SPL - Sat 24th Nov Team News & Thoughts

Bit brief this week as I am actually babysitting of all things tonight........



Motherwell v Hearts


Motherwell


Injuries - Ramsden, Saunders

Probable XI - Randolph, Hateley, hutchinson, Cummins, Hammell, Humphrey, Law, Lasley, Murphy, Higdon, Ojamaa (4-4-2-)


Hearts


Injuries - Hamill
Doubtful - MacDonald

Probable XI - Enckelman, McGowan, Webster, Zaliukas, Grainger, Paterson, Barr, Taouil, Driver, Novikovas, Stevenson (4-4-1-1)



Prediction : Motherwell 1-1 Hearts

Tricky match to predict this one, Motherwell very impressive in their last match beating Inverness away 5-1 but at home this year they have been horrible, in fact they are equal worst in terms of home form in the league with only 1 win all season (strangely against Inverrness again!) Anyway Hearts normally struggle away from home but I can see them competing well here. Bit of a worry though is if keeper McDonald doesn't make this game our sub goalie is fucking hopeless! Real tempted with a LAY of Motherwell here but NO BET





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Celtic v Inverness


Celtic


Injuries - Izaguirre, Forrest, Stokes
Doubtful - Mulgrew, Rogne, Wilson, Ledley

Probable XI - Forster, Matthews, Wilson, Ambrose, Lustig, Brown, Commons, Wanyama, Kayal, Hooper, Samaras (4-4-1-1)




Inverness


Injuries - Draper, King, Hogg, Ross, Esson


Probable XI - Reguero, Raven, Warren, Meekings, G.Shinnie, Doran, Pepper, Tudur-Jones, Foran, Mckay, A.Shinnie (4-4-1-1)



Prediction : Celtic 2-0 Inverness

I imagine big Butch will just put last Sundays embarrassing defeat to Motherwell down as a bad day at the office and to be honest when Motherwell play like that it can happen. He'll be hoping for a tired Celtic again after midweek action which has proved the case already 2 times this year. Inverness really do have a poor record against Celtic but they are big and phsyical and should match up quite well this time. I'm surprised with the prices on offer for goals in this match, people seem to think there will be plenty, I'm not so sure. Butcher will have given his defence a shouting at and they should be scared to let in as many as last week. Take UNDER 3.5 @ 1.67 (Bet Victor)



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Hibs v Aberdeen


Hibs


Injuries - Clancy, Deegan

Probable XI - Williams, Maybury, Hanlon, McGivern, Claros, Stevenson, Taiwo, Wotherspoon, Cairney, Boyle, Griffiths (4-4-2)




Aberdeen


Injuries - Naysmith, Hughes, Jack, Milsom
Doutful - Fraser, Robertson, Rae

Probable XI - Langfield, Reynolds, Considine, Anderson, Megennis, Osborne, Clark, Rae, Fraser, McGinn, Hayes (4-4-2)



Prediction : Hibs 1-1 Aberdeen

Just to remind us all how unpredictable and exciting the SPL is.....Hibs go and get stuffed by bottom team Dundee last week 3-1!!! I think this will be certainly match of the day with Aberdeen starting (well their fans anyway) to get really confident about their play. they still have a good few injuries but their is a definite belief about them nowadays. Still can't get away from the fact that they draw a lot of their games and I reckon this is heading the same way. I'm backing an unfashionable DRAW @ 3.4 (Bet Fred)

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Kilmarnock v St Johnstone

Kilmarnock


Injuries - Kelly

Probable XI - Bell, Fowler, O'Leary, Nelson, Tesselaar, Borja, Harkins, Pascali, Dayton, Heffernan, Sheridan (4-4-2)




St Johnstone


Injuries - Moon, Adams, Pawlett


Probable XI - Mannus, Mackay, Anderson, Wright, C.Davidson, Millar, M.Davidson, Cregg, Craig, Tade, Vine (4-4-2)



Prediction : Kilmarnock 2-1 St Johnstone

St Johnstone's decent spell is over I reckon and Kilmarnock keep doing exactly the opposite than I predict but this week I'm backing them for a win so hopefully they dont let me down. Sheridan and Heffernan upfront could be a good goal scoring partnership and now they have had a few games to get used to each other the goals should start to flow. HOME WIN @ 2.62 (Bet Victor) for me.



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Ross County v Dundee Utd


Ross County


Injuries - Scott

Probable XI - Fraser, Kovacevic, Boyd, Munro, Fitzpatrick, Vigurs, Brittain, Kettlewell, Quinn, Fotheringham, Morrow (4-4-2)




Dundee Utd


Injuries - Vignal


Probable XI - Cierzniak, Watson, Dillon, Gunning, Douglas, Skacel, Rankin, Flood, Mackay-Steven, Daly, Russell (4-4-2)



Prediction : Ross County 1-2 Dundee Utd

When you have Dundee Utd playing away from home I think it is always worth a pop at BTTS and I see it landing in this match, their defence has not really been that impressive of late from the games I've watch and I think County can find the net. Utd should score at least once in this fixture so BTTS @ 1.83 (Bwin) seems decent.



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St Mirren v Dundee


St Mirren


Injuries - McGowan, McGregor, Adam

Probable XI - Samson, Van Zanten, McAusland, Mair, Dummett, Teale, Goodwin, Carey, McLean, Thompson, Guy (4-4-2)




Dundee


Injuries - O'Donnell, Finnegan, McCluskey, Easton, Kerr, Grassi


Probable XI - Douglas, Irvine, Gallagher, Benedictus, Lockwood, Riley, McBride, Davidson, McAllister, Milne, Nish (4-4-2)



Prediction : St Mirren 2-1 Dundee

Hard to ignore the form of these two clubs, Dundee a win and 2 draws in their last 3, and St Mirren well winless in their last 7 matches played. But lets not forget Dundee are usually rubbish away from home. This is already a bargin-basement-relegation-dogfight and as such should be a cracker. Coral have been brave enough to go evens on a home win but you would also be brave to back St Mirren at the moment. NO BET



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