A bright start for Motherwell.

Some smart play around the Celtic box results in a corner, which is cleared and promptly whipped back into the area.

If not for an Auston Trusty clearing header, Stephen O'Donnell was poised to nod at goal from close range.

Calvin Miller drills in a fine angled finish.

He's flagged off, but it's super tight.

The lines are drawn and Miller is a few inches in front of Hearts defender Harry Milne.

A huge sigh of relief at Tynecastle.

A fine stop from Hibs goalkeeper Raphael Sallinger inside the opening three minutes at Ibrox.

A bustling run from Mikey Moore earns Rangers a corner, from which Emmanuel Fernandez powers a header towards goal.

Sallinger beats it away and Hibs get up the park.

Falkirk have come flying out the blocks at Tynecastle and Hearts have hardly had a touch in the opening couple of minutes.

Alexander Schwolow has been called on to palm away two crosses already.

Martin Dowden
BBC Sport Scotland at Fir Park

Celtic know the stakes. Two wins for a title. Lose here and it could be gone.

The murmurings within Celtic's support seem to suggest many see this trip to Fir Park as the hardest part.

Only Falkirk, twice, have won at Fir Park all season but Celtic seem to be finding form at a perfect time.

Jen Berthel Askou has repeatedly stressed he has no interest in being a "kingmaker" for either Celtic or Hearts. A fourth-placed finish and European football can be sealed tonight. That would be a brilliant return.

Incredibly, Motherwell have only won one match since the last day of February, the stunning 3-2 win over Rangers at Ibrox. While that stat is surprising, it doesn't begin to tell the story of the test Celtic will face.

This will be nerve-jangling no doubt.

Away we go at Tynecastle and Fir Park.

Shortly before a suited James Tavernier walked out to bid Ibrox farewell, Rangers manager Danny Rohl explained the captain's absence from the matchday squad on his last home outing.

"He had a medical issue on Monday unfortunately and there was a question mark if he'd be available today," Rohl tells BBC Scotland.

"I made my decision he would not start today because he was not 100%. He stayed away from the team today."

Responding to rumours Tavernier had fallen out with Rohl, the German replied: "There was no conflict. Me as a manager has to make the decision for the starting line-up.

"It was very clear, I was honest with him to say he would get minutes today because he deserved a great goodbye - as a starter or a sub, it was my decision.

"It was my wish he played some minutes today."

Rohl adds he does not yet know if Tavernier will feature in the club's final match of the season at Falkirk on Saturday.

"The beginning of the week, there was a medical issue, he wanted to have an injection on Tuesday and I spoke with him and now he said he moved his injection to Thursday. I can't tell you more.

"It's a bit sad for all of us."

Motherwell manager Jens Berthel Askou tells BBC Scotland he takes any links regarding him or his players to elsewhere as a "positive sign" but wouldn't be drawn on reports he is linked with the Toulouse managerial role.

Motherwell insist they have received no approach for manager Jens Berthel Askou amid reports, external linking the Dane with French Ligue 1 side Toulouse.

"I would much rather speak about the game, so the answer will be very short, or as short as I can give it," Askou said.

"There has been many things written about this wonderful football club and what we have achieved, and also speculation and links about me and especially a lot of the players, which I all take as a positive sign that we are doing something right.

"That's all I can comment on or want to comment about that."

On tonight's game, he adds: "We are here to play a football game, a very, very important football game for us, and that's really exciting.

"Look, we missed out on an opportunity to go to Hampden because we weren't there on the night against St Mirren and play a final, then we missed a good opportunity as the draw turned out in the Scottish Cup to maybe go further because everything that could go wrong went wrong at Aberdeen that night.

"And this is kind of the closest we get to playing a final this season, so we are extremely excited about that."

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Celtic manager Martin O'Neill tells BBC Scotland: "We've got ourselves into a position now which looked pretty well impossible some weeks ago, so that's interesting, that's good for us.

"If you'd said to me that we're taking it down to the last two games of the season, I suppose after Tannadice, I would have taken that all day long.

"Given everything that is around you, given the pressure and things like here,P we want to try and play our natural game as much as possible.

"Now that's easier said than done, like everything else, there is this pressure, it's happened to teams ad infinitum at the end of all.

"But for us, it's to play with your heart, to play with your head, play with some discipline as well, I think that's important, particularly in this day and age, and I also think that if you can, adjust to what's happening during the course of the game."

On whether he needs to inspire his players this evening, he adds: "If they need geeing up now with two games to go, then they shouldn't be playing for Celtic."

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In a suit rather than a tracksuit, James Tavernier is out on the Ibrox pitch, along with club legend John Greig.

There's a tear in his eye as he waves his goodbyes after 11 years at the club.

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Falkirk boss John McGlynn tells BBC Sportsound: "We’re quite relaxed. We’ve still got a very long shot of winning two games and Hibs losing two for us to go back above them. It’s outwith our hands.

"But we’re delighted to be in this arena and on this occasion with both teams having it more or less within their hands to go and win the league.

"We have to put on a show here. It’s live on TV and will be seen by millions too.

"We've loved being back and I’m not being smart or big headed but I think we’ve been good for the league. We've had plaudits for thew way we’ve played and season ticket sales of 5700 suggest the fans were excited for the season. I think every one of them will have enjoyed it .

"We would have loved to make the Scottish Cup final, which wasn’t to be but regardless of what happens in the last two games we’ve had a great season."

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Hearts head coach Derek McInnes tells BBC Sportsound: "I'm looking forward to the game. Obviously it's eagerly anticipated as all the home games have been.

"I remember the first home game of the season here against Aberdeen and we wanted to be something, and to get the crowd involved. We were relentless that night.

"Now it’s the last home game of the season and we just ask the players for more of the same. Same approach, same commitment, same desire, get the crowd into it and hopefully get the same outcome as that game.

"Falkirk have a lot to play for and we expect a tough challenge. But we need to remind everyone to carry the emotions and just win the game. The crowd aren’t going to score goals for us and we have to do our work.

"The atmosphere is going to be special and we need to thrive on that."

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Lawrence Shankland has scored in four of those games and it was his flick that led to a Warren O'Hora own goal in a dramatic derby win over nine-man Hibs.

The captain has really stepped up for Hearts after his return from injury.

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Since picking up a sixth 1-0 home win of the season against Dundee, Hearts have conceded the first goal in their past five league outings.

They've hit back each time, picking up three victories and two draws.

Motherwell have come on leaps and bounds under Jens Berthel Askou, so maybe there's not a lot of mileage in examining the history of this fixture.

That 2-0 win in December was Motherwell's first in 21 home games against Celtic in all competitions.

It also happened to be Celtic's only loss in their past 37 meetings with the North Lanarkshire side.

Only one Premiership rival has managed to win at Fir Park this season.

That would be Falkirk - twice.

Motherwell season ticket holders have witnessed another 10 wins and six draws for their team.

Can't see these Hearts tops for smoke...

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Scott Brown
Former Hibs & Celtic midfielder on BBC Sportsound

If it was Hibs, I could see the bigger picture.

Hearts have done a fantastic job, but I do hope Celtic win it.

I'm not sure I could deal with my Jambo mates. I've never seen so many Hearts tops around Edinburgh - they're normally hiding.

It is good for Scottish football, but do I hope they do it? No.