St Mirren manager Jim Goodwin will be absent from his side's Scottish Premiership game at Celtic on Saturday after testing positive for Covid-19.

Assistant Lee Sharp and fellow coach Jamie Langfield will lead the team "until the manager returns".

The Paisley club's next fixture is the Premiership visit of St Johnstone on Sunday, 29 August.

"Everyone at the club wishes Jim a full and speedy recovery," St Mirren said in a brief statement.

Goodwin plans to watch the game on television from home and relay instructions via telephone.

"Jim is okay other than a bit of a cough," said Sharp. "He wasn't feeling great on Tuesday night, he was fine during the day and then had couple of tests. I think he is more frustrated than anything else.

"On Tuesday we did a lot of preparation for tomorrow's game. There was no close contacts at all.

"He will be on the phone and maybe he will see bits that we don't see. It will be fine in terms of that.

"Last season was similar when he was suspended (from touchline) for a couple of games and it worked so it will be similar even though he will not actually be in the stadium."

Goodwin's side have one point from their opening two top-flight fixtures and were knocked out of the Scottish League Cup at the last-16 stage by Livingston.

St Mirren ended a 31-year wait for an away victory over Celtic with a 2-1 win in Glasgow last season.