Steven Naismith hit a first-half hat-trick in a 4-1 victory against St Mirren at Tynecastle to maintain their 100% record. Kilmarnock are second following a 2-0 win away to an Aberdeen side who had Mikey Devlin sent off after just five minutes and Livingston are third after coming from behind to defeat Hibernian 2-1 at the Tony Macaroni Arena. St Johnstone are also on the seven-point mark following their 2-1 victory away to Hamilton Accies. Motherwell saw off bottom club Dundee 3-1 at Dens Park to earn their first victory of the campaign.
Ross County are back on top of the Ladbrokes Championship thanks to a 2-0 win against bottom club Falkirk in Dingwall and Inverness CT are second after beating Dunfermline Athletic 3-0 at East End Park. Stephen Dobbie hit four to take his tally for the season to an incredible 18 goals as Queen of the South thrashed Ayr United 5-0 at Palmerston. Partick Thistle beat Morton 1-0 at Firhill and Alloa Athletic hit back for a 1-1 draw with Dundee United at the Indodrill Stadium.
Arbroath remain top of Ladbrokes League 1 despite being pegged back for a 2-2 draw with Brechin City at Gayfield. They have been joined on the 11-point mark by Raith Rovers, who thumped Forfar Athletic 4-0 at Stark’s Park. Airdrieonians are third after beating Stranraer 2-0 at the Excelsior Stadium while bottom club East Fife earned their first win, 2-0 away to Montrose. Stenhousemuir came from behind to beat Dumbarton 2-1 at Ochilview.
Edinburgh City are the new leaders in Ladbrokes League 2 after Blair Henderson scored in a 1-0 win at Peterhead to knock the Blue Toon off the summit. Clyde were 2-1 winners away to Annan Athletic and Berwick Rangers triumphed 5-3 at bottom club Albion Rovers. Stirling Albion picked up their first points with a 3-0 success against Elgin City at Borough Briggs while it finished 0-0 between Queen’s Park and Cowdenbeath at Hampden.