a 3-0 win in February 2015.

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Rangers fans will be champing at the bit to see new arrivals Steven Davis and Jermain Defoe after Friday's Scottish Cup visit to Cowdenbeath was postponed.

The experienced internationals featured in the first half of Sunday's Ibrox friendly against HJK Helsinki and go straight into the side this evening.

Chris Burke comes into the Kilmarnock line-up and Kirk Broadfoot is fit enough for a place on the bench following a bout of concussion.

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Are we backing the winter break?

The managers appear to like it but a lot of them complained about the hectic December schedule. At the weekend, Motherwell boss Stephen Robinson said his side were rusty after a Scottish Cup defeat to Ross County.

Of course, the weather was mild in the main during the three-week hiatus for top flight clubs and now it's absolutely Baltic!

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The Premiership is back up and running at long last.

The curtain came down on the first half of the season on 29 December, leaving us with a real cliffhanger.

Just three points separate the top four, while four points cover the bottom three.

Players have come and gone with teams busy reshaping their squads in the winter transfer window, so who will get out of the blocks quickest in the second half of the campaign?