4 – Livingston thumped Ross County 4-0 at the Tony Macaroni Arena to move into the top six of the Ladbrokes Premiership. Gary Holt’s side have scored 10 goals in their last three Premiership matches to leapfrog both County and Hibs in the Premiership table. It was a historic day for striker Lyndon Dykes, who netted the Lions’ first ever top-flight hat-trick in their 247th match at this level. The last Livingston player to score a league hat-trick was Jordan White in a 4-0 win over Alloa Athletic in the Championship in September 2014. Overall, Dykes is the 10th player to score a league hat-trick for Livi.
Livingston’s league hat-tricks
30/08/1997 – Graham Harvey v Queen of the South (2nd Division)
01/05/2001 – Gerry Britton v Airdrieonians (1st Division)
10/11/2007 – Graham Dorrans v Stirling Albion (1st Division)
18/01/2011 – Kenny Deuchar v East Fife (2nd Division)
18/02/2012 – Marc McNulty v Raith Rovers (1st Division)
10/04/2012 – Rory Boulding v Raith Rovers (1st Division)
28/09/2013 – Callum Fordyce v Cowdenbeath (Championship)
23/11/2013 – Marc McNulty v Greenock Morton (Championship)
13/09/2014 – Jordan White v Alloa Athletic (Championship)
21/12/2019 – Lyndon Dykes v Ross County (Premiership)
15 – Celtic remain five points clear at the top of the Ladbrokes Premiership thanks to a 2-1 victory over Aberdeen. Neil Lennon’s side have recorded an impressive 15 consecutive home wins in all competitions since losing 4-3 to CFR Cluj in the Champions League qualifiers in August. They are still six short of the club record of 21, set back in 2001/02 when Lennon was a regular part of the midfield. Odsonne Edouard netted the winning goal to move to the top of the Ladbrokes Premiership goalscoring charts with 12 goals.
Ladbrokes Premiership top goalscorers
12 – Odsonne Edouard
11 – Sam Cosgrove
11 – Jermain Defoe
11 – Alfredo Morelos
10 – Ryan Christie
9 – Dundee United thumped Ayr United 4-0 at Tannadice to maintain their 13-point lead at the top of the Ladbrokes Championship. The Terrors have now recorded nine consecutive victories, which is the joint second best run in the club’s history. The record of 11 straight wins was set by Jim McLean’s side from April-September 1983, which included the final six matches of their league title-winning 1982/83 season. Robbie Neilson’s side have conceded just two goals in that run – Saturday’s win was their seventh clean sheet in those nine matches.
Dundee United’s longest winning streaks
11 – April 1983 – September 1983 (Jim McLean)
9* - October 2019 – December 2019 (Robbie Neilson)
9 – May 1982 – September 1982 (Jim McLean)
9 – January 1981 – March 1981 (Jim McLean)
9 – April 1965 – May 1965 (Jerry Kerr)
9 – November 1950 – January 1951 (Willie MacFadyen)
2 – East Fife climbed up to second in the Ladbrokes League 1 table thanks to a 2-1 victory over Peterhead at Balmoor. Darren Young’s side took advantage of defeats for both Raith Rovers and Airdrieonians to move level on points with both sides at the summit – they trail Rovers by just a single goal on goal difference. The Fifers have the best away record in the division –18 of their 32 points have come away from home and they have lost just once on the road all season.
East Fife’s away form in League 1
03/08/2019 – Clyde 1-1 East Fife
07/09/2019 – Forfar Athletic 1-2 East Fife
14/09/2019 – Montrose 1-3 East Fife
28/09/2019 – Falkirk 0-0 East Fife
26/10/2019 – Raith Rovers 1-1 East Fife
09/11/2019 – Dumbarton 2-4 East Fife
30/11/2019 – Airdrieonians 4-0 East Fife
14/12/2019 – Stranraer 0-2 East Fife
21/12/2019 – Peterhead 1-2 East Fife
3 – Albion Rovers moved further away from the bottom of Ladbrokes League 2 thanks to a 4-2 victory over Annan Athletic at The Reigart Stadium. It was a third consecutive home league win for Kevin Harper’s side, which is their best run since October-December 2014. Rovers have the worst away record in the division, but their strong home form sees them sitting five points clear of the relegation spot and just six behind Annan in the final promotion play-off spot.
Albion Rovers’ winning run in Coatbridge
09/11/2019 – Albion Rovers 2-1 Stenhousemuir
07/12/2019 – Albion Rovers 2-0 Queen’s Park
21/12/2019 – Albion Rovers 4-2 Annan Athletic
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