Aberdeen v Hearts (KO 7.45)
Aberdeen
Injuries - none
Suspended - Pawlett
Available Squad - Brown, Jack, Megginson, Mawene, Considine, Foster, Clark, Milsom, Osbourne, Arnason, Magennis, Mackie, Vernon, Fallon, Gonzalez, Chalali, McArdle, Robertson, Fyvie.
Probable XI: Brown, Foster, Cosidine, Mawene, Jack, Milsom, Arnason, Osbourne, Fyvie, Vernon, Fallon (4-4-2)
Hearts
Injuries - Grainger, Kyle, Glen, Santana
Leaving - Stevenson, Jonsson (doubt either will play, mind you Driver did come off the bench on Saturday)
Available Squad - Kello, Barr, Hamill, Webster, Zaliukas, Mrowiec, Driver, Taouil, Templeton, Robinson, Skacel, Novikovas, Elliott, MacDonald, Obua, MacDonald, McGowan, Black
Probable XI : Kello, Hamill, Webster, Zaliukas, McGowan, Taouil, Black, Mrowiec, Robinson, Templeton, Elliot (4-4-1-1)
Prediction : Aberdeen 1-1 Hearts
Will be taking the under 2.5 goals here!
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Rangers v Celtic (KO 7.45)
Rangers
Injuries - None
Suspended - Goian
Available Squad - McGregor, Whittaker, Papac, Bocanegra, Bartley, Wallace, Davis, McCulloch, Wylde, Edu, Lafferty, Aluko, Jelavic, Alexander, Broadfoot, Bendiksen, McCabe, Weir
Probable XI: McGregor, Whittaker, Bocanegra, Bartley, Wallace, McCulloch, Davis, Aluko, Wylde, Lafferty, Jelavic (4-4-1-1)
Celtic
Injuries - None
Doubtful - Forrest
Available Squad - Forster, Cha, Matthews, Wanyama, Mulgrew, Ledley, Forrest, Kelvin Wilson, Brown, Kayal, Ki, Rogne, Samaras, Bangura, Hooper, Stokes, Zaluska, Izaguirre, McCourt, McGeouch
Probable XI -Forster, Izaguirre, Wanyama, Mulgrew, Ledley, Kayal, Forest, Brown, Ki, Hooper, Samaras (4-4-2)
Prediction - Celtic 1-0 Rangers
I have a sneaky feeling Celtic might unleash Izaguirre in this match. Stokes is now fit but Lennon normally goes with the big greek donkey in old firm games. Celtic have a lot of confidence going into this game but Rangers can make themselves very hard to beat. It will take Celtic at their very best to win. I dont think there will be many goals in the game so I think Under 2.5 might be a good shout.
One thing I know for sure is Glasgow will be like a war zone tomorrow night with a 7.45pm game!
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Hibs v Inverness CT (KO 7.45)
Hibs
Injuries - Osbourne
Available Squad - Stack, Hart, Towell, O'Hanlon, Hanlon, Sproule, Wotherspoon, Palsson, Scott, O'Connor, Sodje, Galbraith, Agogo, Brown, Stevenson, Stephens, Booth, Murray, Welsh.
