SPL fixtures:
Hamilton 0-0 Hibernian
Hamilton v Hibernian
Hearts 0-0 Motherwell
Kilmarnock 1-1 Celtic
Rangers 0-0 Inverness CT
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MY SPORT: DEBATE
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By David Sharp
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2044: "My vote for player of the year - Sasa Papac, he has been consistently good for Rangers over the last couple of seasons and very rarely makes any mistakes." memnoch666 on My Sport Join the debate on My Sport
I think you're bang on memnoch666. The Bosnian left-back is an unsung hero in the Rangers side.
2041: Kilmarnock have lost their last 13 home games to Celtic. Can they arrest this alarming run tonight? Join the debate on My Sport
2038: "Two Aussies on the pitch up at Kilmarnock, two goals. Solution to Celtic's scoring problem? Buy more Aussies!!" meeks88 on My Sport Join the debate on My Sport
2036: Strange game at Rugby Park: Celtic looked like they were going to run riot in the opening half hour, then Killie hit them with a classic sucker-punch goal after spending most of the first half on the ropes. Poor finishing and some inspired goalkeeping from Alan Combe kept Killie in the game before Danny Invincibile pounced. Brilliant stuff!
2035: "I don't think Gordon Strachan will be too perturbed with the way his Celtic side has played in this half, but at 1-1 Killie boss Jim Jefferies will be thrilled."
BBC Scotland pundit Jim Duffy
2034: Half-time at Rugby Park where Killie fought back from a goal down to head into the break locked at 1-1 with Celtic.
2033: Half-time at Hamilton where the teams are also firing blanks.
2032: Half-time at Ibrox and it's a stalemate.
2031: This is a much-improved performance by Inverness; on their last visit to Ibrox, they were 5-0 down at half-time. Terry Butcher's men have frustrated Rangers at every turn.
2029: Hibs winger Alan O'Brien bursts forward and exchanges passes with Colin Nish before prodding a shot just wide. That's been the best chance of the match so far.
2028: Christian Nade is brought on to boost the Jambos attack, with poor Adrian Mrowiec getting hooked after just 33 minutes. At least he shook Csaba Laszlo's hand before heading up the tunnel.
2026: Sasa Papac slides in at the back post to meet Steven Davis' cross and forces Ryan Esson into a good save.
2025: Game on at Rugby Park! Killie were under the cosh and looked like they were going to crack but, incredibly, they've hauled themselves level.
2023: Goal! Kilmarnock 1-1 Celtic
Suddenly Celtic look rattled as Danny Invincibile equalises from six yards after the visitors defence fails to clear a corner. That was Killie's first real effort on target.
2022: Action reported at Tynecastle as Motherwell midfielder Stephen Hughes thumps the crossbar with a thundering shot.
2021: "There's a real lack of confidence and conviction in Hibs' play so far."
BBC Radio Scotland commentator Scott Davie is not impressed by the visitors at New Douglas Park.
2020: Suddenly ailing Killie rouse themselves to life and Artur Boruc has to look sharp! Jamie Hamill's wayward cross nearly ended up catching out the Pole, who has to backtrack and tip over.
2019: Celtic flood forward en masse, in for the kill, like a pack of hounds sniffing the scent of a wounded fox. This time McGeady's shot is deflected up and onto the bar as Kilmarnock are yet again carved open down their right flank.
2017: Killie are rocking and reeling after conceding that McDonald goal. Scott Brown is denied from six yards by the legs of Alan Combe. That should've been 2-0.
2016: We'll call this the Paul Mitchell Lament: "It has probably been the most forgettable quarter of a match that I have seen in a while."
Not much happening at Tynecastle then, according to the Sportsound commentator.
2015: Goal! Kilmarnock 0-1 Celtic
Scott McDonald finds himself unmarked in the box as he receives Crosas' pass, the Australian sidesteps Lilley and curls the ball beyond Alan Combe.
2014: Hibs defender Chris Hogg blazes in a screamer from all of 40 yards and it whistles narrowly over the crossbar.
2013: Rangers get a goal chopped off as Kenny Miller chests the ball down and fires it into the net. The Gers striker had stepped just offside.
2012: "Rangers' passing has gone completely. In the early part of the game it was slick."
BBC Radio Scotland pundit Craig Paterson at Ibrox
2010: Hibs get their first sight of goal at New Douglas Park but Derek Riordan's tame strike is deflected away for a corner, which is dealt with easily by the home defence.
2009: Then Nakamura addresses a free-kick in a similar position to the screamer he scored against St Mirren on Saturday....but it deflects off someone's noggin and over the bar.
2008: Celtic's Marc Crosas may have scored a screamer on Saturday against St Mirren, but he was no where near replicating it just then. The Spaniard stepped on to Georgios Samaras' lay-off 25 yards out, but hoofed the ball into row ZZ of the stand.
2007: "Its a goal race tonight, Rangers and Celtic will be doing their best now to outscore each other." memnoch666 on My Sport Join the debate on My Sport
Will the title race go down to the wire, goal-difference-wise, once again? I'm not sure I can handle the excitement!
2006: A Paul McGowan cross-cum-shot deflects off Hibs defender Lewis Stevenson and crashes against the crossbar. A lucky escape for Mixu Paatelainen's men, who are looking rather shaky at the back.
2005: "Celtic have started the match very well in terms of their passing with maybe just the final ball letting them down a little bit."
BBC Scotland pundit Jim Duffy at Rugby Park.
2004: Sasa Papac's deflected cross is cleared off the Inverness goal-line by heroic Highlanders captain Grant Munro.
