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Both Aberdeen and Hibs have identical records of six wins and eight draws from 24 outings - that's why they're kicking about in the bottom half.

One third of Hibs' victories have come against the Dons, thanks to a couple of 2-0 successes. In between, there was a drab League Cup semi-final, nicked by the 10-man Dons.

Hibs head coach Nick Montgomery played under Neil Warnock for seven years at Sheffield United, so there will be a nice reunion, but that's where pleasantries will end.

Warnock will be hoping it's third time lucky as he seeks a first league win after a narrow defeat at Ibrox and Wednesday's topsy-turvy 3-3 draw at home to Motherwell. Montgomery is without a win in seven league matches, losing five of them.

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers has been asked again about the continued absence of Liel Abada, the Israel winger rated not mentally ready to play while hostilities continue in his homeland.

"It is clear there is an issue for him mentally in terms of being right to play and being at his very best and it is no fault of his or fault of ours," he tells BBC Scotland.

Asked if it was down to some Celtic fans giving verbal and visual support for Palestine, Rodgers replies: "No - and I wouldn't tell you anyway.

"He is not playing because of conversations we've had. I don't need to tell you, I don't want to tell you, but you see he is not on the team sheet and he's not in the squad."

Asked if the 22-year-old is likely to play again for Celtic, Rodgers adds: "We always have that hope, but first and foremost he as a person is more important than the football."

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Tom English discusses the views of some Celtic fans who he believes have "a sense of entitlement".

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Celtic have lost twice in the league this season. The champions are unbeaten in their latest nine games in all competitions, winning eight.

And yet there are grumbles.

Rangers have made up ground to sit level on points with the leaders, so what kind of reaction will Celtic Park produce today?

Kilmarnock have twice bloodied Rodgers' nose since his summer return, one in the league and one in the Viaplay Cup, but both of those upsets came in Ayrshire.

However, Celtic have lost just one of their past 82 home matches against Killie in all competitions (W64 D17), the solitary reverse in that run coming in October 2012.

What's the best goal ever and why's it this?

Raith Rovers brought the Championship title race back to life at Stark's Park last night.

The BBC cameras watched on as Scott Brown's ridiculous winner stunned Dundee United at the death.

On a loop.

The standout fixture here is Falkirk v Hamilton.

The third-tier encounter is set to attract a crowd of more than 5,000, given it's a top-of-the-table clash.

Last night was... wild. More on that soon.

Does that madness in Kirkcaldy open the door for Partick Thistle?

A win in Inverness today would move them seven points behind Raith and eight off the leaders.

Elsewhere, there's a big one at the foot of the foot of the table as the bottom two, Dunfermline and Arbroath, go at it at Gayfield.

Aberdeen v Hibernian: Since 2011-12, when they won in both the league and the Scottish Cup, Hibs have been victorious just twice at Pittodrie - in 2020-21 and earlier this season.

Celtic v Kilmarnock: The Ayrshire side's last point at Celtic Park was in the 2017-18 season - when they claimed two draws, sandwiched between a 1-0 victory at Rugby Park.

Dundee v Ross County: The 0-0 draw earlier this season ended a run of four victories for County at Dens Park - including scoring five goals in one win and four in another.

Hearts v Motherwell: The Gorgie side had lost just one of their previous 11 home games against Motherwell before the Fir Park club's 1-0 win at Tynecastle in September.

Livingston v St Mirren: Four of the last five games between the sides at Tony Macaroni Arena have ended 1-1 - and the sides have not been separated by more than one goal at the stadium since 2019.

Celtic will be hoping to end the day with a three-point cushion.

But that ain't gonna be easy against a Kilmarnock side who have lost just once in their last 12 games.

There could be a fair bit of movement mid-table, with just three points splitting Dundee in sixth and Aberdeen in ninth.

And at the bottom, games are running out for Livingston, who need to start making up that six-point gap soon.

Livingston welcome back David Carson after the former Inverness midfielder was cup-tied for the Scottish Cup win at Partick Thistle.

Shaun Donnellan, Scott Pittman and Steven Bradley all sustained injuries last weekend and all miss out.

Kurtis Guthrie and Michael Devlin are back on the bench, but James Penrice and Cristian Montano are still absent.

On-loan Celtic midfielder Kwon Hyeok-kyu returns to the St Mirren starting XI after being cup-tied against his parent club last weekend.

James Scott is also back starting as Keanu Baccus and Lewis Jamieson drop to the bench.

Greg Taylor is back in his familiar left-back role on his return from injury, with Alexandro Bernabei dropping to bench in the only Celtic change from last weekend's 2-0 Scottish Cup win over St Mirren.

Visiting manager Derek McInnes makes four changes to the Kilmarnock side that also had a two-goal cup win, over Cove Rangers.

Recent signing Kevin van Veen drops to the bench as captain Kyle Vassell returns up front, while Joe Wright is back in defence, Danny Armstrong is on the wing and Liam Donnelly is in central midfield.

