Team news before the opening round of Scottish Premiership fixtures.
All times BST
Hearts v Rangers (Sat, 12:30)
Beni Baningime and fellow midfielder Calem Nieuwenhof are the only Hearts players unavailable for Saturday’s opening Scottish Premiership match with Rangers.
Defenders Daniel Oyegoke and Gerald Taylor, midfielders Yan Dhanda and Blair Spittal, forward Musa Drammeh and versatile James Penrice could make competitive debuts for the club while new goalkeeper Ryan Fulton is a back-up option for Zander Clark and Craig Gordon.
Versatile player Dujon Sterling misses out for the visitors but could return against Champions League qualifying opponents Dynamo Kyiv in Poland on Tuesday.
Rangers could field new signings like defenders Jefte and Clinton Nsiala and midfielder Connor Barron but winger Vaclav Cerny is unlikely to start.
Motherwell v Ross County (Sat, 15:00)
Australia striker Apostolos Stamatelopoulos may not be able to debut for Motherwell if the necessary clearance is not yet obtained.
Ross Callachan and Sam Nicholson are back in training but still unavailable along with John Koutroumbis, Harry Paton and Callum Slattery.
Ross County midfielder Max Sheaf is out long term after tearing his thigh muscle.
Ricki Lamie and Will Nightingale also miss out with minor injuries.
Dundee United v Dundee (Sun, 13:30)
Ryan Strain and Ross Docherty miss out for Dundee United.
Strain has undergone surgery on a hamstring injury and will be out for about three months while Docherty should return from a calf problem later this month.
Ziyad Larkeche is in the running to make his Dundee debut.
Charlie Reilly, Clark Robertson and Joe Shaughnessy remain out injured.
St Mirren v Hibernian (Sun, 15:00)
Sunday’s game will come too soon for St Mirren trio Caolan Boyd-Munce, Greg Kiltie and Conor McMenamin.
Striker Mikael Mandron failed a late fitness test before Thursday’s Conference League win over Valur.
Hibernian will be without Elie Youan due to a leg knock while fellow forward Harry McKirdy is out with a chest infection.
Jake Doyle-Hayes is still working his way back to full fitness but Chris Cadden is available.
Celtic v Kilmarnock (Sun, 16:30)
Daizen Maeda is a major doubt for Celtic with a knee knock.
However, fellow winger Nicolas Kuhn has shrugged off a back injury.
Kilmarnock could have new defender signings Oliver Bainbridge and Corrie Ndaba in their squad.
But Kyle Magennis is being phased into action following last season’s injury issues.
St Johnstone v Aberdeen (Mon, 19:45)
St Johnstone will be without Nicky Clark, Aaron Essel, Uche Ikpeazu and Andre Raymond.
Aberdeen are without injured midfielders Leighton Clarkson and Dante Polvara, while striker Luis ‘Duk’ Lopes is also unavailable.
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