DUNDEE V ABERDEEN

Dens Park

Friday, 7.45pm

BT Sport 1

Aberdeen

Aberdeen striker Jayden Stockley is suspended for Friday's Ladbrokes Premiership encounter at Dundee.

Mark Reynolds remains out following hernia surgery but Derek McInnes says he has no fresh injury problems.

The second-placed Dons have won their last three games in all competitions and currently trail league leaders Celtic by 25 points.

Provisional squad: Lewis, Logan, Taylor, O'Connor, Considine, Shinnie, Jack, McLean, Christie, McGinn, Rooney, Pawlett, Hayes, Storey, Wright, McLennan, Ross, Alexander.

Dundee

Defender Kosta Gadzhalov is out of Dundee's Ladbrokes Premiership clash with Aberdeen at Dens Park on Friday night with a calf injury.

Canada striker Marcus Haber is a doubt with a knock which kept him out of the friendly game against Scotland last week.

James McPake (knee) and fellow centre-back Julen Etxabeguren (Achilles) are out for the rest of the season.

Provisional squad: Bain, Kerr, Holt, Gomis, O'Dea, Hateley, Vincent, McGowan, O'Hara, Ojamaa, Haber, Wighton, Williams, El Bakhtaoui, Ross, Klok, Mitchell, Ferie.

RANGERS V MOTHERWELL

Ibrox

Saturday, 3pm

Rangers

Rangers skipper Lee Wallace and midfielder Andy Halliday have both been passed fit to face Motherwell at Ibrox on Saturday.

Left-back Wallace has shaken off the stomach injury he picked up during Scotland's friendly clash with Canada last week, while Halliday has recovered from the hamstring strain which saw him miss this month's Old Firm clash and new boss Pedro Caixinha's first game in charge against Hamilton.

Rob Kiernan also returns from suspension but fellow defender James Tavernier is out as he serves his own ban, while injured midfielders Jordan Rossiter (calf) and Niko Kranjcar (knee) remain on the sidelines.

Provisional squad: Foderingham, Hodson, Kiernan, Wallace, Hill, Wilson, Halliday, Toral, Hyndman, Holt, Miller, Waghorn, McKay, O'Halloran, Dodoo, Windass, Forrester, Garner, Senderos, Alnwick.

Motherwell

Motherwell are hopeful that Stephen Pearson will shake off a knock to face Rangers in the Ladbrokes Premiership.

The midfielder did not train for most of the international break but was back on the pitch with his team-mates on Thursday.

Ben Heneghan returns from suspension and Zak Jules has overcome concussion but fellow defenders Stephen McManus and Richard Tait remain out following groin surgery.

Provisional squad: Samson, Ferguson, Heneghan, Jules, Hammell, Chalmers, Lasley, Clay, Pearson, Cadden, Frear, McDonald, Moult, Bowman, Ainsworth, Lucas, Campbell, Hastie, Maguire, Blyth, Griffiths.

PARTICK THISTLE V ROSS COUNTY

Firhill

Saturday, 3pm

Partick Thistle

Partick Thistle boss Alan Archibald has a much healthier squad available for the Ladbrokes Premiership clash with Ross County following the international break.

The break allowed the Jags' bumps and bruises to clear up ahead of the visit of the Staggies on Saturday.

Long-term injured Stuart Bannigan and Gary Fraser (both knee) and Jason Banton (groin) remain out.

Provisional squad: Cerny, Dumbuya, Booth, Keown, Devine, Lindsay, Elliott, Barton, Osman, Erskine, Amoo, Doolan, Azeez, Lawless, Edwards, Nesbit, McCarthy, Ridgers.

Ross County

Jim McIntyre's injury-hit Ross County squad could be boosted by the return of four players for Saturday's Ladbrokes Premiership trip to Partick Thistle.

Goalkeeper Scott Fox (back), defenders Paul Quinn (hamstring) and Jay McEveley (knee), as well as midfielder Martin Woods (ankle) are all in contention to face the Jags after missing the Highland derby clash with Inverness a fortnight ago.

However, Tim Chow misses the Firhill visit through suspension, with Tony Dingwall (knee), Ian McShane (groin) and Chris Burke (illness) still unavailable.

Provisional squad: Fox, Naismith, Fraser, Van der Weg, Davies, McEveley, Quinn, Woods, Gardyne, Curran, Boyce, Dow, Franks, O'Brien, Morrison, Schalk, McLaughlin, Gobern, Lalkovic, Dykes, Tumilty, McCarey.

HAMILTON V ST JOHNSTONE

New Douglas Park

Saturday, 3pm

Hamilton

Hamilton's injury worries are easing ahead of Saturday's visit of St Johnstone.

