Premiership round-up

Dundee United remain at the top of the Scottish Premiership after beating St Johnstone 2-0 in the Tayside derby at Tannadice this afternoon.

Chris Erskine opened the scoring midway through the first half and Paul Paton sealed the victory for Jackie McNamara’s men.

Hamilton Accies are two points back in second place after thumping local rivals Motherwell 4-0 at Fir Park. An Ali Crawford double and goals from Anthony Andreu and Mickael Antoine-Curier (penalty) saw Alex Neil's men beat Stuart McCall's side for the second time in four days.

Reigning champions Celtic defeated St Mirren 2-1 in Paisley in the day's early game thanks to a double from on-loan Manchester City striker John Guidetti either side of a Kenny McLean goal.

Aberdeen climbed into the top half of the table thanks to a 3-2 win over Inverness CT at Pittodrie. Adam Rooney, Shay Logan and Jonny Hayes netted for the Dons, with Josh Meekings and Marley Watkins scoring for Caley Thistle.

A double from Tope Obadeyi and a Manuel Pascali goal saw Kilmarnock defeat Partick Thistle 3-0 at Rugby Park to stay in fifth place.

Darren Maatsen grabbed a stoppage-time winner as Ross County defeated Dundee 2-1 at the Global Energy Stadium to pick up their first points of the season after David Clarkson had cancelled out Michael Gardyne's opener.