Probable XI: Stack, Hart, O'Hanlon, Hanlon, Stephens, Wotherspoon, Palsson Scott, Sproule, Griffiths, O'Connor (4-4-2)
Inverness CT
Injuries -Chippendale, Proctor Tudur Jones
Available Squad - Esson, Gillet, Tokely, Golobart, G Shinnie, Cox, Hayes, Davis, Tansey, A Shinnie, Tade, McKay, Sutherland, Tuffey, Piermayr, Ross, Morrison, Doran
Probable XI : Esson, Piermayr, Gillet, Shinnie, Golobart, Davis, Tansey, Hayes, Cox, Shinnie, Tade (4-4-2)
Prediction : Hibs 1-1 Inverness CT
Hibs are a shambles! They just signed Eion Doyle but I don't think he is aloud to play till the transfer window opens up. This game will be ugly as Hibs are getting desperate for points and especially at home. NO BET
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Motherwell v Dunfermline (KO 7.45)
Motherwell
Injuries - Saunders
Suspended - Jennings
Available Squad - Randolph, Hateley, Hammell, Craigan, Hutchinson, Hughes, Lasley, Law, Daley, Murphy, Higdon, Humphrey, Forbes, Carswell, Page, McHugh, Clancy, Bradley
Probable XI: Randolph, Hateley, Craigan, Hammell, Daley, Lasley, Hughes, Law, Murphy, higdon (4-4-1-1)
Dunfermline
Injuries - Gallacher, Easton, Rutkiewicz , McCann, Phinn, Bell, McDougall
Available Squad - Smith, J Thomson, Keddie, Dowie, Potter, Graham, R Thomson, Kirk, Boyle, Willis, Buchanan, Barrowman, Mason, Hardie, Byrne, Goodfellow, Burns, Cardle.
Probable XI : Smith, Thomson, Dowie, Keddie, Boyle, Willis, Hardie, Burns , Cardle, Barrowman, Kirk (4-4-2)
Prediction : Motherwell 2-0 Dunfermline
The fact that the best price on a Motherwell win is 1.5 says a lot about Dunfermline. They are rubbish and still have far too many injuries to cope in the top league. Dunfermline may stop Hibs getting relegated which is unfortunate!
Hearts absolutely smashed Well on Saturday which I was surprised at but I think they will bounce back. I'm taking Motherwell -1 @1.9 As my BET of the DAY
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St Johnstone v Kilmarnock (KO 7.45)
St Johnstone
Injuries - Wright, Sheridan
Available Squad - Enckelman, Maybury, Mackay, C Davidson, Anderson, McCracken, Morris, M Davidson, Craig, Moon, Millar, Sandaza, Finnigan, Haber, Parkin, Durnan, McIntosh, Mannus
Probable XI: Enckelman, Mackay, Anderson, McCracken, C Davidson, Millar, Morris, M Davidson, Craig, Haber, Sandaza (4-4-2)
Kilmarnock
Injuries - Gros, O'Leary
Available Squad - Bell, Fowler, Pascali, Sissoko, Hay, Kennedy, Shiels, Racchi, Kelly, McKeown, Buijs, Dayton, Heffernan, Harkins, Jaakkola, Kroca, Pursehouse, Fisher
Probable XI - Bell, Fowler, Pascali, Sissoko, Hay, Shiels, Kelly, McKeown, Buijs, Harkins, Heffernan (4-4-2)
Prediction - St Johnstone 1-1 Kilmarnock
Real trappy game this one its a classic either team could win and it could also be a draw..............NO BET
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St Mirren v Dundee Utd (KO 7.45)
St Mirren
Injuries - None
Available Squad - Samson, Mair, van Zanten, McAusland, Barron, Tesselaar, Carey, Teale, Mooy, Murray, McLean, Thompson, Hasselbaink, McGowan, McShane, Thomson, Haddad, Smith
Probable XI: Samson, Van Zanten, Mair, McAusland, Tesslaar, Carey, Barron, McLean, McGowan, Thompson, Hasselbaink (4-4-2)
Dundee Utd
Injuries - Swanson, Severin
Available Squad - Pernis, Douglas, Dixon, Dillon, Neilson, Watson, Kenneth, Gunning, Smith, Allan, Flood, Rankin, Armstrong, Robertson, Mackay-Steven, Hilson, Dow, Russell, Daly, Dalla Valle, Banks
Probable XI - Pernis, Neilson, Dillon, Gunning, Dixon, Armstrong, Robertson, Rankin, Mackay-Stevens, Daly, Russell (4-3-3)
Prediction : St Mirren 2-1 Dundee Utd
Over 2.5 goals is 2.1 (stan James) This looks a good bet to me.
