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Scottish Premiership roundup: Wins for Aberdeen, Celtic

Sports Mole rounds up the day's Scottish Premiership action.

Celtic took one step closer to the Scottish Premiership title with a 3-0 win against St Mirren at Celtic Park.

Stefan Johansen scored just before half time, while Leigh Griffiths and Anthony Stokes netted after the break to take Neil Lennon's side 24 points clear at the top.

Aberdeen overcame Kilmarnock 2-1 at Pittodrie, despite going a goal down thanks to Kris Boyd's 11th-minute opener.

Adam Rooney levelled things up six minutes after falling behind, and Ryan Jack grabbed the winner on 72 minutes.

Elsewhere, Inverness Caledonian Thistle edged out Partick Thistle with Billy McKay hitting the winner just after the hour mark.

Meanwhile, Motherwell eased past Ross County 2-1 with James McFadden netting minutes after the restart.

John Sutton doubled the home side's lead on the hour mark, before Yann Songo'o reduced the deficit eight minutes from time.

St Johnstone beat Hibernian 2-0 thanks to goals from Steven MacLean and Ryan McGivern.

Results in full: Aberdeen 2-1 Kilmarnock, Celtic 3-0 St Mirren, Inverness CT 1-0 Partick Thistle, Motherwell 2-1 Ross County, St Johnstone 2-0 Hibernian

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TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Celtic24203167125563
2RangersRangers25165451193253
3Dundee UnitedDundee Utd2510783228437
4Aberdeen25105103238-635
5Hibernian258983737033
6Motherwell2594123042-1231
7Hearts2586113433130
8St Mirren2593133039-930
9Kilmarnock2577112840-1228
10Dundee2476113747-1027
11Ross County2568112447-2326
12St Johnstone2563162848-2021


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