Celtic remain nine points clear at the top of the cinch Premiership table following a 2-2 draw with Rangers in the New Year derby at Ibrox this afternoon. Daizen Maeda gave Ange Postecoglou's side a fifth-minute lead but Ryan Kent and James Tavernier (penalty) struck for Michael Beale's men early in the second half. Premiership top scorer Kyogo Furuhashi fired home an 88th-minute equaliser as it ended all square.
In the Edinburgh derby, Heart of Midlothian saw off Hibernian 3-0 at Tynecastle, helped by a double from Lawrence Shankland, and they are now five points clear in third place. Aberdeen were held to a 0-0 draw by bottom club Ross County at Pittodrie and it was also 0-0 between Kilmarnock and St Mirren at Rugby Park. Dundee United earned an important 1-0 win over St Johnstone at McDiarmid Park while Livingston and Motherwell drew 1-1 at the Tony Macaroni Arena.
Queen's Park are the new leaders in the cinch Championship after beating Partick Thistle 2-0 at Ochilview. Dundee were knocked off the summit following their 4-2 home defeat by Arbroath. Inverness CT thrashed Cove Rangers 6-1 in the Highland capital, with Billy Mckay netting a hat-trick. Bottom club Hamilton Accies lost 1-0 at home to Raith Rovers and Morton v Ayr United was postponed.
Dunfermline Athletic's match with Falkirk was postponed due to a frozen pitch, allowing FC Edinburgh to close the gap on the Pars to just a single point at the top of the cinch League 1 table. The capital club trailed 2-0 at Airdrieonians but ran out 5-3 winners. Bottom club Peterhead drew 0-0 with Montrose at Balmoor.
There was one game in cinch League 2, with third-placed Elgin City beating Forfar Athletic 1-0 at Station Park.
.png){kind=logo}