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SPL Team News - Christmas Eve matches
Inverness CT v Aberdeen (KO 12.30pm)
Inverness CT
Injuries - Doran, Chippendale, Meekings, Proctor, Tudur Jones, Hogg
Available Squad - Esson, Gillet, Tokely, Golobart, Graeme Shinnie, Cox, Hayes, Davis, Tansey, Andrew Shinnie, Tade, McKay, Sutherland, Tuffey, Piermayr, Ross, Morrison
Possible XI - Esson, Piermayr, Tokely, Golobart, G Shinnie, Davies, Tansey, Foran, A Shinnie, Hayes, Tade (4-4-1-1)
Aberdeen
Injuries - Folly, Chalali
Suspended - Pawlett
Doubtful - Fallon
Available Squad Gonzalez, Mawene, Clark, Mackie, Magennis, Megginson, Brown, McArdle, Foster, Milsom, Arnason, Osbourne, Fyvie , Jack, Vernon, Fallon
Possible XI - Brown, Foster Mawene, Considine, Osbourne, Milsom, Jack, Fyvie, Arnason, Vernon, Fallon (4-4-2)
Prediction - Inverness 2-1 Aberdeen
Inverness generally don't do very well in this fixture and for me Aberdeen are getting marginally better as the season goes on (mind you they couldn't get any worse...) but if Inverness can play the same way as they played at Ibrox last week they will win with ease, still don't know how they didn't score a 2nd in Glasgow. Inverness DNB @ 1.75 (Boylesport)
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St Mirren v Rangers (KO 12.45pm)
St Mirren
Injuries - None
Suspended - Goodwin
Available Squad - Samson, van Zanten, McAusland, Barron, Tesselaar, Carey, Teale, McLean, Thompson, McGowan, Hasselbaink, Mooy, Haddad, Smith, McKee, Murray, McShane, Thomson, Mair
Possible XI - Samson, Van Zanten, Mair, McAusland, Tesselaar, McGowan, McLean, Mooy, Teale, Thompson, Hasselbaink (4-4-2)
Rangers
Injuries - Weir, Naismith
Available Squad - McGregor, Whittaker, Papac, Bendiksen, Bocanegra, Wallace, Bartley, Davis, Edu, McCulloch, Wylde, Bedoya, Lafferty, Jelavic, Broadfoot, Alexander, McCabe, Aluko, Goian
Possible XI - McGregor, Whittaker, Goian, Bocanegra, Wallace, Aluko, McCulloch, Davies, Wylde, Lafferty, Jelavic (4-4-2)
Prediction - St Mirren 0-2 Rangers
Rangers have Aluko back from suspension and I reckon he is the man that can make the difference similar to the job Naismith did before his injury. Rangers are very solid at the back and have only let in 2 away goals all season (9 in total) so I think the 2.3 (Paddy Power) on offer for Only Rangers to Score is a gift from Santa............
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Hearts v Motherwell (KO 1pm)
Hearts
Injuries - Grainger, Kyle, Barr, Glen, Santana
Walked out on Club - Stevenson , Jonsson, Driver (all wont play)
Available Squad - Kello, Hamill, Webster, Zaliukas, Mrowiec, Jonsson, Driver, Taouil, Templeton, Robinson, Skacel, Novikovas, Elliott, MacDonald, Obua, MacDonald, McGowan, Black
Possible XI - Kello, Hamill, Webster, Zaliukas, McGowan, Templeton, Black, Mrowiec, Robinson, Taouil, Elliott (4-4-1-1)
Motherwell
Injuries - Saunders
Suspended - Jennings
Available Squad - Randolph, Hateley, Hammell, Craigan, Hutchinson, Hughes, Lasley, Law, Daley, Murphy, Higdon, Humphrey, Forbes, Carswell, Page, McHugh, Clancy, Bradley
Possible XI - Randolph, Hateley, Hutchison, Craigan, Hammell, Humphrey, Lasley, Law, Hughes, Higdon, Murphy (4-4-2)
Prediction - Hearts 1-2 Motherwell
I could talk about the shambles of my poor Hearts team all day but I think the current events with Jonsson transfering and Stevenson walking out and Driver basically saying he is leaving also really has to affect the teams morale and performance. As the Motherwell manager says Hearts may be dangerous as players will be wanting to put themselves in the shop window for a January transfer. Hearts played great last week but that was against a terrible Dunfermline side. Motherwell are a cracking side that play great football and strangely get some of their best results away from home.
