Scottish Premiership opening weekend match previews, workforce data, reside on Sky Sports activities actions

Crew data and stats for the opening spherical of the Scottish Premiership, as Celtic start their title defence reside on Sky Sports activities actions.

Livingston vs Rangers – Saturday, 12pm, live on Sky Sports Football

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• Every of the sooner MD1 top-flight conferences between Livingston and Rangers observed the Gers run out 3-0 winners, in 2005-06 and ultimate season. That’s the main time Rangers have confronted the an identical side on MD1 in back-to-back top-flight campaigns since meeting Falkirk in every 2008-09 and 2009-10.
• Rangers have acquired 11 of their ultimate 12 league conferences with Livingston (D1) since a 1-0 defeat in September 2018.
• Livingston’s ultimate win on MD1 of a top-flight season acquired right here once more in 2004-05, dropping 4 of 5 such matches since (D1).
• Rangers are unbeaten on MD1 of their ultimate 19 top-flight seasons (W14 D5) since a 1-2 loss to Hearts in 1998-99.
• Solely in opposition to St. Johnstone (9) does Rangers’ James Tavernier have additional Scottish Premiership assists than he does in opposition to Livingston (six). The acceptable-back has assisted 4 of Rangers’ ultimate seven league targets in opposition to Livingston.

How one can watch: Watch Livingston vs Rangers reside on Sky Sports activities actions Soccer from 11am; Kick-off 12pm. Adjust to the movement with our devoted reside match weblog, along with in-game clips, with free match highlights printed on the Sky Sports activities actions website, app and YouTube channel later that evening.

Hearts vs Ross County – Saturday, 3pm

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• Hearts have misplaced merely one among their ultimate 19 Scottish Premiership matches in opposition to Ross County (W7 D11), a 0-1 dwelling reverse in March 2017 beneath Ian Cathro.
• Ten of the ultimate 13 Scottish Premiership video video games between Hearts and Ross County have been drawn (two Hearts wins, one Ross County win), along with seven of the ultimate eight.
• Hearts beat Celtic 2-1 on MD1 of ultimate season; they ultimate acquired on the opening day of back-to-back top-flight campaigns in a run of 4 seasons from 2003-04 to 2006-07.
• Ross County have acquired three of their ultimate 4 MD1 matches throughout the Scottish Premiership (D1), holding a transparent sheet in each of their ultimate three.
• Every Hearts and Ross County ended the 2021-22 season with defeats in each of their ultimate three league video video games, the longest ongoing dropping runs of any current Scottish Premiership golf tools.

How one can adjust to: Free match highlights is likely to be printed on the Sky Sports activities actions website, app and YouTube channel later that evening.

Kilmarnock vs Dundee Utd – Saturday, 3pm

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• Kilmarnock and Dundee United ultimate met on MD1 of a top-flight advertising marketing campaign in 2011-12, a 1-1 draw via which Danny Swanson’s equaliser for the Tangerines cancelled out Rory McKeown’s opener for Killie.
• Dundee United have solely acquired one among their ultimate seven Scottish Premiership away video video games at Kilmarnock (D2 L4), a 4-2 win in May 2016 beneath Gordon Youthful.
• Given that start of the 2015-16 season, solely considered one of many 9 newly promoted golf tools throughout the Scottish Premiership has misplaced their first match of the advertising marketing campaign (W5 D3), with Livingston struggling a 1-3 defeat at Celtic in 2018-19.
• Dundee United are winless of their ultimate three opening day video video games to a Scottish Premiership season (D1 L2), ultimate worthwhile in 2014-15 (3-0 v Aberdeen).
• Kilmarnock supervisor Derek McInnes has solely misplaced twice in 11 MD1 matches as a supervisor throughout the Scottish top-flight (W4 D5), although a kind of two defeats was his ultimate such match with Aberdeen in 2020-21 (0-1 v Rangers)

How one can adjust to: Free match highlights is likely to be printed on the Sky Sports activities actions website, app and YouTube channel later that evening.

