• HAMILTON are buoyed by having opened a five-point lead at the top as they visit Dunfermline tonight before their showdown with second-top Dundee on Saturday.
Manager Billy Reid said: "The win at the weekend was very important psychologically."
Accies captain Alex Neill and James McArthur are available while Dunfermline manager Jim McIntyre is looking towards next season after fixing up Alex Burke, Nick Phinn and Calum Woods on new two- year deals.
Dundee v Livingston• DUNDEE welcome back on-loan Hibs striker Mickael Antoine-Curier and Colin McMenamin after the cup-tied pair missed the Scottish Cup defeat at Queen of the South. Gary McKenzie and Kevin McDonald, who were both banned, also return, but Paul McHale is suspended.
Manager Alex Rae, who had his players in for a training session on Sunday, said: "The league is our bread and butter and our target has to be the championship. What happened in the cup is over and done with."
Injury-hit Livingston await a check on Steven Craig, but Mark Tinkler is ruled out.
St Johnstone v Queen of South• ST JOHNSTONE manager Derek McInnes still has a lengthy injury list, but Kevin James could get a starting place tonight.
Meanwhile the Perth club yesterday arranged for their fixture with Clyde to be put back a week to Tuesday, 25 March as they will be on cup replay duty next week against St Mirren.
Queens manager Gordon Chisholm was checking out his squad yesterday after their cup win and will decide on his line-up today.
Partick Thistle v Stirling Albion• PARTICK Thistle will put 2,500 tickets for their Scottish Cup quarter-final clash with Rangers at Ibrox on sale before tonight's game.
John Robertson and Scott Chaplain are rated 50-50 to return this evening.
Stirling add Stewart Devine and Ross Forsyth but Ross Harris and Steven Bell are missing as they bid to keep alive their slim hopes of avoiding relegation.
Clyde v Morton• CLYDE have signed former Hearts teenager Paul McDonald. The 19-year-old left-sided midfielder was recently released by the Tynecastle club and has been training at Broadwood.
McDonald is added to the squad for tonight's crucial clash in the battle to avoid relegation. Morton, meanwhile, will be without Barry Smith, who is recovering from a knee operation.
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