ALAN ARCHIBALD hopes to welcome back at least two of the trio of stars that missed Partick Thistle's defeat to Celtic when his side face Kilmarnock today.

Defensive duo Dan Seaborne and Frederic Frans and forward Christie Elliott were absent from the Jags squad at Parkhead as Archibald's side lost 1-0 to the Hoops.

Thistle face Killie this afternoon aiming to close the gap on the Rugby Park side and edge closer to a place in the Premiership top six.

Archibald said: "We are still waiting for a couple of the three that missed out the other night. We are hoping to have definitely one back out of the three, possibly two.

"Dan should definitely be back and we are still waiting for Freddy.

"We will give him every opportunity. It is his hamstring, so we will wait and see how he is."