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St Mirren 0-0 Celtic No O'Riley for Celtic as he finalises move to Brighton; Bernardo & Idah start Phillips debut for St Mirren Aberdeen v Kilmarnock (15: 00) Motherwell v Hearts (15: 00) Andy Campbell Callum Mc Gregor St Mirren 0-0 Celtic Scotland coach Steve Clarke is in attendance at today's game and is well shielded from the rain by the looks of things. Clarke played for St Mirren between 1982 and 1987. St Mirren 0-0 Celtic St Mirren's Mark O'Hara kicks off. St Mirren v Celtic (12: 00) Kheredine Idessane BBC Scotland at the SMISA Not gonna sugar-coat this, it's a foul day here in Paisley. It's pouring rain, it's windy, it's cold. It's supposed to be August. Horrendous. Let's hope the players cope better with it than I am. Laptop soaked. St Mirren v Celtic (12: 00) Celtic summer signings Adam Idah and Paulo Bernardo and St Mirren capture Killian Phillips all start today. St Mirren v Celtic (12: 00) The players are in the tunnel. .. St Mirren v Celtic (12: 00) Steven Thompson Former St Mirren striker on BBC Sportsound Matt O'Riley will maybe not win trophies like he has been at Celtic, but he'll be playing on the biggest stage and it's an opportunity to play against some of the best players in the world. It will be difficult for Celtic to replace him because of the goals and assists he has provided. Brendan Rodgers wants new additions, so it will be interesting to see if they can get a goal-scoring midfielder. St Mirren v Celtic (12: 00) Peter Grant Former Celtic player on BBC Sportsound It's a great amount of money for Matt O'Riley, especially when you consider Celtic paid £1. 5m for him. Brendan Rodgers will be disappointed to lose him, but that's the way it is. It shows that people can come to Scotland and make a name for themselves. His performances and professionalism were outstanding right up to the very last moment. Saturday's Premiership card produced 12 goals, with half of those at Hampden. Rangers scored six without reply against Ross County in what could be the Ibrox side's last game at their temporary home. Dundee scored late to secure a 2-2 draw at Hibernian and Dundee United recorded their first league win since promotion, 2-0 against visitors St Johnstone. Danilo scored Rangers' sixth at the national stadium St Mirren v Celtic (12: 00) Kheredine Idessane BBC Scotland at the SMISA St Mirren manager Stephen Robinson tells me it's very important captain Mark O'Hara was able to return for the visit of Celtic. He also says the champions are very predictable "in the best possible way". He means they do what they do so well that he can prepare a team to try to counteract them. That said, Celtic won all their matches against the Buddies last season. With an aggregate score of 13-3. It was 5-0 for the two games here in Paisley. It's a drizzly pre-match warm-up for the St Mirren players St Mirren v Celtic (12: 00) St Mirren manager Stephen Robinson tells BBC Scotland: "With the injuries we have to Dennis [Adeniran] and Caolan [Boyd-Munce] in that midfield area, it's important we got Mark [O'Hara] back again. Hopefully, he's back firing and it's a big boost for us. "Killian [Phillips] coming into the team boosts our energy and hopefully we can match Celtic's running. "I don't think Celtic are built on one player and they've got talented players throughout the squad. You have to stay in the game. They will start bright and we have to match that in the first 15-20 minutes. We hope to be diligent, we've worked on their threats. "It's never a surprise what they do, it's just coping with that. " St Mirren v Celtic (12: 00) As well as Paulo Bernardo replacing Matt O'Riley, Adam Idah comes into the Celtic starting line-up. It's the forward's first start since joining the club on a permanent deal from Norwich, following last season's loan deal. Nicolas Kuhn drops to the bench for the visitors and forward Kyogo Furuhashi is also among the substitutes after missing last weekend's Scottish League Cup win over Hibernian. Kyogo Furuhashi could return from injury as a substitute this afternoon St Mirren v Celtic (12: 00) Killian Phillips makes his St Mirren debut after joining the club on loan from Crystal Palace this week. He is one of five changes made by manager Stephen Robinson following last week's Scottish League Cup defeat by Dundee United. Jonah Ayunga, Jaden Brown, captain Mark O'Hara and Richard Taylor also start with Roland Idowu, Mikael Mandron, Oisin Smyth, Scott Tanser and Fraser Taylor dropping to the bench. Killian Phillips has an early chance to impress for St Mirren St Mirren v Celtic (12: 00) St Mirren: Balcolmbe, Rooney, Iacovitti, R Taylor, Fraser, Brown, O'Hara, Gogic, Phillips, Olusanya, Ayunga. Substitutes: Urminsky, Kenny, Bwomono, Tanser, Sutherland, F Taylor, Smyth, Idowu, Mandron. Celtic: Schmeichel, Johnston, Carter-Vickers, Scales, Taylor, Mc Gregor, Bernardo, Hatate, Forrest, Idah, Maeda. Substitutes: Sinisalo, Palma, Kyogo, Kuhn, Yang, Holm, Ralston, Welsh, Turley. St Mirren v Celtic (12: 00) Kheredine Idessane BBC Scotland at the SMISA Celtic midfielder Matt O'Riley is in Brighton finalising his megabucks move to the Premier League side. A great move for the player and great business for the club is how is soon-to-be ex-manager Brendan Rodgers describes it. It also opens the door for one of Celtic's summer signings, Paulo Bernardo, who goes straight into the O'Riley role, alongside Callum Mc Gregor and Reo Hatate. Celtic's big-money capture of the window so far, Adam Idah, gets his first start since re-joining the club on a permanent basis from Norwich. Paulo Bernardo is well acquainted with Scottish football. .. and weather St Mirren v Celtic (12: 00) Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers tells BBC Scotland regarding Matt O'Riley: "He'll be down in Brighton, completing his medical so we expect that to go through over the course of the next couple of days. "If a player leaves here, you pay for the player and not necessarily the league. The club have done great in terms of a business perspective, of course. "From a footballing perspective, you're always sad to lose a top player. He's been absolutely magnificent in this last year. Pleased for Matt in terms of he gets a move to the Premier League and, for us, we continue to push on and that's the model of the club. " On possible incomings, Rodgers commented: "Ideal scenario is we wouldn't be having to do so much business in the last week, however there's still that time for us to do something and improve the squad. "Hopefully over the course of this next week, we can get some players in that can give us strength in depth in the squad because after September we've got a really long season. " Brendan Rodgers gets a look at the surroundings pre-match St Mirren v Celtic (12: 00) The pre-match headline from Paisley is that Matt O'Riley does not feature in the Celtic squad and manager Brendan Rodgers has told BBC Scotland the player is in England finalising a move to Brighton. More on that in a moment. The Denmark midfielder, 23, is replaced in the starting XI by Paulo Bernardo, who recently joined Celtic in a permanent deal from Benfica following last season's loan spell. Celtic have familiar faces in Paisley, with one notable absentee St Mirren v Celtic (12: 00) The Scottish Premiership rolls on after three games yesterday, with a lunchtime date in Paisley and more engagements in Aberdeen and Motherwell later this afternoon. Here are today's top flight fixtures: St Mirren and Celtic kick off today's action Last Updated 25th August 2024 at 12: 01 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.