Celtic assistant John Kennedy has prepared the team for tonight's game, given Neil Lennon only met the players this afternoon.

Captain Scott Brown returns from suspension as Ryan Christie drop out with a hamstring injury. Odsonne Edouard is on the bench despite his two goals against Motherwell at the weekend, as Oliver Burke leads the line.

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Hearts also make two changes as defender Clevid Dikamona and winger Jake Mulraney drop out of the XI that drew 1-1 with St Mirren on Saturday.

Dikamona is on the bench after picking up a thigh injury in that game while Mulraney has a hamstring strain. In their place come Marcus Godinho and Jamie Brandon. Ben Garuccio sits out through suspension.

Hamilton manager Brian Rice: "I’ve picked a team that I hope competes with Aberdeen and take the chances when they come along.

"Let’s not get carried away by the Rangers game [5-0 defeat last weekend], every team in Scotland has been turned over by the Old Firm at some stage, we are no exception.

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"It’s how we bounce back which is the important thing. We’re coming up here to win the match."

Hearts manager Craig Levein tells BBC Sportsound: "We desperately want to win the game. The fact that Neil's there doesn't make us any more desperate. There were rumours that Brendan was trying to leave at the beginning of the season and they died down. I can only assume with Brendan leaving Celtic went for a safe pair of hands.

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"We have to assume Celtic will turn up at their best. We'll have to deal with that and score goals. We need to take our chances when they come along. If we do that we've got a decent chance of winning".

Fifth-top Hearts started the season with a 1-0 win over Celtic at Tynecastle, but they have since lost twice to tonight's visitors, conceding eight goals in the process without finding the net.

But the Premiership leaders will be wary, having lost two of their last three visits there.

Indeed, Hearts have only lost one of their last eight home games.

However, they face a side who will be out to impress returning manager Neil Lennon and having won their last seven Premiership games by an aggregate score of 18-1.

Kilmarnock make six changes from the side beaten 1-0 at Livingston on Saturday, a third straight defeat and a fourth consecutive match without scoring for Steve Clarke's side.

Centre-half Kirk Broadfoot returns from suspension while right-back Stephen O'Donnell, midfielders Chris Burke, Alan Power and Gary Dicker, and striker Conor McAleny also come into the side.

Scott Boyd, Ross Millen, Youssouf Mulumbu, Aaron Tshibola, Rory McKenzie and Kris Boyd all drop out.

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Motherwell defender Carl McHugh misses out because of concussion protocols but centre-half Tom Aldred, who suffered a gash above his eye against Celtic, is fit to start

Fit-again Curtis Main returns up front after missing Sunday's defeat and takes over from teenager James Scott, who drops to the bench.

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St Johnstone: Bell, Tanser, Shaughnessy, Kerr, Foster, Kennedy, Craig, Davidson, Wotherspoon, Watt, Kane.

Substitutes: Hurst, Alston, Swanson, Hendry, Gordon, Goss, Callachan.

Hibernian: Marciano, Gray, McGregor, Hanlon, Stevenson, Milligan, Mallan, Slivka, Horgan, Kamberi, McNulty.

Substitutes: Dabrowski, Mackie, Bartley, Omeonga, Allan, Bigirimana, Shaw.

Kilmarnock: Bachmann, O’Donnell, Broadfoot, Findlay, Waters, Burke, Power, Dicker, Jones, Brophy, McAleny.

Substitutes: MacDonald, McKenzie, Boyd, Ndjoli, Millar, Millen,Tshibola.

Motherwell: Gillespie, Grimshaw, Aldred, Dunne, Tait, Campbell, Gorrin, Turnbull, Hastie, Main, Ariyibi.

Substitutes: Hartley, Frear, Ferguson, Sammon, Donnelly, Johnson, Scott.

St Johnstone will be hoping their record against Hibs overcomes their recent poor run of form at McDiarmid Park tonight.

Tommy Wright's side have gone seven games without a win and have suffered defeats in their last two at home.

However, the Perth side are unbeaten against Hibs in their last five meetings and haven't lost on the Edinburgh side's last four visits.

