St Mirren's victory in May means they have won on four of their past seven visits to Pittodrie and have lost just one of their latest seven meetings overall.

However, Craig McLeish's side arrive having lost four in a row, their latest two on the road without scoring.

With St Mirren's Ryan Carr having attempted more tackles than any player in the Premiership this season and Aberdeen's Afeez Aremu in second, we could be in for a dour midfield battle.

Former St Mirren and Clyde boss Danny Lennon will take charge of Dumbarton as interim manager for the first time following the sacking of Frank McKeown - the reaction to a Challenge Cup hammering by Lowland League side Clydebank.

Stirling Albion are the visitors, while leaders Stranraer visit fourth-placed Spartans.

Clyde are second on goal difference as they host bottom-placed Annan Athletic, while third-top Elgin City entertain Edinburgh City.

• Clyde v Annan Athletic
• Dumbarton v Stirling Albion
• Elgin City v Edinburgh City
• Kelty Hearts v Forfar Athletic
• Spartans v Stranraer

Aberdeen had gone four games without defeat until St Johnstone's visit on Sunday, but that was enough to start the grumbles again among a Dons support, many of whom are also not impressed by the style of play under the Northern Irishman.

That is because Stephen Robinson's side have now won just twice in seven outings - and one of those was after a penalty shootout.

His side have failed to score in each of their past three home league games and another would match a dismal run of four in 2012.

Two of them were against St Mirren, so it is perhaps not the time for Robinson to be facing his former club, who he has not beaten in three attempts and who have won the latest two - 2-0 home and away.

East Fife host Alloa Athletic in their first game since sacking veteran manager Dick Campbell after a run of eight games without a win.

Third-top leaders Ross County visit Queen of the South seeking an eighth win in a row, while Hamilton Academical, who are second on goal difference and seeking a 10th straight win, have a derby away to Airdrieonians, who are themselves now unbeaten in eight outings.

Third-top East Kilbride host Montrose, while Peterhead host Cove Rangers in a derby between the bottom two.

• Airdrieonians v Hamilton Academical
• East Fife v Alloa Athletic
• East Kilbride v Montrose
• Peterhead v Cove Rangers
• Queen of the South v Ross County

Falkirk manager John McGlynn explains that replacing Leon McCann with Scott Tanser, the Bairns' only change from last week's defeat to Dundee, is to bolster the defence by a few more inches.

"Apart from the goals in the last minute, we've been fairly satisfied with a lot of our of play," he tells BBC Scotland.

"We've been in every single game. We went close against Celtic and Rangers, we beat Hearts. We're not far away.

" We're losing goals from set-plays, so we just wanted to put a little more height into our defence to defend set plays.

"Leon [McCann] has done really, really well so it's not a matter of performance. Having someone taller in the team might help us at set plays; that seems to be where our Achilles heel is."

Motherwell manager Alfred Johansson explains his changes to BBC Scotland.

"Ibrahim Said did really well coming off the bench against Celtic, Tawanda Maswanhise has been looking good in training," he says.

"Hopefully we'll enjoy a good game, two teams that will be fighting for the points and a Motherwell side that hopefully comes out with a lot of aggression in the press and togetherness and brave and fearless to play forward on the ball.

"Kilmarnock got off to a tough start, results-wise and they've managed to flip that. It will be a tough and interesting game here."

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Dundee United manager Jim Goodwin tells BBC Scotland: "It’s always nice as a manager when you don’t have to change the side.

"The players have showed real consistency over the last couple of games with a couple of good results and defensively we look strong, so it is a straight forward team selection for me.

"There is always room for improvement and, as managers, we look for perfection.

"We can learn from the Hibs game, at times we looked open and it was dangerous, when we were in good attacking positions. Hibs counter attacked us two or three times in the game, so they are areas we are trying to tighten up.

"St Johnstone are a good side on a good run of form. We know what it’s like coming up and being promoted with confidence and a lot of momentum. I have a lot of respect for Simo Valakari."

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Hibs manager Marink Reedjijk tells BBC Scotland he wants Easter Road to be more of a fortress, starting today with his Leith debut.

"I'm very much looking forward to having the first game at Easter Road for myself and the staff as well," he says. "I'm looking forward to seeing where we're at as well compared to last week.

"It's important to win, but it's also important we show a certain braveness, front-foot defending, front-foot attacking and that we have an atmosphere in the stadium, which is like Easter Road has to be."

Despite club captain Martin Boyle regaining his place in the starting XI, Felix Passlack retains the armband for the visit of Falkirk, as he did at Tannadice last week.

"Felix did a very good job last week. I spoke with Martin about this, so we're going to continue in this way. At the moment, I see Felix as the captain on the pitch," Reejijk added.

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A controversial Oisin Smyth penalty kick last night handed Partick Thistle a win away to Ayr United that takes the Glasgow side to within a point of Stenhousemuir as the surprise leaders host third top Raith Rovers in the Championship's game of the day.

