7 – Celtic remain top of the Ladbrokes Premiership thanks to a 4-0 victory over Aberdeen at Pittodrie. Neil Lennon’s side rattled in all four goals in the first half through Odsonne Edouard, Jeremie Frimpong, James Forrest and Mohamed Elyounoussi to extend their lead on goal difference over Rangers. The Hoops have now won seven consecutive matches at Pittodrie, which is by far their best run of victories in Aberdeen – they had never previously won more than four in a row. Sunday’s success was the Hoops’ biggest win at Pittodrie since February 2008, when Gordon Strachan’s side picked up a 5-1 victory.
10/02/2008 - Aberdeen 1 (Miller) Celtic 5 (Nakamura, McGeady, McDonald 2, Robson)
Aberdeen: Langfield, Maybury, Diamond (Considine), Bus, McNamara, Nicholson (Foster [Maguire]), Walker, Severin, Young, Mackie, Miller.
Celtic: Boruc, Hinkel, Caldwell, McManus, Naylor, Nakamura (Robson), Hartley, Brown, McGeady, McDonald (Samaras), Vennegoor of Hesselink (Killen).
6 – Kilmarnock defeated St Mirren 1-0 at Rugby Park to climb to third in the Ladbrokes Premiership table. Killie have lost just one of their last eight Premiership matches and have recorded three consecutive victories to return to the position where they finished last season. Angelo Alessio’s side have kept eight clean sheets in their last 10 matches in all competitions – only Celtic and Livingston have breached their defence in that period. Saturday’s win was their sixth consecutive home league win against the Buddies – these wins have all been by a single goal.
Killie’s home league wins over St Mirren:
02/01/2014 – Kilmarnock 2-1 St Mirren
07/05/2014 – Kilmarnock 1-0 St Mirren
13/09/2014 – Kilmarnock 2-1 St Mirren
14/03/2015 – Kilmarnock 1-0 St Mirren
29/12/2018 – Kilmarnock 2-1 St Mirren
26/10/2018 – Kilmarnock 1-0 St Mirren
9 – Greenock Morton defeated Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2-1 at Cappielow to move to within two points of the final promotion play-off spot in the Ladbrokes Championship. Morton are now unbeaten in nine home matches – their last loss in Greenock came against Alloa Athletic back in April. David Hopkin’s men have been a real Jekyll and Hyde side this season – their excellent home record is contrasted with eight defeats out of nine away from home, with the only exception being a 5-0 success against League 2 Annan in the Betfred Cup.
Current unbeaten home runs (in all competitions)
9 – Greenock Morton
8 – Celtic
8 – Raith Rovers
6 – Cowdenbeath
5 – Cove Rangers
5 – East Fife
5 – Edinburgh City
5 – Rangers
4 – Airdrieonians climbed to fourth in the Ladbrokes League 1 table thanks to an impressive 4-1 victory over Forfar Athletic at Station Park. The Diamonds trailed at half-time, but two goals within a minute from Dale Carrick and Calum Gallagher turned it around before Callum Smith and Ally Roy wrapped things up late on. Airdrie have been superb away from home in recent weeks – Saturday’s success was their sixth win in seven matches on the road.
Airdrie’s amazing away form:
21/07/2019 – Clyde 2-3 Airdrieonians
10/08/2019 – Montrose 0-1 Airdrieonians
13/08/2019 – Hamilton Academical Colts 0-1 Airdrieonians
24/08/2019 – East Fife 4-1 Airdrieonians
14/09/2019 – Dumbarton 0-1 Airdrieonians
05/10/2019 – Peterhead 1-2 Airdrieonians
26/10/2019 – Forfar Athletic 1-4 Airdrieonians
4 – Elgin City defeated Queen’s Park 3-1 to move into the promotion play-off spots in Ladbrokes League 2. City have recorded four wins in a row in all competitions for the first time in over two years – they last time they did so was August-September 2017. Shane Sutherland scored twice to move further clear at the top of the Ladbrokes League 2 goalscoring chart – he has nine goals and his nearest rivals Fraser Mullen and Mitch Megginson have just five.
2019/20 SPFL top league goalscorers:
14 – Lawrence Shankland (Dundee United)
11 – David Goodwillie (Clyde)
10 – Jermain Defoe (Rangers)
9 – Shane Sutherland (Elgin City)
8 – Odsonne Edouard (Celtic)
7 – Alan Forrest (Ayr United)
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