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Friday 5th August 2016

Ladbrokes Premiership preview

Celtic go into the new season looking for their sixth title in a row while Rangers are back in the top flight and Aberdeen and Hearts will also hope to mount a challenge.

Celtic go into the new season looking for their sixth title in a row while Rangers are back in the top flight and Aberdeen and Hearts will also hope to mount a challenge.
 
Here's a look at the 12 Ladbrokes Premiership clubs ahead of Saturday's big kick-off...
 
Aberdeen
Manager: Derek McInnes
Last season: 2nd in Premiership
Ladbrokes title odds: 16/1
Opening game: St Johnstone (A)
Signings: Miles Storey (Swindon Town), Jayden Stockley (Bournemouth), Callum Morris (Dundee United), Joe Lewis (Cardiff City), Neil Alexander (Hearts), Anthony O'Connor (Burton Albion), Wes Burns (Bristol City, loan)
 
Celtic
Manager: Brendan Rodgers
Last season: Premiership champions
Ladbrokes title odds: 3/10
Opening game: Hearts (A)
Signings: Kristoffer Ajer (IK Start), Moussa Dembele (Fulham), Kolo Toure (Liverpool)
 
Dundee
Manager: Paul Hartley
Last season: 8th in Premiership
Ladbrokes title odds: 250/1
Opening game: Ross County (A)
Signings: Danny Williams (Inverness Caley Thistle), James Vincent (Inverness Caley Thistle), Yordi Teijsse (Quick Boys), Mark O'Hara (Kilmarnock), Michael Duffy (Celtic, loan), Faissal El Bakhtaoui (Dunfermline Athletic)
 
Hamilton Academical
Manager: Martin Canning
Last season: 10th in Premiership
Ladbrokes title odds: 1000/1
Opening game: Rangers (A)
Signings: Jordan McGregor (Hibernian), Jack Breslin (Celtic), Remi Matthews (Norwich City, loan), Massimo Donati (Bari), Gary Woods (Leyton Orient), Georgios Sarris (Kayseri Erciyesspor), Richard Roy (Defence Force FC)
 
Heart of Midlothian
Manager: Robbie Neilson
Last season: 3rd in Premiership
Ladbrokes title odds: 33/1
Opening game: Celtic (H)
Signings: Robbie Muirhead (Dundee United), Conor Sammon (Derby County), Faycal Rherras (St Truiden), Paul Gallacher (Partick Thistle), Viktor Noring (Lyngby BK), Tony Watt (Charlton Athletic, loan), Bjorn Johnsen (Litex Lovech)
 
Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Manager: Richie Foran
Last season: 7th in Premiership
Ladbrokes title odds: 500/1
Opening game: Partick Thistle (A)
Signings: Scott Boden (Newport County), Jake Mulraney (Queens Park Rangers), Billy King (Heart of Midlothian, loan), Kevin McNaughton (Wigan Athletic)
 
Kilmarnock
Manager: Lee Clark
Last season: 11th in Premiership
Ladbrokes title odds: 1,000/1
Opening game: Motherwell (H)
Signings: Jamie Cobain (Newcastle United), Souleymane Coulibaly (Peterborough United), Jordan Jones (Middlesbrough),Callum McFadzean (Sheffield United), Martin Smith (Sunderland), Joshua Webb (Aston Villa), Flo Bojaj (Huddersfield Town, loan), Will Boyle (Huddersfield Town, loan), Oliver Davies (Swansea City, loan), Mark Waddington (Stoke City, loan), Jonathan Burn (Middlesbrough, loan)
 
Motherwell
Manager: Mark McGhee
Last season: 5th in Premiership
Ladbrokes title odds: 250/1
Opening game: Kilmarnock (A)
Signings: Ben Heneghan (Chester), Richard Tait (Grimsby Town), Jacob Blyth (Leicester City), Dean Brill (Inverness Caley Thistle), Carl McHugh (Plymouth Argyle), Lee Lucas (Swansea City), Craig Clay (Grimsby Town)
 
Partick Thistle
Manager: Alan Archibald
Last season: 9th in Premiership
Ladbrokes title odds: 1,000/1
Opening game: Inverness Caley Thistle (H)
Signings: Chris Erskine (Dundee United), Ade Azeez (AFC Wimbledon), Danny Devine (Inverness Caley Thistle), David Syme (Kilmarnock), Ziggy Gordon (Hamilton Accies), David Crawford (Alloa Athletic)
 
Rangers
Manager: Mark Warburton
Last season: Championship winners (promoted)
Ladbrokes title odds: 11/4
Opening game: Hamilton Accies (H)
Signings: Josh Windass (Accrington Stanley), Matt Crooks (Accrington Stanley), Jordan Rossiter (Liverpool), Joey Barton (Burnley), Clint Hill (Queens Park Rangers), Niko Kranjcar (New York Cosmos), Matt Gilks (Burnley), Lee Hodson (MK Dons), Joe Dodoo (Leicester City)
 
Ross County
Manager: Jim McIntyre
Last season: 6th in Premiership
Ladbrokes title odds: 250/1
Opening game: Dundee (H)
Signings: Christopher Routis (Bradford City), Kenny van der Weg (NAC Breda), Aaron McCarey (Wolves), Erik Cikos (Slovan Bratislava), Jay McEveley (Sheffield United)
 
St Johnstone
Manager: Tommy Wright
Last season: 4th in Premiership
Ladbrokes title odds: 250/1
Opening game: Aberdeen (H)
Signings: Michael Coulson (York City), Keith Watson (St Mirren), Blair Alston (Falkirk), Paul Paton (Dundee United)
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