Motherwell's away record is great (7W 1D 1W)
Given all that is happening at Tynecastle I think it is a great spot to take an away win @ 3.5 (bet365) or take the Motherwell DNB @ 2.63 (Betfred) for a bit of saftey.
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Celtic v Kilmarnock (KO 1.30pm)
Celtic
Injuries - Majstorovic, Commons, Matthews, Loovens
Doubful -Stokes
Available Squad - Forster, Cha, Izaguirre, McCourt, Ledley, Rogne, Mulgrew, Wanyama, Ki, Brown, Forrest, Kayal, McGeouch, Hooper, Bangura, Samaras, Stokes, Zaluska, Kelvin Wilson, Blackman, Twardzik
Possible XI - Forster, Cha, Wanyama, Rogne, Mulgrew, Kayal, Brown, Forrest, Ledley, Samaras, Hooper (4-4-2)
Kilmarnock
Injuries - Gros, O'Leary
Doubtful - Shiels
Available Squad - Bell, Pursehouse, McKeown, Pascali, Kroca, Sissoko, Hay, Harkins, Shiels, Dayton, Silva, Kelly, Heffernan, Kennedy, Fisher, Buijs, Jaakkola, Racchi, Fowler
Possible XI - Bell, Pursehouse, Kroca, Pascali, McKeown, Fowler, Silva, Hay, Harkins, Kelly, Heffernan (4-5-1)
Prediction - Celtic 2-0 Kilmarnock
Obviously with Majstorovic's horror facial injury last week Celtic are really short at the back, but I reckon that is not a bad thing as the players filling in are probably better! I reckon Lennon will save Stokes who is carrying a knock for the old firm match so it could be big greek pudding Samaras up front with Hooper.
Killie managed a 1-1 draw in this fixture last year but with the momentum and the fact that Celtic absolutely must maintain just a 4pt gap with Rangers ahead of the 28th showdown I really don't think we will see an upset here. If it had been at Kilmarnock it would have been more interesting but at home its a Celtic win! Side bet on Forrest to score @ 3.1 (bet365)
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Dundee Utd v Hibs (KO 1.30pm)
Dundee Utd
Injuries - Swanson, Severin
Available Squad - Pernis, Douglas, Dixon, Dillon, Neilson, Watson, Kenneth, Gunning, Smith, Allan, Flood, Rankin, Armstrong, Robertson, Mackay-Steven, Hilson, Dow, Russell, Daly, Dalla Valle, Banks
Possible XI - Pernis, Dillon, Kenneth, Dixon, Neilson, Armstrong, Flood, Robertson, Allan, Daly, Russell (4-4-2)
Hibs
Injuries - Osbourne
Available Squad - Stack, Hart, Towell, O'Hanlon, Hanlon, Sproule, Wotherspoon, Palsson, Scott, O'Connor, Sodje, Galbraith, Agogo, Brown, Stevenson, Stephens, Booth, Murray, Welsh, Griffiths
Possible XI - Stack, Hart, Hanlon, O'Hanlon, Stevenson, Wotherspoon, Scott, Stephens, Sproule, Griffiths, O'Connor (4-4-2)
Prediction - Dundee Utd 1-1 Hibs
Dirty Hibees have a real problem scoring enough goals to win matches, basically if the other team score its unlikely Hibs will win the match. Hibs have only 16 goals from 18 matches. This is a little surprising as Sproule, Griffiths and O'Connor are certainlly dangerous upfront, problem is the rest of the team is poor. Dundee Utd have been really bad this season though with basically the same team as last year. I'm going with a draw here and reckon the price on Dundee Utd is a massive LAY opportunity!
