The visitors go into the match without several key first-team members due to a spate of recent injuries and call-offs.
Callum McGregor is absent through injury having picked up a knock in training. The captain doesn’t miss many games and his loss could be keenly felt.
There’s also issues further forward after it was revealed Liel Abada will sit out due to Jewish holiday Yom Kippur. He joined James Forrest on the absentee list, which left the manager with a headache of who to pick on the right of the front three.
Greek striker Giorgos Giakoumakis still isn’t fit enough to start which, along with Kyogo Furuhashi’s injury, leaves limited options at striker.
And at left-back there is the recent loss of Greg Taylor to injury.
The substitutes are: Barkas, Bain, Scales, McCarthy, Urhoghide, Shaw, Murray, Henderson, Welsh.
And the starting XI is...

5. DC - Carl Starfelt
Stephen Welsh was harshly dropped at the weekend but Starfelt put in a confident performance and keeps his place as a result. Photo: Ross MacDonald - SNS Group

6. DM - Ismaila Soro
Only real candidate to fill in at the defensive-midfield position after the loss of McGregor. Photo: Alan Harvey - SNS Group

7. MC - Tom Rogic
The Australian gets the nod ahead of James McCarthy. Photo: Ross MacDonald - SNS Group

8. MC - David Turnbull
No surprises to see the Scottish international in from the start. Photo: Ross MacDonald - SNS Group

