Gary Mackay-Steven scored a hat-trick as Aberdeen beat Hibernian 4-1 at Pittodrie in the early game in the Ladbrokes Premiership on Saturday.
The win moves Derek McInnes' side up to second place and to within two points of leaders Celtic, who play Hearts at Tynecastle on Sunday.
St Johnstone came from behind to defeat Rangers 3-1 at Ibrox with goals from Blair Alston, Denny Johnstone and Graham Cummins to move back into the top six. Dundee climbed out of the bottom two with a 3-0 home victory over bottom club Partick Thistle, helped by a pair of Sofien Moussa penalties. A last-minute own goal from Jamie Lindsay earned Hamilton Accies a dramatic 3-2 win over Ross County at the SuperSeal Stadium and Kilmarnock continued their good run by beating Motherwell 1-0 at Rugby Park with a Scott Boyd goal.
Cammy Smith was the matchwinner as St Mirren defeated Dunfermline Athletic 1-0 at the Paisley 2021 Stadium to go two points clear at the top of the Ladbrokes Championship. Inverness Caley Thistle kept another clean sheet and leapfrogged Dumbarton with a 1-0 win in the Highland capital - Carl Tremarco scored the only goal.
Ayr United are eight points clear in Ladbrokes League 1 after hitting back to beat East Fife 4-1 at Bayview. Michael Rose bagged a double as Ian McCall's men took their tally for the season to 50 league goals. Angus Beith scored a late double as Stranraer beat Forfar Athletic 3-0 at Stair Park to jump to third place and bottom club Queen's Park drew 1-1 with Airdrieonians at Hampden.
Montrose have a six-point advantage in Ladbrokes League 2 following their 3-0 win against Elgin City at Links Park, with goals from Terry Masson, Andrew Steeves and Jamie Redman. Stenhousemuir climbed to third with a 2-1 victory away to Edinburgh City and it finished 1-1 between Annan Athletic and Stirling Albion at Galabank.
Six matches were postponed due to frozen pitches and Queen of the South v Dundee United at Palmerston was abandoned at half-time.
