Defenders Lee Mair and Andrew Considine return to the Aberdeen squad for the visit of St Mirren.

Stuart Duff, Tommy Wright and Bertrand Bossu also sit out the visit of Gus MacPherson's side through injury.

St Mirren defender Scott Cuthbert is available for the Saints after recovering from flu.

The 21-year-old defender, who is on loan from Celtic, missed Saturday's defeat by Hearts, but returned to training on Monday.

Aberdeen (from): Langfield, Foster, Diamond, Mair, Considine, Severin, Hodgkiss, McDonald, Kerr, Young, Mulgrew, Aluko, Miller, Mackie, Bateman, Maguire, De Visscher, Stuart Smith.

St Mirren (from): Howard, Miranda, Cuthbert, Haining, Potter, Ross, Mason, Murray, Brady, Dorman, Robb, Mehmet, Dargo, Wyness, Hamilton, Smith, McAusland, McGinn, McShane.