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Dunfermline v St Johnstone (KO 1.30pm)
Dunfermline
Injuries - Gallacher, McCann, Phinn, Thomson, Rutkiewicz, Bell, McDougall
Available Squad - Keddie, Dowie, Potter, Graham, R Thomson, Kirk, Boyle, Willis, Buchanan, Barrowman, Smith, Mason, Hardie, Young, Clarke, Byrne, Smith, Campbell, Burns, Cardle, Easton
Probable XI : Smith, Dowie, Keddie, Potter, R. Thomson, Burns, Mason, Hardie, Cardle, Barrowman, Kirk (4-4-2)
St Johnstone
Injuries - Wright, Sheridan, Robertson
Available Squad - Enckelman, Maybury, Mackay, C Davidson, Anderson, McCracken, Morris, M Davidson, Craig, Moon, Millar, Sandaza, Finnigan, Haber, Parkin, Durnan, McIntosh, Mannus
Possible XI : Enckelman, C. Davidson, Anderson, McCracken, Maybury, Craig, Moon, Millar, Morris, Sandaza, Haber (4-4-2)
Prediction - Dunfermline 0-1 St Johnstone
Rather embarrassingly Dunfermline are still searching for their first home win of the season, which is just not really good enough. St Johnstone too are not in the best form coming off 3 home defeats in a row but this was noticably when their main players Sheridan & Sandaza have been out injured. I'm expecting Sandaza back for this game but Sheridan is still out (and also now a laughing stock in Scotland after sporting a horrendous jumper on BBC Sportscene last week
http://www.onlyanexcuse.com/2011/12/19/4594/cillian-sheridans-jumper-and-other-football-fashion-misdemeanors/ )
I see St Johnstone just doing enough to scrape a win, but a draw wouldn't surprise me. NO BET and no interest in St Johnstone......
Inverness CT
Injuries - Doran, Chippendale, Meekings, Proctor, Tudur Jones, Hogg
Available Squad - Esson, Gillet, Tokely, Golobart, Graeme Shinnie, Cox, Hayes, Davis, Tansey, Andrew Shinnie, Tade, McKay, Sutherland, Tuffey, Piermayr, Ross, Morrison
Possible XI - Esson, Piermayr, Tokely, Golobart, G Shinnie, Davies, Tansey, Foran, A Shinnie, Hayes, Tade (4-4-1-1)
Aberdeen
Injuries - Folly, Chalali
Suspended - Pawlett
Doubtful - Fallon
Available Squad Gonzalez, Mawene, Clark, Mackie, Magennis, Megginson, Brown, McArdle, Foster, Milsom, Arnason, Osbourne, Fyvie , Jack, Vernon, Fallon
Possible XI - Brown, Foster Mawene, Considine, Osbourne, Milsom, Jack, Fyvie, Arnason, Vernon, Fallon (4-4-2)
Prediction - Inverness 2-1 Aberdeen
Inverness generally don't do very well in this fixture and for me Aberdeen are getting marginally better as the season goes on (mind you they couldn't get any worse...) but if Inverness can play the same way as they played at Ibrox last week they will win with ease, still don't know how they didn't score a 2nd in Glasgow. Inverness DNB @ 1.75 (Boylesport)
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St Mirren v Rangers (KO 12.45pm)
St Mirren
Injuries - None
Suspended - Goodwin
Available Squad - Samson, van Zanten, McAusland, Barron, Tesselaar, Carey, Teale, McLean, Thompson, McGowan, Hasselbaink, Mooy, Haddad, Smith, McKee, Murray, McShane, Thomson, Mair
Possible XI - Samson, Van Zanten, Mair, McAusland, Tesselaar, McGowan, McLean, Mooy, Teale, Thompson, Hasselbaink (4-4-2)
Rangers
Injuries - Weir, Naismith
Available Squad - McGregor, Whittaker, Papac, Bendiksen, Bocanegra, Wallace, Bartley, Davis, Edu, McCulloch, Wylde, Bedoya, Lafferty, Jelavic, Broadfoot, Alexander, McCabe, Aluko, Goian
Possible XI - McGregor, Whittaker, Goian, Bocanegra, Wallace, Aluko, McCulloch, Davies, Wylde, Lafferty, Jelavic (4-4-2)
Prediction - St Mirren 0-2 Rangers
Rangers have Aluko back from suspension and I reckon he is the man that can make the difference similar to the job Naismith did before his injury. Rangers are very solid at the back and have only let in 2 away goals all season (9 in total) so I think the 2.3 (Paddy Power) on offer for Only Rangers to Score is a gift from Santa............