Skipper Michael Devlin (calf), Alex D'Acol (ankle), Blair Adams (concussion) and Jesus Garcia Tena (knee) are all available for the Ladbrokes Premiership clash.

Darren Lyon (hip) and Louis Longridge (broken foot) remain out but are set to be back in action within a week.

Provisional squad: Woods, Gillespie, Sarris, Adams, McMann, Tena, Skondras, Seaborne, Devlin, Donati, MacKinnon, Imrie, Redmond, Crawford, Kurtaj, Bingham, Brophy, Watson, Hughes, D'Acol, Tierney, Breslin, Docherty, Boyd, Cunningham, Matthews.

St Johnstone

St Johnstone boss Tommy Wright will give three of his Perth players time to prove their fitness ahead of Saturday's Ladbrokes Premiership trip to Hamilton.

Skipper Steven Anderson (hamstring), goalkeeper Zander Clark (hip) and midfielder David Wotherspoon (thigh) will all be included in the Northern Irishman's squad so long as they do not suffer any late flare-ups.

However, striker Steven MacLean will not be risked on the plastic SuperSeal Stadium pitch while Keith Watson has undergone surgery on his knee complaint. Long-term absentees Ally Gilchrist (groin) and Chris Kane (knee) remain on the sidelines.

Provisional squad: Clark, Foster, Scobbie, Shaughnessy, Anderson, Easton, Alston, Coulson, Paton, Millar, Wotherspoon, Craig, Swanson, Cummins, Jardine, Davidson, Gordon, Thomson, Hunter, Comrie, Smith, Mannus.

INVERNESS V KILMARNOCK

Caledonian Stadium

Saturday, 3pm

Inverness

Inverness were hit with fresh injury blows ahead of their Ladbrokes Premiership game against Kilmarnock.

Iain Vigurs faces six weeks on the sidelines with torn ankle ligaments while Carl Tremarco (knee) is out for two to three weeks.

Jake Mulraney could return from a hamstring injury but Aaron Doran and Josh Meekings (both knee) remain absent. Lewis Horner (knee) and Ryan Esson (groin) are battling to come back from injuries.

Provisional squad: Fon Williams, Raven, Laing, Brad McKay, McCart, Warren, King, Draper, Mulraney, Tansey, Cole, Billy McKay, Polworth, Boden, Anier, Ebbe, Fisher, Gilchrist, McNaughton, Hoban, Horner, Esson.

Kilmarnock

Defender Luke Hendrie is suspended for Kilmarnock's trip to Inverness on Saturday.

The 22-year-old, on loan from Burnley, has gone over the disciplinary points threshold.

Captain Steven Smith is doubtful with a calf problem and Greg Kiltie is still catching up on fitness after a long-term hamstring injury, while Dapo Kayode (hamstring) remains out.

Provisional squad: Woodman, Taylor, Ajer, Addison, Osborne, S Boyd, Wilson, Longstaff, McFadzean, M Smith, S Smith, Jones, Kiltie, Dicker, McKenzie, Frizzell, Hawkshaw, K Boyd, Sammon, Tyson, Umerah, Roberts, Cobain, Morrison, Webb, MacDonald.

HEARTS V CELTIC

Tynecastle

Sunday, 12.30pm

Sky Sports 2

Hearts

Hearts defender Aaron Hughes is still not ready for a comeback for the visit of Ladbrokes Premiership leaders Celtic.

The Northern Ireland international has sat out four games with a calf injury and head coach Ian Cathro revealed he was "still managing a complicated muscle situation".

Long-term injury victims John Souttar (Achilles) and Callum Paterson (knee) remain on the sidelines.

Provisional squad: Hamilton, Smith, Struna, Sowah, Rherras, Avlonitis, Nowak, Tziolis, Kitchen, Djoum, Martin, Nicholson, Walker, Goncalves, Johnsen, Cowie, Oshaniwa, Beith, Bikey, Currie, Choulay, Noring.

Celtic

Midfielder Tom Rogic continues to make a good recovery from his ankle injury but will not make Celtic's Ladbrokes Premiership clash against Hearts at Tynecastle on Sunday.

Boss Brendan Rodgers is pleased with the progress made by the Australia midfielder who has been out since December but will monitor him over the next week or so.

Rodgers will assess a few players who returned from the international break but insists there is nothing too concerning.

Provisional squad: Gordon, Lustig, Tierney, Gamboa, Izaguirre, Toure, Boyata, Sviatchenko, Simunovic, Forrest, Sinclair, Armstrong, Brown, Bitton, Roberts, Griffiths, Dembele, McGregor, Mackay-Steven, Bailly.