Scottish Premiership picks: Edinburgh derby, St Mirren duo & Kettlewell in focus

Scottish football has had to wait until late October for the first Edinburgh derby of the season and, as ever, there’s a lot going on in the capital.

Hibernian replaced Heart of Midlothian as the Premiership’s bottom side last weekend after a lead away to Dundee United turned into a late defeat.

Meanwhile, back in Edinburgh, Hearts were recording their first league win of the season in Neil Critchley’s first match in charge.

They followed that up with a solid midweek Conference League win over Omonia Nicosia – making it two wins out of two in that competition for the Tynecastle side.

Critchley could further endear himself to supporters and put some daylight between Hearts and their city rivals with victory at Easter Road.

In the opposing dugout, Hibs head coach David Gray is aiming to avoid a fourth straight defeat. His side have been on target in two of those games, but keeping clean sheets is becoming more and more elusive.

A fascinating contest awaits.