You can feel the tension already as the bottom two prepare to go head-to-head in Paisley. It seems certain that one of these teams is going down automatically.

St Mirren, one point behind the visitors, have recorded only one win in their last 10 Premiership matches, while Dundee haven’t taken any points from their last four outings.

It seems like an age ago now when St Mirren opened the season with a 2-1 win over Dundee and they are unbeaten in this fixture this term after a 1-1 at Dens Park in November.

After last night's match, fourth-placed Kilmarnock have Hibernian breathing down their necks with Paul Heckingbottom's side only three points behind before a midweek meeting at Easter Road.

Killie's incentive today is also to keep up the pressure and maybe even go above Aberdeen, who are a point ahead and visit Hearts.

Hamilton have a bit of breathing space in 10th with Dundee six points behind and St Mirren, seven.

Should Brian Rice's team take anything today, they will still be pretty clear of the bottom two strugglers.

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Motherwell boss Stephen Robinson keeps faith with the same line-up that lost 2-0 at Hibernian.

That was just a second defeat in nine for the Steelmen. And they'll be glad to be back on home soil today, having won four on the spin at Fir Park, conceding just one goal in that run.

St Johnstone ended a nine-match winless streak when they beat St Mirren 1-0 in midweek and Perth manager Tommy Wright makes two changes, with Sean Goss and Michael O'Halloran handed starts as Liam Gordon and Ross Callachan drop to the bench.

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St Mirren make four changes from their midweek loss to St Johnstone.

Ethan Erhahon is suspended after his red card, while Simeone Jackson's dreadful penalty miss is perhaps behind him losing his starting place.

Cameron MacPherson and Kyle McAllister also drop to the bench, and in come Duckens Nazon, Anders Dreyer, Danny Mullen and Gary Mackenzie.

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Dundee make two changes from the late, late defeat to Celtic before the international break.

The big news for them is the return of Andrew Nelson, who has missed the last four games. Craig Curran also starts, with Darren O'Dea and Kenny Miller beginning on the bench.

Three changes for Kilmarnock following their draw with Rangers before the international break, with Aaron Tshibola, Conor McAleny and Kris Boyd coming in for Alan Power, Chris Burke and Eamonn Brophy.

Hamilton Academical are unchanged, having beaten Hearts two weeks ago.

Striker Uche Ikpeazu is back in the Hearts starting line-up for the visit of Aberdeen as manager Craig Levein makes three changes from the side that lost 1-0 at Hamilton Academical last time out.

David Vanecek drops out while Craig Wighton comes in for Callumn Morrison and Connor Shaughnessy starts in place of long-term injury casualty Ben Garuccio.

Aberdeen boss Derek McInnes makes two changes from the 1-1 draw with Livingston at Pittodrie. Defender Michael Devlin drops to the bench, with Andy Considine in, while Greg Stewart starts in place of Stevie May up top, with May on the bench at Tynecastle.

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St Mirren: Hladky, P.McGinn, Baird, MacKenzie, Popescu, Muzek, Flynn, Lyons, Dreyer, Nazon, Mullen

Substitutes: Holmes, Corbu, Ferdinand, S.McGinn, Macpherson, Jackson, Cooke

Dundee: Dieng, Horsfield, Woods, Kusunga, Ralph, O'Sullivan, Wright, R.McGowan, Robson, Nelson, C.Curran.

Substitutes: Parish, O'Dea, Dales, P.McGowan, J.Curran, Miller, Moore

Hearts: Zlamal, Shaughnessy, Souttar, Berra, Brandon, Haring, Djoum, Clare, Wighton, Ikpeazu, Mulraney.

Substitutes: Doyle, Bozanic, Lee, MacLean, Cochrane, Godinho, Keena.

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

Substitutes: Cerny, Gleeson, Wilson, Halford, May, Devlin, Campbell.

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

Substitutes: Ferguson, McHugh, Hartley, Cadden, Frear, Donnelly, Johnson.

St Johnstone: Clark, Foster, Shaughnessy, Kerr, Tanser, Davidson, Goss, Craig, O'Halloran, Kennedy, Kane.

Substitutes: Bell, Swanson, Comrie, Gordon, Watt, Callachan, Northcott.

Kilmarnock: Bachmann, O'Donnell, Broadfoot, Findlay, Taylor, Mulumbu, Dicker, Tshibola, McEleny, Boyd, McKenzie.

Substitutes: MacDonald, Bruce, Ndjoli, Waters, Millar, Frizzell, Burke.

Hamilton Academical: Woods, Gordon, McGowan, Kilgallon, Gogic, Sowah, Martin, MacKinnon, Andreu, Oakley, Miller.

Substitutes: Fulton, McMann, Tshiembe, McMillan, L Smith, Boyd, Mimnaugh.

Hibs continued their excellent form under Paul Heckingbottom with a 2-1 victory at Livingston last night.

The game burst into life in the final 20 minutes, with Paul Hanlon and Stevie Mallan on target for the visitors before Livi converted a stoppage-time penalty.

The Easter Road side are up to fifth, overtaking Hearts for the first time this season, although the Jambos have the chance to rectify that later on today.

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There's plenty going on in the Championship too, with a bottom v top fixture and jostling for play-off places. The teams in the top half of the table are all looking up and the bottom five are all anxiously looking over their shoulders.

Ayr United moved back up to third with a 1-0 win at Dunfermline last night.

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Welcome to another busy Saturday in the Scottish Premiership. We have a classic dogfight at the bottom and a cracker at Tynecastle on the cards.

With the top flight splitting in two after next weekend, time is running out for those occupying the mid-table slots.

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