Hibs are sticking with Nathan Lowe up top despite a barren run of nine games for the on-loan Stoke City striker.

The 20-year-old thought he's scored against Hearts on Thursday but that effort was rather harshly ruled out for an earlier infringement.

Can he break his Premiership duck today?

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Hearts are aiming to make it 10 successive home league victories today.

The last club outside Celtic and Rangers to do reach that mark were Aberdeen in November 2024.

Dundee manager Steven Pressley says his team changes are to provide freshness in a three-game week along with "a couple of tactical tweaks".

The former Hearts skipper adds: "We are still searching for our ideal way. We've had some really strong performances and we're working hard to find solutions.

"We need to get more control of the ball. Defensively, we've shown good strength but we haven't controlled games in the way we would like.

"When you come to places like Tynecastle you need to stand up to pressure but we also have to play without fear. We will need to do a lot of the basics very well and bring our own personality to the game."

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Hibs have enjoyed victories on both of their Premiership away days, beating Rangers and Dundee, 2-1 each time.

The Edinburgh side won their final two games on the road last season and are hoping to make it five in a row for the first time since November 2005.

Hearts head coach Wouter Vrancken tells BBC Scotland that the injured Blair Spittal will be missing "for more than a few weeks", so that will likely mean a change to the club's registered Conference League squad.

"It was a nice win," he says of Thursday's derby before adding "the next game is always the most important.

"This is top football, you can't stay with the emotions of one game You need to be ready to go again."

These two last met in Perth in January 2025.

From the starting line-ups that day, only captains Jason Holt and Martin Boyle will be on the pitch for kick-off.

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After their opening day 4-3 win over Kilmarnock, St Johnstone are looking to win their first two home games of a Scottish Premiership season for the first time since 2017-18.

Three points would see them leapfrog the seventh-placed visitors too.

Hearts won all three of their league meetings with Dundee last season and are looking to win four in a row against the Dark Blues in the top-flight for the first time since October 2004.

Hibs make two changes with Adam Mayor and Miguel Chaiwa in for the injured Jordan Obita and the benched Callum Wright.

New loan signing Alex Williams is among the subs but there's still no sign of defender Marko Ivezic, who was also signed last week.

Simo Valakari has made two changes to the side that started midweek draw at Dens Park.

Matty Todd and Ruari Paton drop to the bench, Liam Smith and Josh Fowler, who scored the equaliser against Dundee, start.

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Dundee make four changes from the 1-1 draw at home to St Johnstone.

Drey Wright and Imari Samuels occupy the full-back slots, Finlay Robertson is in midfield and Bradley Fink is up front.

Bobby Wales, Joe Bevan, Brad Halliday and Idris Odutayo are the men making way.

Just the one change for Hearts from Thursday night, and an expected one.

Blair Spittal was seen in a moon boot at full-time, hobbling about the park on crutches, so he drops out and is replaced by Tomas Magnusson.

On the bench, Norwegian right-back Christian Borchgrevink makes a return after missing out on the squad for the derby.

New signings Aron Benjaminsen and Leart Kabashi are not involved.

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St Johnstone: Steward, Alic, Diabate, Mitchell, Smith, Steven, Holt, Stanton, McAlear, Gullan, Fowler.

Substitutes: Sinclair, Boyes, Foulds, Fotheringham, Schmidt, Tait, Todd, Cotterill, Paton.

Hibernian: Sallinger, Passlack, Kerr, Hanley, Mayor, Chaiwa, Devaney, Mulligan, McGrath, Boyle, Lowe.

Substitutes: Smith, Newell, Williams, Klidje, Cadden, Suto, Wright, Megwa, Abdulai.

Heart of Midlothian: Reus, Altena, McEntee, Finday, McCart, Magnusson, Mendy, Miller, McPake, Braga, Wilson.

Substitutes: Fulton, Williams, Kabore, Milne, Borchgrevink, Mato, Ba-Sy, Guendouz, Kerjota.

Dundee: Goodman, D Wright, Astley, O Bevan, Samuels, Finnigan, Robertson, Hamilton, Forrest, Westley, Fink.

Substitutes: O'Hara, Halliday, Odutayo, Wales Moorhouse, Besir, Reilly, J Wright, J Bevan

The Edinburgh sides are back in action after Hearts won Thursday's derby at Easter Road.

The men in maroon will be in good spirits as they host Dundee. Wouter Vrancken's side are building some positive momentum, having gone unbeaten in seven matches across all competitions.

Hibs have suffered two painful defeats in a row at home, blowing a golden chance to reach the Conference League before losing to their neighbours. They travel to St Johnstone looking to make it three league wins from three on the road this term.

Saints and Dundee drew on Wednesday and have both shown signs of promise at this early stage. The Tayside pair could end the day above the capital clubs.