Scottish Premiership: Philippe Clement's Rangers debut vs Hibs, Celtic's trip to Hearts among games to look out for
Hibernian visit Philippe Clement's Rangers and Kilmarnock play Livingston on Saturday; Aberdeen vs Dundee, Ross County vs St Mirren and St Johnstone vs Motherwell off due to Storm Babet; Hearts welcome leaders Celtic to Tynecastle Park on Sunday, live on Sky Sports
Saturday 21 October 2023 10:32, UK
The drama of the Scottish Premiership returns after the international break with a big game live on Sky Sports and a managerial debut on the horizon.
Philippe Clement will take to the Ibrox dugout for the first time as his Rangers side face Hibernian on Saturday, meanwhile, Livingston head to Kilmarnock.
However, matches between St Johnstone and Motherwell, Ross County vs St Mirren plus Dundee's trip to Aberdeen are off due to Storm Babet.
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On Sunday, after a lunchtime Old Firm clash in the SWPL, the Sky Sports cameras then head to Tynecastle Park for part two of our Scottish double-header, as Brendan Rodgers' Celtic face Hearts...
Rangers vs Hibernian
Philippe Clement will take charge of his first game as Rangers boss on Saturday as Hibernian visit Ibrox.
Five of the club's previous six managers have won their opening league game - with Dick Advocaat the last permanent boss to lose a first top-flight game in 1998.
Rangers - who will welcome Todd Cantwell and Danilo back from injury - trail their rivals Celtic by seven points.
Hibernian, who have lost each of their last eight league visits to Ibrox, do go into this one in fine form.
Nick Montgomery's side are unbeaten in five league games, keeping three clean sheets while also scoring twice in four of them.
Kilmarnock vs Livingston
Livingston head to Rugby Park knowing they could pick up back-to-back league wins for the first time since January of last season, after beating Motherwell 2-0 before the international break.
David Martindale's side have also won five of their last six league meetings against Kilmarnock and could welcome back Danny Lloyd, Cristian Montano and Mikey Devlin.
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Meanwhile, Derek McInnes' Kilmarnock go into this game on a run of seven games without a league win - the second longest in the top flight, with only bottom-club St Johnstone in a worse run of form.
Killie have however shown they can get big wins at home when it matters - with their last coming on the opening day of the season against Rangers.
Hearts vs Celtic - live on Sky Sports
On Sunday, after Celtic host Rangers in the SWPL, the second of our Scottish double-header live on Sky Sports is at Tynecastle Park.
Steven Naismith's Hearts - who have lost each of their last nine meetings against Celtic - welcome Brendan Rodgers' side to Edinburgh.
Lawrence Shankland - who has previously impressed in this fixture - will be hoping to kick-start his season having scored just one goal this season.
Rodgers - who was named manager of the month - meanwhile welcomes back Daizen Maeda who missed Japan's games due to injury.
Just 632 away fans will be at Tynecastle Park as Hearts give more tickets to their fans - a decision backed by Naismith but frowned upon by Rodgers.
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