Manager Ray McKinnon admits that tonight's first pre-season friendly will be tough test and that his team could struggle against an Aberdeen side who have just returned from a week long training camp in Ireland.

He said ' They will be miles ahead of us in terms of preparation. They have been training and playing games in Ireland and are obviously a full time side. I believe that Derek has put together a really good squad for the season ahead and they should really push Celtic. Hopefully the game will pull in a bit of revenue for us as Aberdeen always bring a crowd and their fans will no doubt want to get a first look at their signings.'
'We should have 13 or 14 bodies in place for the game. As I said we are far behind Aberdeen with the likes of Alan Trouten and Paul Mclean just back from holiday. They only trained for the first time on Monday night. However we have another trialist centre half Edu Cruz over from Spin. he has apparently played for real Madrid's 'B' team and he has looked really good in training so we will see what he can do in a game.'

Tonight's match kick off at 7.45 and admission prices are £10 Parent & Child, £8 Adult & £4 Concession. Last years season ticket holders will get in free of charge.