Aberdeen v Hibs
Aberdeen
Injuries - Fallon, Naysmith
Doubts - Hayes, Fraser
Available Squad - Langfield, Foster, Considine, Anderson, Robertson, Jack, Hughes, Rae,
Vernon, Hayes, Osbourne, Megginson, Magennis, Fraser, Smith, Low,
McGinn, Reynolds, Milsom, Brown
Probable XI - Langfield, Magennis, Considine, Anderson, Reynolds, Jack, Rae, Hughes, Hayes, Vernon, Fraser (4-3-3)
Hibs
Injuries -
Available squad - Williams, Clancy, Hanlon, McPake, Maybury, Claros, Deegan, Cairney,
Wotherspoon, Stevenson, Griffiths, Doyle, Caldwell, Stanton, Caldwell,
Kuqi, Sproule, McGivern, Taiwo, Antell
Probable XI - Williams, Clancy, Hanlon, McPake, Maybury, Cairney, Deegan, Wotherspoon, Taiwo, Griffiths, Doyle (4-4-2)
Prediction : Aberdeen 1-1 Hibs
It
wasn't the fact that Aberdeen got a predictable draw last time out in
the league (albiet with a last second goal) that surprised me but the
fact that they actually managed to find 3 goals from nowhere. This
doubled their tally for the year but I reckon it was more to do with
Motherwell's sudden terrible defence that was also evident against
Rangers midweek in the cup. So I'm thinking normal service will be
resumed this weekend and we will see a drought of goals and probably
that Aberdeen predictable draw! Hibs should welcome back Griffiths and
whenever he plays I believe he can score so I'm going to have a tiny pop
at Correct Score 1-1 @ 7.0 (William Hill). I believe this game will stay under 2.5 goals.
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Dundee v St Johnstone
Dundee
Injuries - McBride, McCluskey, O'Donnell, Grassi, Finnigan, Stewart
Available Squad - Douglas, McGregor, Lockwood, Toshney, Easton, Gallagher, Irvine,
Webster, Conroy, McAlister, Baird, McIntosh, Kerr, Davidson, Reid,
Cavanagh, Milne, Boyle, Nish
Probable XI - Douglas, Irvine, Benedictus, Davidson, Lockwood, Milne, McAllister, Kerr, Conroy, Baird, Nish (4-4-2)
St Johnstone
Injuries -
Suspended - Vine, C. Davidson, Adams
Available squad - Mannus, Mackay, Cregg, Wright, Anderson, Millar, M Davidson, Tade,
Craig, Hasselbaink, Robertson, Tuffey, MacLean, McCracken, Miller,
Pawlett, Caddis, Scobbie, Tobin, Kane
Probable XI - Mannus, Miller, Wright, Anderson, MacKay, Craig, Cregg, Millar, M. Davidson, Hasselbaink, Tade (4-4-2)
Prediction : Dundee 0- 2 St Johnstone
Football
is a funny old game......St Johnstone were 3 weeks ago on a
disgracefully bad run without a win in ages and now they have won their
last 3 games. This includes beating Celtic and then bursting Ross
County's unbeaten run! Simply not predictable! One thing I know for sure
though is that Dundee are really struggling in the top flight and with
just 4pts to their name old Paddy Power will soon be paying out on them
getting relegated. Talking about Paddy... I'll be having a large slice
of an AWAY WIN @2.3 (Paddy Power) I can also see Tade causing havoc in this game so again I will hit Paddy with TADE ANYTIME SCORER @ 3.25 (Paddy Power)
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Hearts v Kilmarnock
Hearts
Injuries - Prychynenko
Available Squad - MacDonald, R McGowan, Webster, Zaliukas, Grainger, Paterson, Barr,
Taouil, Novikovas, Carrick, Sutton, Driver, Robinson, Holt, D McGowan,
McHattie, Stevenson, Enckelman
Probable XI - McDonald, McGowan, Webster, Zaliukas, Grainger, Robinson, Taouil, Stevenson, Driver, Novikovas, Paterson (4-4-1-1)
Kilmarnock
Injuries - Perez, Heffernan, Tesselaar, Bell, Hay
Available squad - Letheren, Nelson, O'Leary, Fowler, Pascali, McKeown, Racchi, Dayton,
Johnston, Kelly, Harkins, McKenzie, Sheridan, Winchester, Johnson,
Jaakkola, Gros, Purshehouse
Probable XI - Letheren, Nelson, O'Leary, Fowler, Pascali, McKeown, Kelly, Dayton, Racchi, Sheridan, Harkins (4-4-2)
Prediction : Hearts 2-1 Kilmarnock
I
was away golfing last weekend and most of the lads are jambos, as we
arrived at the 19th the barman informed us we had beaten Dundee Utd 3-0
at Tannadice. Not one of us believed him until the tele had to be
turned on! Truely a surprise win, or at least the scoreline. Anyway
Kilmarnock are becoming a bit of a bogie team for Hearts (much to my
cousins delight....) they have beaten Hearts 1, 2 and 3 nil in their
last 3 visits. For that reason and the fact that I think the odds are a
little skinny on Hearts I'm just going to leave this match, although if