Also dropping to the bench are Fraser Murray, David Watson and Rory McKenzie.

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Hearts make four changes from last weekend's cup win over Airdrie, with Zander Clark back in goal and Craig Gordon back on the bench.

With Craig Halkett out, in comes Kye Rowles, while Scott Fraser and Frankie Kent also take their place in the line-up.

Stuart Kettlewell makes two changes to the starting XI that faced Aberdeen in midweek.

Dan Casey makes his first appearance for Motherwell since December, while Lennon Miller comes into the team in place of Blair Spittal, who drops out completely.

Andy Halliday is ineligible to face his parent club.

Dundee boss Tony Docherty makes a single change from the Tayside clash with St Johnstone as his team host toiling Ross County.

Dara Costelloe replaces Zach Robinson in attack, with the latter dropping to the bench.

The Staggies line-up also shows a solitary switch after their midweek defeat at Ibrox as Don Cowie takes charge of his second game following the departure of Derek Adams.

Max Sheaf comes in for Eli King in the visitors' midfield.

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There are two changes for Aberdeen from the starting XI that found themselves 3-0 down to Motherwell after 26 minutes, in a system Neil Warnock called "a disaster."

Richard Jensen recovers from illness to make a four-man backline, while Duk starts after netting two in the 3-3 comeback draw. Dante Polvara drops to the bench, Shayden Morris drops out completely.

Nick Montgomery also makes two changes. Luke Amos and Eliezer Mayenda drop out from the starting XI that progressed to the Scottish Cup quarter-finals.

Dylan Levitt is part of a three-man midfield, while Elie Youan is back on the wing.

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BBC Radio Scotland

Sportsound is already under way on BBC Radio Scotland.

They'll provide live match commentary of Celtic v Kilmarnock, but you'll also have the option of Open All Mics.

On the telly you can watch Sportscene results from 16:30 GMT, with a full highlights show a bit later.

Livingston: George, Carson, Obileye, Kelly, Brandon, Holt, Nouble, Sangare, Nottingham, Shinnie, Yengi.

Substitutes: McGovern, Devlin, Anderson, MacKay, Kelly, Guthrie, Ledingham, Culbert, Lawal.

St Mirren: Hemming, Fraser, Gogic, Dunne, Bwomono, Kwon, Boyd-Munce, Tanser, Kiltie, Mandron, Scott,

Substitutes: Urminsky, Taylor, Brown, Flynn, Penman, Mooney, Baccus, Olusanya, Jamieson.

Hearts: Clark, Kent, Rowles, Kingsley, Lembikisa, Cochrane, Baningime, Nieuwenhof, Fraser, Shankland, Forrest.

Substitutes: Gordon, Grant, Oda, Atkinson, Devlin, Sibbick, Denholm, Tait, Vargas.

Motherwell: Kelly, Devine, McGinn, Mugabi, Casey, Gent, Zdravkovski, Paton, Miller, Vale, Bair.

Substitutes: Oxborough, O'Donnell, Obika, Nicholson, Blaney, Buyabu, Elliot, Ferrie, Wells.

Dundee: Carson, McGhee, Shaughnessy, Donnelly, Beck, Sylla, Costelloe, McCowan, Cameron, Tiffoney, Bakayoko.

Substitutes: McCracken, Dodgson, Astley, Main, Lamie, Mulligan, Robinson, Robertson, Boateng.

Ross County: Wickens, Ayina, Leak, Efete, Brown, Loturi, Sheaf, Dhanda, Reid, Murray, Brophy.

Substitutes: Laidlaw, Borthwick-Jackson, Sims, Harmon, Henderson, Khela, White.

Aberdeen: Roos, Devlin, Jensen, Gartenmann, MacKenzie, Shinnie, Barron, Clarkson, McGrath, Duk, Miovski.

Substitutes: Doohan, Hayes, Phillips, Sokler, Polvara, Duncan, MacDonald, Milne, Hoilett.

Hibernian: Marshall, Miller, Fish, Triantis, Obita, Levitt, Newell, Moriah-Welsh, Boyle, Maolida, Youan.

Substitutes: Wollacott, Hanlon, Vente, Amos, Stevenson, Le Fondre, Marcondes, Jair, Bushiri.

Celtic: Hart, Ralston, Welsh, Scales, Taylor, McGregor, O'Riley, Palma, Maeda, Idah, Furuhashi.

Substitutes: Bain, Kuhn, Yang, Nawrocki, Oh, Tomoki, Bernabei, Bernardo, Kelly.

Kilmarnock: Dennis, Mayo, Wright, Findlay, Ndaba, Armstrong, Polworth, Donnelly, Kennedy, Watkins, Vassell.

Substitutes: O'Hara, McKenzie, Watson, Balagizi, Murray, Davies, Stewart, Mackay-Steven, Van Veen.