St Johnstone boss Steven MacLean makes two changes to the side that earned a goalless draw at Parkhead last week.

Out go Oludare Olufunwa and Luke Jephcott, with James Brown and Stevie May the replacements. Can May spark Saints to their first league goal of the season?

Deadline day signings Sven Sprangler and Diallang Jayesimi are nowhere to be seen, despite the cracking names.

For the visitors, it's just the one switch made by Tony Docherty as Ricki Lamie makes his Dundee debut.

It's Cammy Kerr who drops to the bench, while Luke McCowan will be hoping to make more magic after his beauty to beat Hearts last time out.

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• St Mirren have the highest shot conversion rate in the Scottish Premiership this season (19.4%), while no side has scored more goals so far than the Buddies (7 from 36 shots).
• St Mirren have won two of their first three (D1) Scottish Premiership matches for the first time since 2020-21 and are unbeaten in their first three for the first time in the top-flight since 2011-12.
• Livingston have failed to score in three of their last four Scottish Premiership matches and have drawn a blank in six of their last nine in the league, although they did score three last time out against Hibernian.
• St Mirren have scored at least once in all eight of their top-flight trips to Livingston, remaining unbeaten in the last four (W2 D2).
• Livingston are winless in their last 10 league meetings with St Mirren (D5 L5) since a 2-1 victory in February 2020 under Gary Holt.

David Martindale sticks with the same starting XI that beat Hibs 3-2 in Edinburgh, resulting in the sacking of Lee Johnson.

Birthday boy Ayo Obileye anchors the defence, with new signing Daniel Lloyd named among the substitutes. Nigerian youth international Samson Lawal awaits his league debut from the bench.

St Mirren's Stephen Robinson also names an unchanged side as his team continue to fly high in the Premiership.

There is interest among the substitutes. Shay Kelly is the reserve keeper - he's the brother of Liam and Sean. You may also recognise the name Lennon - that's Neil's son, Gallagher.

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• Since the beginning of last season, no team involved in both campaigns has scored fewer Scottish Premiership goals than Kilmarnock’s 39, and only St Johnstone (0) have scored fewer than Kilmarnock this season (2).
• Ross County have lost two of their three Scottish Premiership matches this season (W1), although both defeats came against last season’s top two (Celtic & Rangers).
• Kilmarnock have only drawn one of their last 12 Scottish Premiership matches (W6 L5), although that was this season against Hearts (0-0).
• Ross County are winless in their last seven Scottish Premiership away games at Kilmarnock (D2 L5) since a 2-0 victory in September 2017.
• After a 3-1 win on the final matchday of the 2022-23 season, Kilmarnock are looking to earn back-to-back Scottish Premiership wins over Ross County for the first time since March 2017.

One change for Kilmarnock with left-back Tom Davies replacing forward Kyle Vassell and making his first senior appearance for the club.

Vassell is not in the squad but new striker Andrew Dallas makes the bench.

Three alterations for Ross County with defenders Will Nightingale and Josh Reid and midfielder Kyle Turner starting in place of benched trio George Harmon, Josh Sims and Victor Loturi.

New midfielder Scott High is among the substitutes.

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St Johnstone XI: Mitov, Brown, McClelland, Considine, Robinson, Robinson, Smith, Phillips, Costelloe, Turner-Cooke, Carey, May.

Substitutes: Richards, Gallacher, Gordon, MacPherson, Kane, Kucheriavyi, Jephcott, Olufunwa, Ballantyne.

Dundee XI: Carson, Beck, Shaughnessy, Lamie, McGhee, Robertson, Boateng, McCowan, Tiffoney, Bakayoko, Robinson.

Substitutes: Legzdins, Kerr, Cameron, Ashcroft, Mulligan, Reilly, Rudden, Howley, Sylla.

Livingston XI: George, De Lucas, Obileye, Devlin, Brandon, Shinnie, Holt, Penrice, Pittman, Nouble, Guthrie.

Substitutes: Hamilton, Parkes, Lawal, Kelly, Sangare, Lloyd, Bradley, MacKay, Anderson.

St Mirren XI: Hemming, Fraser, Gogic, R Taylor, Strain, Baccus, Boyd-Munce, Tanser, Kiltie, Olusanya, McMenamin.

Substitutes: Kelly, Bolton, Dunne, Small, Lennon, Flynn, Jamieson, Greive, Nahmani.

Kilmarnock XI: Dennis, Mayo, Deas, Findlay, Davies, Armstrong, Watson, Lyons, Magennis, Kennedy, Watkins.

Substitutes: O'Hara, Wright, Sanders, McKenzie, Polworth, Murray, Warnock, Cameron, Dallas.

Ross County XI: Laidlaw, Brown, Baldwin, Nightingale, Leak, Reid, Randall, Turner, Dhanda, Murray, White.

Substitutes: Munro, Purrington, Sims, Loturi, Harmon, Henderson, High, Brophy, Smith.

Three games in the top tier today.

Let's get the team news for them, eh?

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