10 – Aberdeen defeated St Johnstone 1-0 at McDiarmid Park to secure their first away win since early August. Teddy Jenks scored the only goal to hand Stephen Glass’ side their third consecutive cinch Premiership victory and move them to within a point of Dundee United in fourth place. This is the first time the Dons have managed three consecutive league wins since August 2020. Aberdeen are now unbeaten in their last 10 away matches against Saints – they have picked up six wins and four draws since their last defeat in Perth in April 2016.
22 – Celtic remain four points off the top of the cinch Premiership thanks to a 1-0 victory over Motherwell at Celtic Park. Tom Rogic scored the only goal to hand Ange Postecoglou’s side their fifth consecutive victory. The Hoops have now gone 22 matches without defeat against Motherwell in all competitions – their last loss came at Celtic Park in December 2015. Since then, Celtic have picked up 19 wins and three draws against the Steelmen, racking up a 63-12 aggregate scoreline.
6 – Inverness Caledonian Thistle thumped Morton 6-1 at Cappielow to remain a point clear at the top of the cinch Championship table. A Jack Hamilton own goal was followed by goals from Shane Sutherland (2), Billy Mckay, Reece McAlear and Lewis Jamieson as Billy Dodds’ side avenged their Scottish Cup elimination at the same venue in midweek. The Caley Jags’ previous win by five or more goals was also against Morton – that was a 5-0 success at the Caledonian Stadium in August 2019. This was Inverness’ biggest away win in any competition since they thrashed Ayr United 7-0 at Somerset Park in April 2010.
10 – Cove Rangers defeated Falkirk 3-0 at the Falkirk Stadium to maintain their three-point lead at the top of cinch League 1. Morgyn Neill, Rory McAllister and Leighton McIntosh were all on the scoresheet to hand Paul Hartley’s side their fourth consecutive league win. Cove are now unbeaten in 10 matches in all competitions – their last defeat came against East Fife back in October, indeed that was their only loss since a 2-1 reverse at Clyde on August 28. The Toonsers have kept five consecutive clean sheets in the league, which is their best run since promotion to the SPFL in 2019.
6 – Kelty Hearts remain seven points clear at the top of cinch League 2 thanks to a 6-1 victory over Albion Rovers at New Central Park. Nathan Austin and Botti Biabi both netted doubles, with Daniel Finlayson and Jamie Barjonas scoring the other goals. Kevin Thomson’s side remain the only unbeaten team in the SPFL – they have 12 wins and three draws from their opening 15 matches. Kelty scored six or more goals in a game for the first time in almost exactly a year – the last time they did so was a 7-0 win over Gretna 2008 on December 12, 2020.
.png){kind=logo}
