Dundee's Scottish Premiership match with Motherwell will go ahead after passing a third pitch inspection.

The surface was protected from heavy rainfall by covers hired from Celtic in a bid to avoid a fifth Dens Park postponement this term.

The surface was deemed playable on Thursday, but after a second inspection by referee David Dickinson on Saturday morning, a third took place at 13:00.

Despite the pitch looking heavily sanded, the game will go ahead and Motherwell apologised to their fans for any inconvenience.

Another potential call-off could have resulted in a fixture headache for the SPFL, with the Premiership's pre-split games set to conclude next week and Dundee due to play Rangers in a rescheduled match on Wednesday.

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The games are running out for the Scottish Premiership's 12 clubs as they seek to climb or consolidate.

After this weekend's games and Wednesday's rearranged match between Dundee and Rangers, all top-flight sides will have one game to go before the split.

Here's today's line-up, all 15:00

• Dundee v Motherwell
• Hibernian v St Johnstone
• Kilmarnock v Ross County
• Livingston v Aberdeen
• St Mirren v Hearts

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After a relatively quiet midweek of SPFL fixtures, it's a packed Saturday card - the first of the month as clubs go in search of precious points.

We are officially in the final two months of the season so the margin for error is shrinking.

Let's have a look at the big games.

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