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Friday, March 4, 2011
St Johnstone v Hibernian Scottish Premier League Match on March 5
Venue: McDiarmid Park
Date: Saturday 5 March
Kick-off: 1500 GMT
Coverage: BBC Radio Scotland and BBC Sport website
St Johnstone are still without Michael Duberry for the visit of Hibernian in the Scottish Premier League.
The defender is expected to be out for up to four weeks with a groin injury, while Kevin Moon and Chris Millar also remain on the sidelines.
Striker Ricardo Vaz Te could make his Hibs debut, and on-loan Jakub Divis might make his first start in goal.
Graham Stack is out with a shoulder injury and Divis is vying for a place with Graeme Smith and Mark Brown.
St Johnstone manager Derek McInnes: "It's a big ask and they have done well lately. We know they are coming here with that added ingredient of confidence and belief, which is always important to any team.
"The fact that they are coming here on such good form makes them more difficult but we plan to be difficult opponents ourselves."
Hibernian manager Colin Calderwood: "We've got three away fixtures in a row - we started with a victory at Hamilton and we'll need to do it again.
"To keep up with the teams around about us we're going to have to win and that's the intention."
Teams:
St Johnstone (from): Enckelman, Grainger, MacKay, Anderson, Gartland, Morris, Adams, Craig, Invincibile, Reynolds, Davidson, MacDonald, Samuel, May, Maybury, Novikovas, Smith, Taylor.
Hibernian (from): Smith, Dickoh, Towell, Hanlon, Booth, Wotherspoon, Nish, Riordan, Rankin, Murray, Stevenson, Duffy, Trakys, Thornhill, Brown, Miller, Scott, Palsson, Sodje, Vaz Te, Divis.