TONIGHT'S Scottish Premiership macth between Celtic and St Mirren will go ahead as planned despite the Paisley outfit trying to get the game postponed.

The Buddies asked the Scottish Professional Football League to reschedule the match along with their Boxing Day trip to Ibrox.

However, an SPFL spokesman confirmed that the request had been rejected. 

It is understood that St Mirren have enough players available for the game to go ahead under rules brought in to provide a template for coronavirus outbreaks.

PCR results returned this morning mean that the match has still been given the green light to go ahead.

St Mirren earlier confirmed they had requested postponements of both games following “further positive Covid tests”.

A club statement added: “We have tried our utmost to fulfil the fixture, however, following further positive Covid cases this morning, we are unable to field a team for either match with a significant number of first-team players and staff unavailable.

“The health and wellbeing of our players and staff remains our utmost priority and we will continue to take every precaution necessary.

“We are in continued discussions with the SPFL and we will keep supporters updated as we look for a resolution to this matter.”

The Buddies had suspended training on Friday following positive tests but were still working on the basis of the Celtic game going ahead.