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Scottish Premiership Roundup: Relegation playoff battle to go down to wire

Partick Thistle and Kilmarnock secure wins in their respective Scottish Premiership matches tonight to take the relegation battle down to the wire.

Partick Thistle and Kilmarnock secured wins in their respective Scottish Premiership matches tonight to take the relegation battle down to the wire.

The Jags beat Hearts 4-2 at Tynecastle, despite the home side having taken the lead twice in the game, first through Callum Paterson, then through Danny Wilson.

Goals from Lyle Taylor, Gary Fraser, Lee Mair and Kallum Higginbotham condemned the relegated Jambos to yet another defeat.

However, Killie wouldn't be the ones to slip up, securing a 1-0 win against St Mirren courtesy of Kris Boyd's first-half strike, despite having James Fowler dismissed in the 87th minute.

At the other end of the table, Motherwell kept up the pressure on Aberdeen for second place by securing a 2-1 win against Inverness Caledonian Thistle, an early John Sutton penalty and an own goal by Gary Warren sealing the victory.

Elsewhere, champions Celtic were pegged back by two late goals from St Johnstone in their 3-3 draw at McDiarmid Park.

Results in full: Hearts 2-4 Partick Thistle, Kilmarnock 1-0 St Mirren, Motherwell 2-1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle, St Johnstone 3-3 Celtic

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TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Celtic1514104444043
2Aberdeen16104230181234
3RangersRangers1510232791832
4Motherwell168172226-425
5Dundee UnitedDundee Utd166642519624
6St Mirren176382228-621
7Dundee165472729-219
8Kilmarnock174581834-1617
9Hibernian173682129-815
10Ross County173681333-2015
11St Johnstone1742112032-1214
12Hearts1734101826-813


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