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Hearts v Motherwell (KO 1pm)
Hearts
Injuries - Grainger, Kyle, Barr, Glen, Santana
Walked out on Club - Stevenson , Jonsson, Driver (all wont play)
Available Squad - Kello, Hamill, Webster, Zaliukas, Mrowiec, Jonsson, Driver, Taouil, Templeton, Robinson, Skacel, Novikovas, Elliott, MacDonald, Obua, MacDonald, McGowan, Black
Possible XI - Kello, Hamill, Webster, Zaliukas, McGowan, Templeton, Black, Mrowiec, Robinson, Taouil, Elliott (4-4-1-1)
Motherwell
Injuries - Saunders
Suspended - Jennings
Available Squad - Randolph, Hateley, Hammell, Craigan, Hutchinson, Hughes, Lasley, Law, Daley, Murphy, Higdon, Humphrey, Forbes, Carswell, Page, McHugh, Clancy, Bradley
Possible XI - Randolph, Hateley, Hutchison, Craigan, Hammell, Humphrey, Lasley, Law, Hughes, Higdon, Murphy (4-4-2)
Prediction - Hearts 1-2 Motherwell
I could talk about the shambles of my poor Hearts team all day but I think the current events with Jonsson transfering and Stevenson walking out and Driver basically saying he is leaving also really has to affect the teams morale and performance. As the Motherwell manager says Hearts may be dangerous as players will be wanting to put themselves in the shop window for a January transfer. Hearts played great last week but that was against a terrible Dunfermline side. Motherwell are a cracking side that play great football and strangely get some of their best results away from home.
Motherwell's away record is great (7W 1D 1W)
Given all that is happening at Tynecastle I think it is a great spot to take an away win @ 3.5 (bet365) or take the Motherwell DNB @ 2.63 (Betfred) for a bit of saftey.
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Celtic v Kilmarnock (KO 1.30pm)
Celtic
Injuries - Majstorovic, Commons, Matthews, Loovens
Doubful -Stokes
Available Squad - Forster, Cha, Izaguirre, McCourt, Ledley, Rogne, Mulgrew, Wanyama, Ki, Brown, Forrest, Kayal, McGeouch, Hooper, Bangura, Samaras, Stokes, Zaluska, Kelvin Wilson, Blackman, Twardzik
Possible XI - Forster, Cha, Wanyama, Rogne, Mulgrew, Kayal, Brown, Forrest, Ledley, Samaras, Hooper (4-4-2)
Kilmarnock
Injuries - Gros, O'Leary
Doubtful - Shiels
Available Squad - Bell, Pursehouse, McKeown, Pascali, Kroca, Sissoko, Hay, Harkins, Shiels, Dayton, Silva, Kelly, Heffernan, Kennedy, Fisher, Buijs, Jaakkola, Racchi, Fowler
Possible XI - Bell, Pursehouse, Kroca, Pascali, McKeown, Fowler, Silva, Hay, Harkins, Kelly, Heffernan (4-5-1)
Prediction - Celtic 2-0 Kilmarnock
Obviously with Majstorovic's horror facial injury last week Celtic are really short at the back, but I reckon that is not a bad thing as the players filling in are probably better! I reckon Lennon will save Stokes who is carrying a knock for the old firm match so it could be big greek pudding Samaras up front with Hooper.
