Hibernian head coach Jack Ross speaking on BBC Sportsound: "The performance was obviously terrific in the last league game so it was quite straightforward to make the selection today.

"Nothing replicates what we will get today, which is seeing the players first-hand on the pitch in a match. That’s when you can really judge the players properly."

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Hibernian have kept just one league clean sheet this season, and that came on the first day of the season.

"We need to rectify it because it would probably turn a lot of the draws into wins, Ross added. "The creativity in the group means that we should always create and score."

Celtic manager Neil Lennon tells BBC Scotland: "Livingston can beat anyone on any given day and we haven't scored against them in the last three. We're hoping we can pick up the form we left two weeks ago. We have to be strong today and get our focus back on what we're doing.

"We've got a big plethora of games coming up so we're going to do a bit of rotation.

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"Leigh Griffiths had an hour on Tuesday and you can see he's getting sharper. He's not at full fitness yet but he may feature at some stage.

"Greg Taylor has been limited with game time but the two games with Scotland will have given him some match fitness and that's a boost for us, and with the number of games we have coming up he'll feature at some point."

Kilmarnock manager Angelo Alessio speaking to BBC Sport Scotland: "Hearts have an interim manager, so I think every player will play well. They'll be confident now, they won the last game against St. Mirren. I expect a big challenge today."

"They changed their system of play, with 4-2-3-1. Last time they had a lot of player's injured, but now they have a lot of recovered players, it will be a tough game."

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Chris Burke replaces Dom Thomas in the only change to the Kilmarnock side which drew with Hamilton before the international break.

Stuart Findlay remains absent for Kilmarnock, with a hamstring injury keeping him out of the squad for the forseeable future. Former Hearts striker Osman Sow appears on the bench as he comes back from injury.

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Craig Halkett returns to the bench for the visitors as he continues his recovery from a knee injury sustained in October. Andy Irving drops out of the squad completely as Glenn Whelan returns to the starting XI.

How tight is at the top of the Premiership table? Tighter than trying on a pair of work trousers after a two-week all-inclusive holiday in Majorca? Probably.

Celtic host Livingston this afternoon, top of the table ahead of Rangers by virtue of goal difference with both clubs locked on 31 points.

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With Rangers not in action until their trip to Hamilton Accies tomorrow, will Celtic capitalise on the opportunity to put daylight between the title rivals?

Or will Gary Holt's Livingston have other ideas?

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Motherwell manager Stephen Robinson speaking on BBC Sportsound: "We’ve had a successful start to the season, we’re hoping to continue that. We’ve got a difficult run of fixtures now.

"People talk about new managers coming in and teams getting a ‘bounce’ but you’re still playing against the same team of players and we’ve come here before and beaten them but we were at the top of our game.

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"Hibs have got a very good squad. They’ve spent a lot of money assembling it. We have to be at the very top of our game to win today."

Hibs midfielder Stevie Mallan thought Jack Ross succeeding Paul Heckingbottom at Easter Road was "a no-brainer".

"Now that he's here I'm delighted," added Mallan. "When he came in at St Mirren he lifted everyone's spirits. He was just an enjoyable manager to play for."

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So, Jack Ross decides to name an unchanged line-up for his first game since being named as Hibernian's new head coach, following the sacking of Paul Heckingbottom. And to be fair to Ross - why would he change the team who won 4-1 away at St Johnstone before the international break?

Hibs, under interim head coach Eddie May, looked rejuvenated with Florian Kamberi and Christian Doidge leading the line. Doidge scored his first three Scottish Premiership goals at McDiarmid Park, and he'll be hoping to open his account at Easter Road this afternoon.

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Stephen Robinson makes two changes to the Motherwell side that lost 2-0 at Celtic Park. Richard Tait and Bevis Mugabi drop out for Peter Hartley and Jermaine Hylton. Liam Donnelly was due to return from suspension but has pulled out of the squad through illness.

Livingston head coach Gary Holt explains the omission of 21-year-old Hakeem Odoffin despite starting the last three games,.

