Queen's Park supporters are back at Hampden Park for two home games.

The Spiders left the national stadium in 2021 and are playing most of their 'home' fixtures at Stenhousemuir's Ochilview this season while a new ground is built on Glasgow's south side.

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It's that time again - 15 SPFL matches are getting under way.

Amy Canavan
BBC Scotland at Gayfield

Back to league action for both these sides following success in the Scottish Cup last week.

Arbroath have gone from a near fairytale last season to a bit of a nightmare this campaign. Dick Campbell's side have only picked up two wins, but one did come in the reverse fixture with Morton down at Cappielow.

From one end of the spectrum to the other, Greenock Morton are high flying and playing some wonderful football.

A couple of big names involved today, Scott Allan for the hosts and Efe Ambrose for the visitors.

And the obligatory comment when in this neck of the woods... it's blowing a gale and my fingers are frozen.

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There is still some Scottish Premiership interest at the World Cup after Australia, Croatia, Japan and USA progressed to the last 16.

Celtic defender Cameron Carter-Vickers is on the bench for USA against the Netherlands, the match kicking off at 15:00 GMT.

Celtic's Aaron Mooy, Dundee United's Aziz Behich, Hearts' Nathaniel Atkinson and Kye Rowles and St Mirren's Keanu Baccus have Lionel Messi's Argentina in their sights in this evening's match at Ahmad bin Ali Stadium (19:00).

And Celtic team-mates Daizen Maeda and Josip Juranovic will be up against each other when Japan face Croatia on Monday. Rangers left-back Borna Barisic could also be involved for Croatia.

Sadly for Dundee United's Dylan Levitt, Wales' World Cup journey is at an end and the midfielder unfortunately did not get any game time in Qatar.

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Scottish FA chief executive Ian Maxwell gave an update on how VAR is being used in the Premiership.

"It's doing what it's supposed to be doing," he said.

"What we are actually finding is that we are spending more time talking about less wrong decisions than we had before VAR."

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Professional footballers in Scotland are to be banned from heading the ball in training the day before and the day after a game.

The new guidelines come after Glasgow University research that showed former footballers were three-and-a-half times more likely to die from brain disease, external.

Experts believe there could be a link to repetitive heading of the ball.

Celtic's new signing Yuki Kobayashi spoke to the media this week, as did manager Ange Postecoglou. The Australian seemed rather unmoved by the managerial appointment across the city at Rangers (see below).

Meanwhile, club captain Callum McGregor is nearing a first-team return while former chief executive Peter Lawwell will come back to the club as non-executive chairman in 2023.

Though Scottish Premiership clubs are on a break, there has been plenty of news to keep fans going.

Rangers appointed Michael Beale as their new manager at the start of the week, the Englishman replacing Giovanni van Bronckhorst.

Beale was introduced to the media on Thursday...

There will be live Sportsound commentary of Ayr United v Raith Rovers across all frequencies and outlets on BBC Radio Scotland. You can listen here using the audio icon above.

There will also be updates from around the grounds on Sportsound.

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Leaders Dumbarton and nearest challengers Stirling Albion are both away from home in today's Scottish League 2 fixture card.

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Cove Rangers: McKenzie, Johnston, Sanders, Reynolds, Logan, Longstaff, Yule, Gilmour, Scully, McDonagh, Megginson.

Substitutes: Towler, Ross, Neill, Masson, McIntosh, Vigurs, Cieran Dunne, Gourlay, Fyvie.

Partick Thistle: Sneddon, McMillan, Muirhead, Brownlie, Milne, McKinnon, Hodson, Turner, Lawless, Graham, Smith.

Substitutes: Bannigan, Weston, Akinola, Mullen, Fitzpatrick, McCready, Lyon, Stanway.

Inverness CT: Cameron Mackay, Duffy, Ram, Devine, Harper, Daniel Mackay, Carson, Hyde, Shaw, Doran, Oakley.

Substitutes: Ridgers, Barrett, Boyd, Nicolson, MacKay, Strachan, Bray.

Dundee: Legzdins, McGhee, Sweeney, Ashcroft, Kerr, French, Byrne, Williamson, Mulligan, Rudden, McMullan.

Substitutes: Jakubiak, McCowan, Robertson, Sheridan, Anderson, Cameron, Sharp, Osei Yaw, Grayson.

Arbroath: Gaston, Oakley, O'Brien, Little, Hamilton, McKenna, Gold, Bitsindou, Tait, Allan, Linn.

Substitutes: Jacobs, Shanks, Corfe, Isiaka, Gill, Hoti, Fosu.

Greenock Morton: Schwake, Grimshaw, Baird, Ambrose, Strapp, Gillespie, Blues, Quitongo, Robert Crawford, McGrattan, Muirhead.

Substitutes: Pignatiello, O'Connor, Kabia, Hynes, Green, McGregor, King, Lithgow.

Ayr United: Albinson, Ecrepont, Nicholas McAllister, McGinty, Reading, Mullin, Murdoch, Dempsey, Chalmers, Akinyemi, McKenzie.

Substitutes: Watret, McAdams, Mitchell-Lawson, Young, Ashford, Bilham, Bangala, Bryden, Smith.

Raith Rovers: MacDonald, Millen, O'Riordan, Ngwenya, Dick, Brown, Spencer, Connolly, Connell, Easton, Vaughan.

Substitutes: Nolan, Gullan, McBride, Lang, McNeil, Stanton, Ross, Coulson, Frederiksen.