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Scottish Premiership roundup: Celtic extend lead at top

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Sports Mole rounds up Saturday's action in the Scottish Premiership as Celtic extend their lead at the top of the table.

Celtic have extended their lead at the top of the Scottish Premiership table to five points by beating Dundee United 3-0 thanks to goals from Gary Mackay-Steven, John Guidetti and Jason Denayer.

Ross County continued their fine form with a 2-1 victory over Kilmarnock after Michael Gardyne scored against his former club before Craig Curran added a second. Lee Ashcroft scored a late consolation goal.

St Mirren were defeated yet again, after goals from Brian Graham and Steven Anderson gave St Johnstone a 2-0 win, and Partick Thistle scored a late winner in their 1-0 win over Inverness Caledonian Thistle.

Aberdeen failed to gain ground on Celtic as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Dundee in the early kickoff.

Results in full: Dundee 1-1 Aberdeen, Celtic 3-0 Dundee United, Partick Thistle 1-0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Ross County 2-1 Kilmarnock, St Johnstone 2-0 St Mirren

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TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Celtic1614204444044
2RangersRangers1611232891935
3Aberdeen17104331211034
4Motherwell178272327-426
5Dundee UnitedDundee Utd176742519625
6St Mirren187382429-524
7Dundee175482730-319
8Hibernian184682430-618
9Kilmarnock184681935-1618
10Hearts1844102027-716
11Ross County183691435-2115
12St Johnstone1842122134-1314
> Scottish Premiership Full Table


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