St Johnstone vs Hibernian – Saturday, 3pm

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• St. Johnstone have solely acquired two of their ultimate 11 league conferences with Hibernian (D3 L6), and are winless of their ultimate 4 (D1 L3) since a 1-0 victory in May 2021.
• Hibernian have acquired 4 of their ultimate 5 Scottish Premiership away video video games at St. Johnstone (L1), higher than that that they had of their earlier 13 top-flight visits to the Saints beforehand (W3 D5 L5).
• St. Johnstone are winless on their opening recreation of each of the ultimate 4 league seasons (D2 L2), although this dwelling match ends a run of 5 consecutive MD1 matches away from dwelling for the Saints.
• Hibernian have acquired on the opening day of each of their 5 Scottish Premiership seasons since their promotion in 2017.
• St. Johnstone’s Jamie Murphy has scored additional league targets in Scotland’s top-flight in opposition to former membership Hibernian than he has versus each different opponent, scoring eight targets in 18 such appearances in opposition to Hibs. Murphy solely scored three targets in 37 Scottish Premiership appearances as a Hibs participant.

How one can adjust to: Free match highlights is likely to be printed on the Sky Sports activities actions website, app and YouTube channel later that evening.

St Mirren vs Motherwell – Sunday, 3pm

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• St. Mirren’s ultimate Scottish Premiership win at dwelling to Motherwell acquired right here once more in May 2015 beneath Gary Teale, with the Buddies winless in all six of their dwelling league video video games in opposition to the Steelmen since their promotion in 2018 (D3 L3).
• Motherwell are unbeaten of their ultimate six Scottish Premiership conferences with St. Mirren (W2 D4) since a 1-0 defeat in December 2020.
• St. Mirren have acquired every of their ultimate two MD1 matches when carried out at dwelling throughout the Scottish top-flight, wins over Dundee in 2018-19 and Livingston in 2020-21.
• Motherwell have misplaced on the opening day in 4 of their ultimate 5 league seasons (D1), ultimate worthwhile on MD1 in 2016-17 at Kilmarnock (2-1).
• This is likely to be St. Mirren boss Steve Robinson’s 100 and fiftieth Scottish Premiership match as a supervisor, with 137 of those coming answerable for Motherwell (W50 D26 L61). Robinson misplaced his first and solely earlier league match in opposition to the Steelmen answerable for St. Mirren 4-2 in April of ultimate season.

How one can adjust to: Free match highlights is likely to be printed on the Sky Sports activities actions website, app and YouTube channel later that evening.

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

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• Celtic are unbeaten of their ultimate 17 conferences with Aberdeen in all competitions (W14 D3) since a 0-1 league defeat on the last word day of the 2017-18 season.
• Aberdeen have solely acquired one among their six earlier MD1 league matches in opposition to Celtic (D1 L4), with that victory coming in 1935 (3-1).
• Celtic misplaced 1-2 to Hearts on their opening match of ultimate season’s Scottish Premiership; they haven’t misplaced back-to-back video video games on MD1 of a league season since doing so throughout the 1946-47 and 1947-48 campaigns beneath Jimmy McGrory.
• Aberdeen will face the reigning Scottish champions on MD1 of a league season for the first time since 2012-13, moreover in opposition to Celtic, after they misplaced 1-0 after a winner from Kris Commons.
• When starting a league advertising marketing campaign at dwelling on MD1, Celtic have solely misplaced two of 62 earlier matches (W53 D7), every defeats to Morton (now Greenock Morton) in 1946-47 and 1950-51.

How one can watch: Watch Celtic vs Aberdeen reside on Sky Sports activities actions Soccer from 3.30pm; Kick-off 4.30pm. Adjust to the movement with our devoted reside match weblog, along with in-game clips, with free match highlights printed on the Sky Sports activities actions website, app and YouTube channel later that evening.