Derbies in first round of SWPL post-split fixtures

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Hibernian's Shannon McGregor and Liana Hinds surround Glasgow City's Amy MuirHibernian will host Glasgow City on 25 March

Two derbies feature and leaders Glasgow City will visit Hibernian in the first round of SWPL post-split fixtures.

Hibs v Glasgow City will be the first of the games on Saturday, 25 March (17:30 GMT).

Hamilton Academical take on visitors Motherwell on 26 March with Rangers hosting Celtic on the evening of 27 March.

Also on the Sunday will be Dundee United v Spartans, Glasgow Women v Aberdeen and Partick Thistle v Hearts.

Partick secured the last available top-six place by beating Dundee United 1-0 on Sunday.

Glasgow City hold a six-point lead over Celtic, with Rangers one point further behind.

The top three all won on Sunday and Glasgow City host Celtic on the weekend of 16 April then Rangers three days later.

Glasgow Women are 13 points adrift at the foot of the table and will be relegated to SWPL2 if they cannot climb the table while Hamilton are in the relegation play-off spot but only two points off Aberdeen.

There will be 10 rounds of fixtures played by the end of May with teams playing every other side in their half of the table twice.

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