Hearts carry their form on I think we can sneak it by a goal. NO BET
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Inverness v Dundee Utd
Inverness
Injuries - King, Hogg, Ross, Sutherland
Suspended - Tudur-Jones
Available Squad - Esson, Meekings, Raven, Warren, Blackman, G Shinnie, Morrison, A
Shinnie, Pepper, Draper, Foran, Doran, McKay, King, Laing, Polworth,
Oswell, Brislen-Hall, Roberts, Reguero
Probable XI - Esson, Raven, Warren, Meekings, G. Shinnie, Draper, A. Shinnie, Pepper, McKay, Foran, Doran (4-4-2)
Dundee Utd
Injuries - Mackay-Steven
Available squad - Cierzniak, Watson, Dillon, Gunning, McLean, Douglas, Flood, Rankin,
Ryan, Russell, Daly, Dow, Armstrong, Millar, Gardyne, Robertson, Vignal,
Gauld, Banks
Probable XI - Cierzniak, Watson, McLean, Gunning, Dillon, Vignal, Flood, Ryan, Rankin, Russell, Daly (4-4-2)
Prediction : Inverness 0-2 Dundee Utd
I
expect the Dundee Utd manager has kicked some butt after their home 3-0
defeat to Hearts and right enough they did win midweek in the cup. I
expect to see them getting back to winning ways up in Inverness, I know a
tricky place to go but Utd have a great record against Caly beating
them in the last 5 fixtures. Inverness for me are still a bit of a
mismatch of players cobbled together by Butcher. If I was offered odds
on Terry Butcher moaning after this game I'd be all over it...... AWAY WIN @ 2.4 (William Hill) really appeals!
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Motherwell v Celtic
Motherwell
Injuries - Saunders
Available Squad - Randolph, Hateley, Hammell, Hutchinson, Cummins, Law, Lasley, Murphy,
Humphrey, Daley, Higdon, Ojamaa, Carswell, McHugh, Ramsden,
Francis-Angol, Hetherington, Hollis
Probable XI - Randolph, Hateley, Hutchinson, Ramsden, Hammell, Law , Lasley, Humphrey, Murphy, Higdon, Ojamaa (4-4-2)
Celtic
Injuries - Lassad
Available squad - Forster, Matthews, Wilson, Lustig, Mulgrew, Izaguirre, Rogne, Brown,
Forrest, Ledley, Kayal, McGeouch, Commons, Wanyama, Ambrose, Hooper,
Samaras, Zaluska, Miku, Watt, McCourt
Probable XI - Forster, Matthews, Wilson, Mulgrew, Izaguirre, Forrest, Wanyama, Browm, Commons, Hooper, Miku (4-4-2)
Prediction : Motherwell 1-3 Celtic
Motherwell
come into this match on the back of 2 very dissapointing games, 3-1 up
on Aberdeen and ending up with a 3-3 draw with the last kick of the
ball, then taken apart by 3rd Div Rangers in the 2nd half of the cup
midweek. Alarming was how slack they were in defence and again it seems
"bottling it" against the old firm which is a big problem for them. In
their last 12 games against Celtic they have lost 11 and won 1. I've
been surprised in the last couple of matches that McCall has not started
with Murphy but surely after their results he will include the player
this week. Only worry in this game is that Celtic will have one eye on
their away trip to Moscow in the Champoins League on Tuesday. However
I'm confident that whatever team Celtic put out will be good enough to
win so I will pound the AWAY WIN @ 1.67 (Coral)
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St Mirren v Ross County
St Mirren
Injuries - McGregor, Adam
Available Squad - Samson, Mair, van Zanten, Barron, McAusland, Teale, Imrie, Goodwin,
McGowan, Carey, McLean, Guy, Robertson, Thompson, Reilly, Dummett,
Parkin, Smith
Probable XI - Samson, Van Zanten, Mair, McAusland, Barron, Goodwin, McGowan, Carey, McLean, Thompson, Parkin (4-4-2)
Ross County
Injuries - Corcoran, Cooper
Available squad - Fraser, Boyd, Munro, Tokely, Fitzpatrick, Brittain, Kettlewell, Vigurs,
Quinn, Duncan, Cooper, Glen, Morrow, McMenamin, Lawson, Scott, Brown,
Kovacevic, Dingwall, Ross, Macphee, Fotheringham
Probable XI - Fraser, Fitzpatrick, Boyd, Munro, Tokely, Kettlewell, Vigurs, Brittain, Quinn, McMenamin, Marrow (4-4-2)
Prediction : St Mirren 1-1 Ross County
St
Mirren for me are riding in a bit of a false postion in the league as I
see them certainly as bottom 6 material if not bottom 3. People are
interested to see whether County's first defeat in donkeys years will
see their bubble burst but I think they will get back to, well at least,
their unbeaten ways so a LAY of St Mirren @ 2.25 (Betfair) really
appeals to me here. Remember Ross County were unbeaten in their
previous 40 matches before last weeks loss to St Johnstone
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