Dunfermline Athletic, who are unbeaten in five outings, and Livingston are seven points adrift of Rovers as they meet at East End Park along with Inverness Caledonian Thistle as they host Arbroath.

Greenock Morton, who secured their first win of the season last weekend, host Queen's Park in a meeting of the bottom two.

• Dunfermline Athletic v Livingston
• Greenock Morton v Queen's Park
• Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Arbroath
• Stenhousemuir v Raith Rovers

As he seeks his first win as Hibs manager, Marink Reedijk will be glad to see it is Falkirk heading to Easter Road given they are the only side without an away win in the Premiership this season and have not won in seven visits to Leith since August 2014.

Although the Bairns have lost on their past two, the previous five were draws and, while they have only won once in their past eight outings, John McGlynn's side have at least taken a point in the most recent two.

Hibs have themselves only won once in six games and their new Dutch boss will be looking to improve on an eight-game run without a clean sheet.

There are also problems at the other end too, for both sides, with Hibs and Falkirk in the division's bottom three for chance conversion rate.

St Johnstone manager Simo Valakari tells BBC Scotland: "We look at what gives us the best chance to be successful. Compared to last weekend, we went a different shape and now we are back at our default system back four.

"It brings different personalities, so that is the thinking process behind the changes.

"What I liked the most was we look comfortable being uncomfortable. Aberdeen maybe pushed us a bit deeper than we wanted to go, but the boys kept their head and were very active and well-connected during the game.

"We really need to be good today against a very good team. I'm very impressed at how United have been playing."

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Kilmarnock manager Neil McCann tells BBC Scotland: "I think every manager will say it's very early in the season to get upset about league positions.

"I'm aware of where we are, but I think of late the performances have been excellent.

"I don't want to be a well-run team and come away with nothing. We lost at Ibrox, but the manner of performance was very pleasing.

"We need to take our chances and today gives us another chance to do that. Motherwell are a team that have struggled for results of late, but I think the elements of their performances have been there, much like ourselves."

Aberdeen head coach Stephen Robinson tells BBC Scotland: "[Winning] That's the only thing that does change the narrative - so it's vitally important we get a win today.

"We dominated the game last week, nearly 600 passes, but we didn't have an end product to our game.

"We've tried to work on that this people, people taking the positive decision rather than the negative decision. When you do that, you get the crowd on your side and it's easier to play football."

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St Mirren manager Craig McLeish tells BBC Scotland his side need to be harder to break down after shipping eight goals in their last two games.

"We need to get back to basics a little bit and remember what got us some positive results early on," McLeish says.

"It's about being really difficult to play against and not losing our identity - we know the football part is there and that will come.

"We can't forget the defensive side of it and the aggression and grittyness you need to show at tough venues like Tynecastle and Pittodrie."

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Despite conceding late to go down at home to Dundee last week, it's virtually as you were from the Bairns boss John McGlynn.

The only change is at left-back, where Scott Tanser replaces Leon McCann.

The last time Falkirk won at Easter Road? A certain BBC Scotland football analyst called Rory Loy got the only goal of the game in the Championship in August 2014.

After last week's 5-0 drubbing by Hearts, St Mirren manager Craig McLeish makes three changes.

Centre-back Marcus Fraser is fit to captain the Buddies from the start again and replaces Henry Fieldson.

Luke Thomas Makes his first league start on the wing, as Chris Mochrie drops to the bench.

Killian Phillips shifts back into midfield and Eseola Sule starts up front amid the absence of injured striker Nikolas Agrafiotis.

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Kilmarnock have made just one change to the side that started the 3-1 defeat by Rangers last weekend as Bailey Rice replaces Aaron Tshibola in midfield.

Goalkeeper Nico Mantl, previously of Arouca and who signed this week, is on the bench.

Despite struggling with a hamstring strain, Kevin Nisbet has been passed fit to start up front for Aberdeen.

Stephen Robinson looks to have switched from 5-3-2 to 4-3-3 amid four personnel changes to his team from the loss to St Johnstone.

Jack Milne, Gavin Molloy, Findlay Marshall and Ayoub Mouloua drop out.

Lewis Mayo comes into defence, Afeez Aremu is in midfield, while Lewis Smith and Toyosi Olusanya are on the wings.

It's a big day for Marink Reedijk, the news Hibs manager: his first match at his new Easter Road home.

He makes three changes from the side that lost away to Dundee United last week: wing-back Adam Mayor, midfielder Azeem Abdulai and forward Martin Boyle come in for Jack Iredale, Callum Wright and Ante Suto respectively.

New signing Rabbi Matondo, the former Rangers and Brann winger, is on the bench once again.

Although St Johnstone picked up three points at Pittodrie last Sunday, manager Simo Valakari changes three players and drafts defender Cheick Diabate back in on his return from suspension.

Winger Taylor Steven returns to the line-up along with midfielder Joel Cotterill.

Matty Foulds, Matty Todd and Ruari Paton move to the bench.

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