SPL TEAM NEWS for Saturday 20th August

Aberdeen v Inverness

Aberdeen

Injuries - Jamie Langfield, Yoann Folly

Available Squad : Gonzalez, Foster, Considine, Arnason, Robertson, Magennis, Paton, Milsom, Osbourne, Pawlett, Megginson, Vernon, Low, Mackie, Jason Brown, McArdle, Jordan Brown, Fraser, Clark, Mawene, Fyvie, Jack.

Possible XI - Gonzalez, Jack, Considine, Mawene, Foster, Fyvie, Arnason, Osbourne, Milsom, Mackie, Vernon (4-4-2)

Inverness

Injuries - Owain Tudur Jones (Knee), Kenny Gillet, David Proctor (both hamstring), Billy McKay, Josh Meekings (both ankle) and Lee Cox (pelvis) remain absent.
Suspensions - Ross Tokely

Available Squad : Esson, Hogg, Golobart, Aldred, Ross, Sutherland, Hayes, Tansey, Doran, Foran, Tade, Piermayr, Graeme Shinnie, Andrew Shinnie, Tuffey, Morrison, Polworth, Smith.

Possible XI : Esson, Piermayr, Hogg, Golobart, G. Shinnie, Hayes, Ross, Tansey, Doran, Foran, Tade (4-4-2)


Tip - Aberdeen 2-1 Inverness CT

Call me crazy but I reckon Aberdeen are finally going to actually score and get a result at the weekend!

I will have 2 bets on this match - Both teams to score and Aberdeen DNB (for saftey)

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Dundee Utd v Dunfermline

Dundee Utd

Injuries - Scott Severin

Available squad : Pernis, Watson, Dillon, Kenneth, Dixon, Robertson, Rankin, Flood, Allan, Russell, Daly, Armstrong, Gunning, Swanson, Douglas, Mackay-Steven, Dow, Banks

Possible XI - Pernis, Watson, Dillon, Kenneth, Dixon, Flood, Robertson, Allan, Rankin, Daly, Russell (4-4-2)

Dunfermline

Injuries - Steven Bell (Achilles) and Nicky Phinn (hamstring) remain absent

Available squad : Gallacher, Jason Thomson, Potter, Rutkiewicz, Keddie, McCann, Barrowman, Cardle, McDougall, Mason, Hardie, Dowie, Burns, Kirk, Graham, Smith, Boyle, Willis, Ryan Thomson, Young.

Posssible XI - Gallagher, Thomson, Potter, Keddie, McCann, Cardle, Mason, Hardie, Burns, Dowie, Kirk (4-5-1)


Tip - Dundee Utd 2-0 Dunfermline

Surprisingly Dunfermline are unbeaten since their return to the top flight. In fact unbeaten in last 16 games but I think they are seriously up against it at Dundee Utd. I expect them to try their 4-5-1 formation again with just Kirk up front as it worked last week against St Johnstone. For me though Dundee Utd are a much stronger team all over the park and I think Dunfermline have just been lucky with favourable fixtures to start their campaign. I'll be having a decent tilt at Dundee Utd to win.


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Hibs v St Mirren

Hibs

Injuries - Michael Hart (groin) and Sean Welsh (cheekbone)

Available Squad: Stack, Brown, Booth, Hanlon, O'Hanlon, Murray, Stephens, Taggart, Smith, Wotherspoon, De Graaf, Galbraith, Scott, Thornhill, Stevenson, Sproule, Palsson, Osbourne, Horner, Airey, O'Connor, Agogo, Sodje, Caldwell.

Possible XI - Stack, Palsson, Stephens, Hanlon, Booth, Sproule, Stevenson, Murray, Wotherspoon, O'Conner, Agogo (4-4-2)


St Mirren

Injuries - Darren McGregor (knee) Aaron Mooy (back) Hugh Murray (knee) Graeme Smith , David Barron
Suspensions - Nigel Hasselbaink

Available Squad : Samson, Van Zanten, Tesselaar, McAusland, Mair, Goodwin, Haddad, McGowan, Teale, Thomson, Thompson, McQuade, McLean, McShane, McKernon, Carey, Barron, McQuade, Smith.

Possible XI - Samson, Van Zanten, Mair, McAusland, McShane, Teale, Goodwin, Tesselaar, McLean, Thompson, McGowan


Tip - Hibs 2-1 St Mirren

I am giving Hibs the benefit of the doubt here as they were terrible last week at Kilmarnock especially in defence. Hibs are without a home win in 6 games but this is a fixture they generally win though.



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PS - I would like to apologise on behalf of my team Hearts for their display last night against Spurs, very embarrassing!

I swear I saw the Spurs players exchange their training bibs with Hearts players at full time...................................