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Scottish Premiership opening weekend match previews, team news, live on Sky Sports

Watch Aberdeen's trip to champions Celtic on Sunday at 4.30pm, live on Sky Sports Football; Sky Sports is the only broadcaster showing live top-flight Scottish football, with up to 48 live games; free highlights available on our website and social media channels

Saturday 30 July 2022 16:26, UK

Team news and stats for the opening round of the Scottish Premiership, as Celtic start their title defence live on Sky Sports.

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Kris Boyd and Andy Walker look at how Aberdeen and Hibernian will get on during the new season.

St Mirren vs Motherwell - Sunday, 3pm

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  • St. Mirren's last Scottish Premiership win at home to Motherwell came back in May 2015 under Gary Teale, with the Buddies winless in all six of their home league games against the Steelmen since their promotion in 2018 (D3 L3).
  • Motherwell are unbeaten in their last six Scottish Premiership meetings with St. Mirren (W2 D4) since a 1-0 defeat in December 2020.
  • St. Mirren have won both of their last two MD1 matches when played at home in the Scottish top-flight, wins over Dundee in 2018-19 and Livingston in 2020-21.
  • Motherwell have lost on the opening day in four of their last five league seasons (D1), last winning on MD1 in 2016-17 at Kilmarnock (2-1).
  • This will be St. Mirren boss Steve Robinson's 150th Scottish Premiership match as a manager, with 137 of those coming in charge of Motherwell (W50 D26 L61). Robinson lost his first and only previous league match against the Steelmen in charge of St. Mirren 4-2 in April of last season.

How to follow: Free match highlights will be published on the Sky Sports website, app and YouTube channel later that evening.

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Motherwell boss Graham Alexander discusses pre-season preparations in Austria and looks ahead to the new campaign.

Celtic vs Aberdeen - Sunday, 4.30pm, live on Sky Sports Football

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Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou is demanding more from his squad as they look to defend the Scottish Premiership title and compete in the Champions League.
  • Celtic are unbeaten in their last 17 meetings with Aberdeen in all competitions (W14 D3) since a 0-1 league defeat on the final day of the 2017-18 season.
  • Aberdeen have only won one of their six previous MD1 league matches against Celtic (D1 L4), with that victory coming in 1935 (3-1).
  • Celtic lost 1-2 to Hearts on their opening match of last season's Scottish Premiership; they haven't lost back-to-back games on MD1 of a league season since doing so in the 1946-47 and 1947-48 campaigns under Jimmy McGrory.
  • Aberdeen will face the reigning Scottish champions on MD1 of a league season for the first time since 2012-13, also against Celtic, when they lost 1-0 after a winner from Kris Commons.
  • When starting a league campaign at home on MD1, Celtic have only lost two of 62 previous matches (W53 D7), both defeats to Morton (now Greenock Morton) in 1946-47 and 1950-51.

How to watch: Watch Celtic vs Aberdeen live on Sky Sports Football from 3.30pm; Kick-off 4.30pm. Follow the action with our dedicated live match blog, including in-game clips, with free match highlights published on the Sky Sports website, app and YouTube channel later that evening.

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