The Accies have made a brisk start and George Oakley nods wide from inside the six yard as he wrestles with St Johnstone defender Jason Kerr.

There are over 2,000 Buddies fans at Dens Park and they are making quite a racket...

We are up and running. How are the nerves?

Hamilton manager Brian Rice says his players have performed heroically this season even if they end up in a relegation play-off.

He told BBC Sportsound: "It'll be a tense day here and elsewhere but I have to keep the players relaxed. The mood has been great. The players know what they produced on Monday night in terms of effort, now they need to add a wee bit of quality and see where it takes us.

"The crowd will let us know what's happening, but my main focus is obviously what we do.

"I've just told the players they've done fantastically well this season. They were written off at the start, but you write off Hamilton at your peril."

Ahead of the his side's massive match at Dundee, St Mirren manager Oran Kearney told BBC Scotland: "We're in a good place thanks to the surge we've made in recent weeks. We're in bonus territory and have given ourselves a shot at something we had no right to be a part of.

"We just want to go and win the game, we can't have any say in what happens down the road. We need to have our job done, and done well. If we have to go and do it via a play-off, we'll do that."

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James McPake is in charge of relegated Dundee today and he'll want a strong performance to enhance his case for staying on in place of the sacked Jim McIntyre.

Is he a live contender for the post?

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The Accies have been involved in the play-off final twice, beating Hibs on penalties to come up in 2014 and edging out Dundee United to stay up in 2017.

Avoiding a third is in their own hands. Win and they are safe.

Form has been okay-ish for Brian Rice's side, drawing three in a row and winning at Dundee before Monday's loss to St Mirren threw the cat back among the pigeons.

The Perth Saints have nothing to play for but have won three of the four meetings between the clubs this season.

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St Mirren were bottom of the league in January but Dundee dropped like a stone to fall through the relegation trap door as the Buddies started to pick up points.

The Paisley side have won four and drawn five of their last 12 games to give themselves a chance of finishing 10th today. It's a simple scenario; better Hamilton's result against St Johnstone to avoid the play-off final.

Speaking the other day, manager Oran Kearney said retaining their top flight status would be a "huge success".

St Mirren have not lost against Dundee this season, winning twice at home and drawing on their last visit to Dens Park.

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There's little at stake at Fir Park today, but try telling that to Livingston pair Declan Gallagher and Scott Pittman. The duo's inclusion in the line-up means they have both started all 44 games of Livi's season.

The Lions are destined to finish ninth after a terrific first campaign back in the top flight, while Motherwell have already secured seventh.

Man of the moment at Fir Park is starlet David Turnbull, voted Scottish Football Writers' Association player of the year this week. The Motherwell youngster looking to end his superb breakthrough campaign in style this afternoon by adding to his 13 goals.

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There's a welcome return to the first-team squad for Motherwell goalkeeper Trevor Carson following a six-month lay-off with deep vein thrombosis.

The Northern Ireland international is on the bench today after recovering from the health scare in which doctors initially told him they were "90% sure he had cancer".

Joining him on the bench is Carl McHugh who drops out from last week's 2-0 defeat at St Johnstone, with Liam Donnelly drafted in to start.

Striker Lee Miller spearheads the Livingston attack having signed a one-year contract extension today.

The Lions show three changes from last week’s defeat to Dundee. In come Ross Stewart, Shaun Byrne and Ryan Hardie as Liam Kelly, Keaghan Jacobs and Dolly Menga all drop out.

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St Mirren boss Oran Kearney makes two changes to his starting line-up for today's season-defining trip to Dens Park.

Midfielder Ryan Flynn comes in for striker Simeon Jackson and Jack Baird takes over from Gary MacKenzie at the back.

Dundee also make two changes, with keeper Jack Hamilton in for Seny Dieng and 16-year-old Finlay Robertson making his debut, coming in for Martin Woods.

Lyall Cameron and Josh Mulligan, also both 16, are on the Dee bench along with 18-year-old Max Anderson. Darren O'Dea makes his last appearance for the Dens Park men, who have already been relegated.

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Accies boss Brian Rice has made three changes to his starting line-up.

Alex Gogic's red card against St Mirren means a return for Shaun Want in central defence. Steve Davis comes in for Marios Ogkmpoe and Lennard Sowah comes in for Reegan Mimnaugh.

Tommy Wright has also decided to shuffle his St Johnstone pack with four changes for their final game of the season.

Brian Easton comes in for Scott Tanser to make his first appearances since December 2017. Elsewhere, Ross Callachan, Danny Swanson and Callum Hendry have been called up to replace Murray Davidson, Matty Kennedy and Michael O'Halloran respectively.

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BBC Radio Scotland

In the build-up to next weekend's Scottish Cup final, BBC Radio Scotland’s Sportsound is going On the Road to Hampden Park.

Broadcasting live from the national stadium on Wednesday, 22 May, it is an ideal opportunity to ask the Sportsound panel a question. Presenter David Currie will be joined by Stephen McManus, Gary Naysmith, Paul Hartley and BBC Scotland’s chief sports writer Tom English.

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Hamilton Academical: Woods, Gordon, McGowan, McMann, Want, Sowah, Martin, MacKinnon, Andreu, Oakley, Davies,

Substitutes: Marsden, Imrie, Winter, Smith, Hamilton, Mimnaugh, Ogkmpoe.

St Johnstone: Clark, Foster, Easton, Kerr, Gordon, Wotherspoon, Swanson, Craig, Callachan, Hendry, Kane

Substitutes: Bell, Tanser, Alston, Shaughnessy, Davidson, O'Halloran, Hamilton

Dundee: Hamilton, Kerr, Kusunga, O'Dea, Ralph, R McGowan, Robson, P McGowan, Nelson, Robertson, Miller.

Substitutes: Dieng, Wright, Meekings, J Curran, Anderson, Cameron, Mulligan.

St Mirren: Hladky, S McGinn, Popescu, Baird, Muzek, S McGinn, Flynn, Lyons, Magennis, McAllister, Mullen.

Substitutes: Holmes, Ferdinand, Hodson, Corbu, Cooke, Nazon, Erhahon.

Motherwell: Gillespie, Aldred, Tait, Grimshaw, Dunne, Cadden, Campbell, Ariyibi, Donnelly, Turnbull, Scott.

Substitutes: Carson, McHugh, Sammon, Johnson, Devine, Cornelius, Semple.

Livingston: Stewart, Lamie, Lithgow, Odoffin, Gallagher, Sibbald, Pittman, Byrne, Lawless, Miller, Hardie.

Substitutes: Maley, De Vita, Lawson, Jacobs, Tiffoney, Menga, Robinson.

The play-off finals in all of the lower divisions conclude once the Premiership early kick-offs are out of the way.

BBC Alba will be showing Queen of the South v Raith Rovers at 16:05 BST, while there is full radio commentary on BBC Sportsound.

At 15:00, Clyde host Annan Athletic and Berwick Rangers are up against it as they attempt to save their SPFL status against Highland League champions Cove Rangers.

More on those games later...

Dundee United beat Inverness CT 3-0 last night to complete a 4-0 aggregate victory in the play-off semi-final.

Nicky Clark, Osman Sow and Pavol Safranko were on target at Tannadice and the Tangerines will be at home in the first leg of the final next Thursday.

Robbie Neilson's side have won five of their last six matches but the manager insists his side will be the underdogs.

"I was delighted to get through because that was the main objective, but we can't think we're there yet because it's only half done," he said.

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