Holt tells BBC Scotland: "We just felt is a young player and he's been in the firing line a lot recently. We felt it was time to take stock of where we're at with him, and sometimes you have to take him out of the firing line.

"We're not blessed with a lot of numbers at the moment and that dictates the selection too. We're [down to the] bare bones because of injuries."

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Pennicuik co-manager Tony Begg digs out the 1990s Sportscene tactics board for some pre-match chat with his players at Firhill.

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Three changes for Jim Goodwin's St Mirren side. Gary MacKenzie comes in for the injures Kirk Broadfoot, Ryan Flynn is in for Stephen McGinn and winger Ilkay Durmus starts ahead of Anthony Andreu.

For the visitors goalkeeper Ross Laidlaw is dropped for Nathan Baxter, while Billy Mckay and Ross Stewart step in for Michael Gardyne and Lee Erwin

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Former Scotland midfielder on BBC Sportsound

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Austin MacPhee makes just one change to the side that thrashed St Mirren 5-2, with Andy Irving out for Glenn Whelan. Today, another chance for MacPhee to show the powers-that-be at Hearts that he has something to offer in the long-term.

The old Manager of the Month curse has struck for Angelo Alessio, the Italian without a win since winning the award. Chris Burke is back in the starting line-up.

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The big news for Celtic is that Leigh Griffiths is back in the squad and takes his place on the bench. The Scotland striker has not played for the first team since 25 August.

There are two changes from the 2-0 win over Motherwell. Tom Rogic and Ryan Christie start, replacing Olivier Ntcham and Mohamed Elyounoussi.

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There is just the one change to the starting XI from Livingston's 2-0 defeat by Rangers.

Aaron Taylor-Sinclair makes his first start for the club after coming off the bench in that Rangers game, with Hakeem Odoffin dropping to the bench. There’s also a place among the subs for the returning Chris Erskine.

St Mirren: Hladky, P.McGinn, Mackenzie, McLoughlin, Waters, Magennis, Flynn, Foley, Durmus, Mullen, Obika.

Substitutes: Lyness, MacPherson, S.McGinn, Andreu, McAllister, Cooke, Morias.

Ross County: Baxter, Fraser, Kelly, Fontaine, Morris, McKay, Mullin, Spence, Henderson, Graham, Stewart.

Substitutes: Laidlaw, Erwin, Watson, Foster, Spittal, Chalmers, Paton.

Kilmarnock: Branescu, O'Donnell, Del Fabro, Bruce, Hamalainen, McKenzie, Dicker, Power, El Makrini, Burke, Brophy

Substitutes: Koprivec, Hendrie, Johnson, Millar, Jackson, Thomas, Sow

Hearts: Pereira, Smith, Dikamona, Berra, Hickey, Bozanic, White, Walker, Whelan, Naismith, Ikpeazu

Substitutes: Zlamal, Clare, Mulraney, MacLean, Damour, Halkett, Meshino

Celtic: Forster, Frimpong, Jullien, Ajer, Hayes, Brown, McGregor, Christie, Rogic, Forrest, Edouard

Substitutes: Gordon, Taylor, Bitton, Bauer, Morgan, Ntcham, Griffiths

Livingston: Sarkic, Taylor-Sinclair, McMillan, Lamie, Guthrie, Bartley, Pittman, Lawson, Lawless, Crawford, Dykes.

Substitutes: Stewart, Tiffoney, Robinson, Souda, Odoffin, Jacobs, Erskine.

Hibernian: Maxwell, Naismith, Porteous, Hanlon, Stevenson, Hallberg, Slivka, Allan, Newell, Kamberi, Doidge.

Substitutes: Marciano, Jackson, James, Mallan, Horgan, Boyle, Shaw

Motherwell: Gillespie, Hartley, Gallagher, Grimshaw, Carroll, Campbell, Polworth, Maguire, Hylton, Cole, Long.

Substitutes:Carson, Tait, Seedorf, Manzinga, Scott, Mugabi, O'Hara