Domestic football in Scotland returns this weekend following an unusually long international break that gave all 12 Premiership clubs extra time to regroup before the fixtures resume on Saturday.
Attention will fall on Rangers, who head into the restart on the back of six consecutive victories. Derek McInnes' side host Kilmarnock at Ibrox, where no visiting team has scored in the league since early August. The visitors arrive under Neil McCann in encouraging form of their own, having beaten Hibernian away from home and drawn with both Aberdeen and last season's runners-up Hearts before the break. The meeting brings together two former Rangers and Scotland team-mates in opposing dugouts, adding extra intrigue to the contest.
Elsewhere, Hibernian begin a new era under Dutch coach Marink Reedijk, who takes charge of his first match away to Dundee United at Tannadice. The 35-year-old joined late last month without the benefit of a transfer window and inherits a Hibs side sitting third bottom of the table, a point above Falkirk and two above Kilmarnock. Reedijk has pledged his team will play football that is