First half-chance goes to the visitors as a long throw-in from Cammy Kerr is headed clear but only as far as Babacar Fati, whose ambitious volley from outside the box flies wide.

The masked figure of Yan Dhanda sets Dundee off on a move that ends with Tony Yogane slipping at the vital moment as he tries to get in a cross but the visitors soon win a free-kick.

Up steps Dhanda and his delivery is cleared.

Two decent opportunities to put pressure on the Kilmarnock defence passed up.

Pretty decent start for the Dons, with a fair bit of the ball and a couple of half chances.

Shamal George can only palm a stinging shot from Celtic captain Callum McGregor straight to Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, who volleys home wonderfully - but he had strayed just offside.

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The Well defence get in a bit of a mess going for a high ball and the hosts immediately go close.

Lawrence Shankland pounces, but the striker's stabbed effort goes across the unguarded goal and wide from the edge of the penalty box.

Celtic's top scorer Benjamin Nygren is denied from close range by a sliding Miguel Freckleton, with goalkeeper Shamal George stranded.

Ah, an offside would have ruled that out in any case.

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Hearts 0-0 Motherwell

Hearts boss Derek McInnes promised his players would be aggressive and there is immediately a strong challenge that leaves Well forward Tawanda Maswanhise nursing a sore shin.

We're up and running at Celtic Park. The others won't be far behind.

Hibs head coach David Gray tells BBC Scotland: "Today is a very different game [from last week's win over Kilmarnock], a very difficult place to come.

"The team that starts is never the team that finishes but I thought, from what we saw, the players that started last week deserved to go again.

"There's 38 games in this league, it is the business end of the season and last week was a massive week for us in terms of getting ourselves back amongst it and three points behind Motherwell.

"There's six cup finals to go but I fully expect there to be changes because the league is so competitive. Everybody has got something to play for but all we can do is control the controllables.

"We need to make sure we concentrate on ourselves. We did it earlier in the season, came here and got three points. It's not been done back to back for a Hibs team for a while so we want to try and create history in that sense as well."

Aberdeen head coach Stephen Robinson tells BBC Scotland: "Probably reflective of the second half performance against St Mirren.

"Dimitar Mitov comes for more balls than any goalkeeper in the league and we're going to need that in these last games because a lot of things are decided on set plays which we haven't been good enough on.

"There's no hiding away from it it's a huge game. Getting three points today won't make us safe but it's a step towards that and would give us confidence. Every point that we can gather between now and the end of the season is vital.

"Everybody likes to criticise, some of it is vindicated, but you have to rise above it. We shouldn't be in the situation we are, there aren't going to be many pleasantries and you have to rise above that. We've tried to preach to the players not to read that and to just focus on each other.

"David has done a tremendous job, they've recruited really well which is something we need to look at going forward.

"We're at home and we should be able to match them today."

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Kilmarnock manager Neil McCann tells BBC Scotland: "Stakes are high every week when we get to this stage of the season. We've been really good at home. Huge crowd today.

"Since the last game that we played Dundee here in the cup, I said that Dundee have improved. I believe we've improved today. It's a tough game today.

"We need to start the game fast today. We are actually determined to get after Dundee today."

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Celtic manager Martin O'Neill says fitness concerns around Kelechi Iheanacho is the reason the striker doesn't start this afternoon.

"It's as much to do with fitness as anything else," O'Neill said.

"He came on [last week] and made a big, big difference to us. It was a case of maybe if he started he wouldn't last the game so Tomas Cvancara stays at centre forward. At least we know of the substitutions we have, they can make a difference as well.

"This is a massive test for us. We come off a decent win against Dundee. St Mirren are flying high, have turned themselves round. The games we've had against St Mirren have been really difficult but I don't think I need to pronounce that to the team.

"If I thought I was going to win the game in the 93rd minute I'd take it. Against Dundee we should have scored more goals in the first half, I felt it might come back to haunt us which it did do, but we did remarkably well to stick at it and win the game. Today might be exactly the same. If we have to wait until the 97th minute to win, I'll take it all day long.

"I felt [at Tannadice] it was the first time we didn't show the real desire. We haven't had, for some considerable time, any room for error. We went to Dundee two weeks later and got the three points, I'm hoping that carries us in to today."

Hearts head coach Derek McInnes is determined his side will still be top of the table going into the Premiership split.

"Obviously we are at home and have to try to force the issue," he tells BBC Scotland.

"We have to recognise the strength of the opposition and Motherwell are a team who want you to come on to them.

"For us, it is all about good decision making, but there is no doubt we have to be aggressive and impose ourselves on it.

"If you give Motherwell space to work, they can do that. It is important that, while we respect how Motherwell want to play, we need to be ourselves. It is not just about stopping Motherwell play."

McInnes admits that there are bound to be nerves given the three-team title race and Rangers and Celtic narrowing the gap but points out his side would have taken a one-point lead at the start of the season.

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Motherwell manager Jens Berthel Askou agrees that the 3-3 draw at Tynecastle in August, when the hosts came from 3-0 down, was significant for both sides.

"It was obviously a very exciting day," he tells BBC Scotland. "If it was a sign of what was to come for both teams, it sure turned out to be something promising.

"Hopefully we will have learned, if we are on top, how to deal with that. But Hearts have been very good at home and hopefully it is our turn to do it today."

Asked about Well's recent downturn in form, he adds: "It is has not been that far off that we can't find it again. We need to stay brave and stick to our identity as that's what got us here."

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Celtic have had the most shots (543) and faced the fewest (298) of any side in the Scottish Premiership this season.

And yet they trail Hearts and Rangers on points and on goal difference.

The number nine position has been a real problem for the champions.

Livingston have gone a scarcely believable 30 games without a league win, but they are going down swinging.

Marvin Bartley's side have drawn five of their past six outings, holding Hearts, Rangers and Hibs in that run.

It came too late to make the top six but Dundee United have hit a bit of form.

They will still be wondering how they didn't win the derby at Dens Park and followed that 2-2 draw with a second home win over Celtic this season.

Jim Goodwin's side gave Rangers a few problems at Ibrox last time and hit the post just moments before a late breakaway made it 4-2 to the hosts.

Against the league's bottom side, they are aiming for three home league wins in a row for the first time since October 2021.

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Dundee have suffered narrow losses to Hearts and Celtic, but haven't gone more than two matches without taking something since a four-game slump in October - November.

Much-improved home form has given Kilmarnock a decent shot at avoiding the play-off, with four wins from their past five games at Rugby Park.

Dundee did win on their most recent trip to this part of Ayrshire though, grabbing a late goal in January's Scottish Cup tie.

Motherwell are winless in four games now, losing three of those, and were rather sloppy at the back in last weekend's 3-2 home loss to Falkirk.

They have conceded eight goals in that run, as many as they did in their prior 21 outings.

Can the Steelmen rediscover their steel?