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Rangers: McGregor, Tavernier, Worrall, Goldson, Barisic, Kamara, Jack, Arfield, Candeias, Kent, Morelos.

Substitutes: Foderingham, Katic, Coulibaly, Davis, McCrorie, Lafferty, Defoe.

Dundee: Dieng, Ralph, Woods, O'Dea, Wright, R McGowan, Robson, Dales, P McGowan, J Curran, Horsfield.

Substitutes: Parish, Kerr, Kusunga, O'Sullivan, Miller, Hadenius, Moore.

Aberdeen Lewis, Shinnie, Considine, McKenna, Stewart, McGinn, Cosgrove, Ferguson, Ball, McLennan, Lowe

Substitutes:Cerny, Gleeson, Halford, May, Devlin, Campbell, Ross

Hamilton Academical: Woods, McGowan, Gordon, Tshiembe, Oakley, Miller, Gogic, MacKinnon, Andres, Martin, Sowah

Substitutes: Marsden, Imrie, McMillan, Penny, Smith, Boyd, Mimnaugh

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Rangers welcome top scorer Alfredo Morelos back from suspension and the Colombian is up front in place of Jermain Defoe, who drops to the bench.

Andy Halliday also misses out with a groin problem picked up in the 5-0 hammering of Hamilton and his place at left-back is taken by Borna Barisic.

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Dundee manager Jim McIntyre makes two changes, with veteran Darren O'Dea returning to central defence and on-loan Sunderland midfielder Ethan Robson also starting.

Defender Genseric Kusunga drops to the bench, while forward Craig Curran misses out after picking up a head knock in the 4-2 defeat by Hibs.

Hearts: Zlamal, Souttar, Haring, Berra, Lee, Clare, Djoum, Naismith, Ikepeazu, Brandon, Godinho

Substitutes: Doyle, Shaughnessy, Bozanic, Cochrane, Dikamona, Vanecek, Keena

Celtic: Bain; Toljan, Boyata, Ajer, Tierney; Brown, Bitton; Forrest, Henderson, Sinclair; Burke

Substitutes: Gordon, Hendry, Lustig, Hayes, Weah, Edouard, Johnston

Dundee manager Jim McIntyre: "We've got a belief in our squad that we can any game of football, but as I said you've got to do the right things and you've got to play really well.

"Equally, when you're coming up against top sides with the type of player and calibre that Rangers have, you maybe need one or two of them not to be at their maximum.

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"Nothing has changed over the years in terms of when you go to the big teams, you've got to make sure we do our bit and then hopefully that's going to be good enough."

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A 2-0 win away to St Johnstone last time out meant third-placed Aberdeen equalled a club record of seven successive victories on the road.

It has been a different story at home in recent times. They’ve gone four Premiership games without a win at Pittodrie.

The Dons are hoping to end that run tonight to keep up the pressure on Rangers in second and set them up nicely for Sunday’s Granite City Scottish Cup showdown with the Ibrox side.

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Steven Gerrard speaking to Rangers TV: "[Dundee] is team who took two important points away from us [when they drew 1-1 at Dens Park last December].

"Obviously, we had all the ball on the day and we were huffing and puffing for a very long time. But unfortunately we didn't get the breakthrough.

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"We scored a legitimate goal that was ruled offside and that's the bit of luck that maybe doesn't go your way, if you don't approach the game right or carry out your gameplan.

"The warning signs are there for the team whoever we play, because I don't think we're at a level or good enough yet, to just think we can turn up."

Neil Lennon described the decision to return to a job he held from 2010-2014 as a "no-brainer".

"I'm very, very grateful to be here," said the 47-year-old.

"I don't have all the answers, and certainly I don't want to be compared to Brendan."

Lennon, who will be assisted by John Kennedy and first-team coach Damien Duff, led Celtic to three titles during his first spell as manager.

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Lennon added: "I know some people will do that as we go along, but Brendan has his way and it has been fantastic, and I have my way.

"It's been a whirlwind 24-36 hours. The most important thing is the club. We've lost a manager who will go down as one of the greats and I've got big shoes to fill obviously. I'm looking forward to the challenge."

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