Killie managed a 1-1 draw in this fixture last year but with the momentum and the fact that Celtic absolutely must maintain just a 4pt gap with Rangers ahead of the 28th showdown I really don't think we will see an upset here. If it had been at Kilmarnock it would have been more interesting but at home its a Celtic win! Side bet on Forrest to score @ 3.1 (bet365)
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Dundee Utd v Hibs (KO 1.30pm)
Dundee Utd
Injuries - Swanson, Severin
Available Squad - Pernis, Douglas, Dixon, Dillon, Neilson, Watson, Kenneth, Gunning, Smith, Allan, Flood, Rankin, Armstrong, Robertson, Mackay-Steven, Hilson, Dow, Russell, Daly, Dalla Valle, Banks
Possible XI - Pernis, Dillon, Kenneth, Dixon, Neilson, Armstrong, Flood, Robertson, Allan, Daly, Russell (4-4-2)
Hibs
Injuries - Osbourne
Available Squad - Stack, Hart, Towell, O'Hanlon, Hanlon, Sproule, Wotherspoon, Palsson, Scott, O'Connor, Sodje, Galbraith, Agogo, Brown, Stevenson, Stephens, Booth, Murray, Welsh, Griffiths
Possible XI - Stack, Hart, Hanlon, O'Hanlon, Stevenson, Wotherspoon, Scott, Stephens, Sproule, Griffiths, O'Connor (4-4-2)
Prediction - Dundee Utd 1-1 Hibs
Dirty Hibees have a real problem scoring enough goals to win matches, basically if the other team score its unlikely Hibs will win the match. Hibs have only 16 goals from 18 matches. This is a little surprising as Sproule, Griffiths and O'Connor are certainlly dangerous upfront, problem is the rest of the team is poor. Dundee Utd have been really bad this season though with basically the same team as last year. I'm going with a draw here and reckon the price on Dundee Utd is a massive LAY opportunity!
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Dunfermline v St Johnstone (KO 1.30pm)
Dunfermline
Injuries - Gallacher, McCann, Phinn, Thomson, Rutkiewicz, Bell, McDougall
Available Squad - Keddie, Dowie, Potter, Graham, R Thomson, Kirk, Boyle, Willis, Buchanan, Barrowman, Smith, Mason, Hardie, Young, Clarke, Byrne, Smith, Campbell, Burns, Cardle, Easton
Probable XI : Smith, Dowie, Keddie, Potter, R. Thomson, Burns, Mason, Hardie, Cardle, Barrowman, Kirk (4-4-2)
St Johnstone
Injuries - Wright, Sheridan, Robertson
Available Squad - Enckelman, Maybury, Mackay, C Davidson, Anderson, McCracken, Morris, M Davidson, Craig, Moon, Millar, Sandaza, Finnigan, Haber, Parkin, Durnan, McIntosh, Mannus
Possible XI : Enckelman, C. Davidson, Anderson, McCracken, Maybury, Craig, Moon, Millar, Morris, Sandaza, Haber (4-4-2)
Prediction - Dunfermline 0-1 St Johnstone
Rather embarrassingly Dunfermline are still searching for their first home win of the season, which is just not really good enough. St Johnstone too are not in the best form coming off 3 home defeats in a row but this was noticably when their main players Sheridan & Sandaza have been out injured. I'm expecting Sandaza back for this game but Sheridan is still out (and also now a laughing stock in Scotland after sporting a horrendous jumper on BBC Sportscene last week
http://www.onlyanexcuse.com/2011/12/19/4594/cillian-sheridans-jumper-and-other-football-fashion-misdemeanors/ )
I see St Johnstone just doing enough to scrape a win, but a draw wouldn't surprise me. NO BET and no interest in St Johnstone......
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