15 – Celtic defeated Heart of Midlothian 3-1 at Celtic Park on Sunday to remain top of the Ladbrokes Premiership. The Hoops are now unbeaten in their last 18 home matches against the Jam Tarts – they have picked up 17 wins and a draw and racked up a 51-6 aggregate score in the process. Neil Lennon’s side have already netted 15 goals in their opening three league fixtures, which equals Celtic’s best ever goalscoring start to a season. This is just the sixth time a team have scored 15 or more goals in their opening three top-flight fixtures:
17 – Falkirk (1939/40)*
16 – Heart of Midlothian (1957/58)
16 – Hibernian (1966/67)
15 – Rangers (1899/00)
15 – Celtic (1971/72)
15 – Celtic (2019/20)
*The 1939/40 season was suspended after five matches due to World War II.
364 – Livingston climbed to third in the Ladbrokes Premiership thanks to an impressive 4-1 victory over Ross County at the Global Energy Stadium. The Lions recorded their first away league win for 364 days – their previous victory on the road came against St Mirren on August 25 last year. In 18 away matches since then, Gary Holt’s side had picked up 10 draws and suffered eight defeats. Saturday’s success was the eighth time Livingston have won a top-flight away match by a margin of three or more goals:
20/10/2001 – Kilmarnock 1-5 Livingston
24/11/2001 – Hibernian 0-3 Livingston
02/01/2002 – Aberdeen 0-3 Livingston
26/10/2002 – Motherwell 1-5 Livingston
27/09/2003 – Aberdeen 0-3 Livingston
20/12/2003 – Kilmarnock 0-3 Livingston
16/04/2005 – Hibernian 0-3 Livingston
24/08/2019 – Ross County 1-4 Livingston
3 – Greenock Morton climbed to second in the Ladbrokes Championship table thanks to an incredible 3-2 comeback victory over Partick Thistle at Cappielow on Friday. David Hopkin’s side trailed 2-0 with 20 minutes remaining, but three goals in the space of eight minutes from Nicky Cadden, John Sutton and Brian McLean handed them all three points. The Ton’s eight matches this season have featured a whopping 46 goals – they have scored 26 and conceded 20. Any supporter who has attended all of those matches will have witnessed a goal every 16.3 minutes.
16/07/2019 – Greenock Morton 6-1 Dumbarton
19/07/2019 – Motherwell 4-0 Greenock Morton
23/07/2019 – Annan Athletic 0-5 Greenock Morton
27/07/2019 – Greenock Morton 3-3 Queen of the South (4-3 pens)
03/08/2019 – Ayr United 4-2 Greenock Morton
10/08/2019 – Greenock Morton 4-1 Alloa Athletic
17/08/2019 – Hibernian 5-3 Greenock Morton (aet)
23/08/2019 – Greenock Morton 3-2 Partick Thistle
3 – Raith Rovers beat Montrose 3-0 at Stark’s Park to climb to the top of the Ladbrokes League 1 table. John McGlynn’s side scored all three of their goals in the last 11 minutes to secure their third win in four league matches this season. Rovers have an impressive home record over the last few years – they have only lost three of their last 54 home league matches, a run which stretches all the way back to February 2017. Rovers defeated Clyde 5-2 in their first 2019/20 match in Kirkcaldy – this is just the third time since 2010 they have won back-to-back home league matches by three or more goals:
01/05/2010 – Raith Rovers 4-1 Ross County (1st Division)
07/08/2010 – Raith Rovers 4-0 Partick Thistle (1st Division)
08/08/2015 – Raith Rovers 3-0 Livingston (Championship)
22/08/2015 – Raith Rovers 3-0 Alloa Athletic (Championship)
15 – Brechin City defeated Albion Rovers 1-0 at the Reigart Stadium in Ladbrokes League 2 to finally pick up their first victory of the season. City suffered seven defeats in their first eight matches of the season, with the only exception being a 1-1 draw with Montrose in the Betfred Cup group stage, when they lost the bonus point shoot-out. Including the tail end of last season, Brechin had gone 15 matches without a win – their last victory came against Stranraer in March.
Brechin victories in 2019:
12/01/2019 – Brechin City 1-0 Dumbarton
26/01/2019 – Brechin City 2-1 Raith Rovers
16/02/2019 – Airdrieonians 0-1 Brechin City
23/03/2019 – East Fife 0-2 Brechin City
26/03/2019 – Stranraer 0-2 Brechin City
24/08/2019 – Albion Rovers 0-1 Brechin City