2003: Kenny Miller centres the ball for Kris Boyd who turns and has a shot blocked by Ryan Esson. Boyd once again, with the delicate first touch of a geriatric heffalump in a trance, gets his legs in another fankle.
2000: Not sure if anyone heard the BBC Radio Scotland pre-match discussion about what constitutes cheating?
Steve Munro did and he has emailed sportsound@bbc.co.uk to take issue with one of our pundits: "Can Billy Dodds tell me when football became a non-contact sport? The defender is allowed to touch you, 'feeling a touch and going down is cheating!' A touch does not constitute a foul!"
1958: The TV cameras home in on Rangers' absent-through-injury Portuguese midfielder Pedro Mendes, watching the action from the comfort of the Ibrox main stand. The female companion to his right yawns widely, like a tired hippo. I think I might join her. Bit of a snoozefest so far. Why is yawning catching? Join the debate on My Sport
1956: Rangers are enjoying plenty of possession at Ibrox but a dogged and well-organised Inverness are thus far keeping the hosts at bay.
1955: Hamilton Accies teenager James McCarthy tries his luck with a snap-shot but his effort from the edge of the penalty box soars wide.
1954: Celtic's Shunsuke Nakamura goes close to adding to his eight goals against Kilmarnock, with a drive from the edge of the box that flies inches past the post. The Japanese playmaker is looking frisky in the opening 10 minutes.
1952: Handbags at dawn! Scott Brown and Manuel Pascali square up to each other after a meaty tussle in midfield.
1950: "He got his feet in a fankle."
BBC Radio Scotland commentator John Barnes on Kris Boyd's early chance at Ibrox
Great word, 'fankle.'
1949: Darren O'Dea sends a pass the distance of a Bo Weekley drive in the direction of Scott McDonald who scampers past Killie's last man and bears down on goal, but he screws his waist-high volley wide of the post.
1948: We've kicked off everywhere else across the country.
1947: Rangers waste an early chance at Ibrox as Steven Davis threads a Bergkamp-esque pass through for Kris Boyd to run on to. However, going by his first touch, the Ibrox goal machine looks as though he is wearing a set of diving boots as he runs the ball out of play.
1946: "There's no way that the two teams can win every game."
Celtic manager Gordon Strachan on the title race between his side and Rangers
1944: No messing about at Ibrox. The game is underway already, a minute early.
1942: 'Well boss Mark McGhee says his side are still the best team in Scotland outwith the Old Firm, despite trailing tonight's opponents by a mammoth nine points in the race for a Europa League spot. Do you agree with Mr McGhee (or should that be Mr McGoo - does the myopic gaffer need a new set of specs?) Join the debate on My Sport
1940: Team news from Tynecastle:
Hearts: Balogh, Neilson, Mrowiec, Jonsson, Lee Wallace, Palazuelos, Aguiar, Karipidis, Stewart, Driver, Obua. Subs: Kello, Mikoliunas, Nade, Cesnauskis, Thomson, Elliot, Park.
Motherwell: Graeme Smith, Brian McLean, Craigan, Reynolds, Hammell, O'Brien, Hughes, Klimpl, Sheridan, Clarkson, Sutton. Subs: Krysiak, Malcolm, Darren Smith, Murphy, Lasley, McGarry, Aydilek.
1939: The pitch at Ibrox tonight is Eden-like in its glorious otherwordly plushness. A great surface for some slick passing football. Let's hope Rangers and Caley Thistle are in the mood for a spot of 1970s Dutch total football. Have I lost my mind?
1938: Full team line-ups from Ibrox:
Rangers: McGregor, Broadfoot, Bougherra, Weir, Papac, Davis, Edu, Ferguson, Fleck, Miller, Boyd. Subs: Alexander, Naismith, Beasley, Dailly, Lafferty, Whittaker, Niguez.
Inverness CT: Esson, Tokely, Mihadjuks, Munro, Djebi-Zadi, Proctor, Black, Duncan, Foran, Morais, Rooney. Subs: Fraser, McBain, Imrie, Hastings, Duff, Odhiambo, Kerr.
1936: Did I hear right? I'm sure someone said on BBC Radio Scotland's Sportsound that Hibs are the only SPL team that Hamilton have failed to score against this season. Can anyone clarify this stat? Join the debate on My Sport
1935: Team news from New Douglas Park: Hamilton boss Billy Reid makes four changes after reporting several injury problems.
Midfielder James McArthur is among those missing, while Martin Canning and Trent McClenahan join fellow defender Mark McLaughlin on the sidelines.
Richard Offiong is dropped to the bench, with Jordan McMillan, David Elebert, Jimmy Gibson and Kenny Deuchar coming in.
Hibs also suffered a pre-match blow with skipper Rob Jones absent. Alan O'Brien, John Rankin and Denes Rosa come in, with Jonatan Johansson and Joe Keenan demoted to substitute roles.
1934: And from Ibrox: One change in the Rangers line-up with diminutive teenager John Fleck replacing lofty giraffe-man Kyle Lafferty.
The Inverness starting XI shows two alterations from Saturday's match with Felipe Morais and Adam Rooney playing in place of Dougie Imrie and Eric
1932: Right here we go, let's hit the ground running with some news from Rugby Park: Danny Invincibile replaces Mehdi Taouil in the Kilmarnock starting line-up while Celtic make two changes: Georgios Samaras and Darren O'Dea coming for Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink and Lee Naylor.
1930: Good evening all! Are you sitting comfortably? Then let's begin...
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