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Listen to Open All Mics on Sportsound & watch Sportscene results Dundee v St Mirren (15: 00) St Johnstone v Motherwell (15: 00) Ross County v Aberdeen (17: 45) Full cards in Championship, Leagues 1 & 2 George O'Neill St Johnstone v Motherwell (15: 00 BST) Manager Stuart Kettlewell and assistant Stephen Frail have signed "new rolling contracts" at Motherwell in the build-up to today's game. During his 18 months in the job, Kettlewell has led the Fir Park side to seventh and ninth-placed finishes in the Scottish Premiership. This season, the Lanarkshire club have won four points from their first three league games and have a League Cup quarter-final against Dundee United to come. "When I first joined, the outlook was bleak, " said Kettlewell, who took over from Steven Hammell in February 2023 with the club in relegation danger. "Fast forward 18 months and we have gone on a scintillating run at the end of the 2022-23 season, just missed out on top six last season, increased the revenue from player sales and progressed to a quarter-final of the Premier Sports Cup. " Along with his staff, including Frail, Kettlewell's impressive work with Kevin van Veen and Theo Bair has led to the club recouping significant transfer fees for the attacking duo. A reminder that as well as following live text updates, you can listen to BBC Radio Scotland's coverage of today's games. Tune into Sportsound via the link at the top of the page, or via BBC Sounds - whatever takes your fancy. St Johnstone v Motherwell (15: 00 BST) Craig Levein makes three changes to the St Johnstone side which lost at Tannadice last weekend, including a switch between the sticks. Long-term injury absentee Ross Sinclair plays his first match since July 2023 in goal, replacing Josh Rae. Sinclair has been sidelined with an elbow injury suffered in a behind-closed-doors match a year ago. Graham Carey drops to the bench, with Cammy Mac Pherson taking his berth in midfield. Striker Adama Sidibeh starts a four-game ban after being red carded against Dundee United. Motherwell field an unchanged line-up having put Hearts to the sword six days ago. Stuart Kettlewell does introduce loan signing Jack Vale to the matchday squad, as he looks to make the first outing of his second stint at the club from the bench. Ross Sinclair has not played a first-team game since July 2023 after suffering a serious elbow injury Dundee v St Mirren (15: 00 BST) Two Dundee changes following the draw at Hibernian last weekend. One of them, of course, is Luke Mc Cowan, who left to join Celtic late last night, as Seb Palmer-Houlden drops to the bench. In come new signing Sammy Braybrooke, on loan from Leicester, and Curtis Main. Simon Murray takes the captain's armband today. Meanwhile, there are three St Mirren switches as Alex Iacovitti, Jaden Brown and Jonah Ayunga all drop to the bench. In come the returning Caolan Boyd-Munce, Scott Tanser and Mikael Mandron. As expected, Kevin van Veen isn't in the matchday squad. Mikael Mandron (left) comes back into the St Mirren attack St Johnstone v Motherwell (15: 00 BST) Jane Lewis BBC Scotland at Mc Diarmid Park The Mc Diarmid Park pitch came in for some criticism last season, but I have to say it's looking pristine this afternoon in the sunshine. Hopefully both teams will enjoy playing on the smooth surface. St Johnstone will be looking to bounce back after a disappointing defeat last weekend; Motherwell will be looking to build on what was an impressive result and showing last time out. St Johnstone v Motherwell (15: 00 BST) St Johnstone: Sinclair, Raymond, Cameron, Sanders, Wright, Neilson, Mac Pherson, Essel, M Smith, Clark, Kimpioka. Substitutes: Hepburn, Holt, Carey, C Smith, Sprangler, Mc Pake, Kirk, Keltjens, Franczak. Motherwell: Oxborough, O'Donnell, Casey, Gordon, Mc Ginn, Wilson, Zdravkowski, Halliday, Miller, Maswanhise, Robinson. Substitutes: Hegyi, Seddon, Balmer, Sparrow, Kaleta, Ebiye, Wells, Watt, Vale. Dundee v St Mirren (3pm) Tyrone Smith BBC Sport Scotland at Dens Park Life after Luke Mc Cowan starts for Dundee this afternoon, after the midfielder completed a move to Celtic late last night. With Mc Cowan in the

last year of his contract, the club were right to cash in now from a financial point of view. From a football point of view though the impact of losing

such an influential player remains to be seen - perhaps we will get an

indication today as the Dark Blues look to maintain their unbeaten start to the

season at home to St Mirren. As for Saints, their big bit of business was a last-gasp move to bring in Dutch striker Kevin Van Veen on a season-long loan

from Groningen. They will be hoping he can rediscover his scoring touch and

get the goals that can turn round the fortunes of a St Mirren team that are

looking to end a run of four defeats in all competitions. It has been a difficult run for Stephen Robinson's side, but they will be keen to avoid another defeat; they will fancy their chances of prevailing against a team

they had the upper hand against last season. Dundee v St Mirren (15: 00 BST) Dundee: Mc Cracken, Mc Ghee, Koumetio, Portales, Larkeche, Sylla, Braybrooke, Cameron, Tiffoney, Murray, Main. Substitutes: Sharp, Carson, Ingram, Astley, Mulligan, Robertson, Palmer-Houlden, Graham, Vetro. St Mirren: Balcombe, Taylor, Gogic, Fraser, Rooney, O'Hara, Phillips, Boyd-Munce, Tanser, Mandron, Olusanya. Substitutes: Urminsky, Bwomono, Kenny, Iacovitti, Brown, Smyth, Adeniran, Idowu, Ayunga. After the drama of transfer deadline day yesterday, it's back to the on-field action this afternoon - the stuff that really matters. Dundee host St Mirren and Motherwell travel to St Johnstone in the two 15: 00 kick-offs, before Aberdeen aim to go top of the table when they face Ross County in the later game. We'll keep you right across all the action right here, so put your feet up, put the kettle on and let's get stuck in. .. Last Updated 26th August 2024 at 02: 19 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. © 2024 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.