Nicola Sturgeon has urged fans to maintain Scottish Government guidelines ahead of the Premiership kick-off this weekend.
With stadiums closed for supporters she called for fans to avoid crowded places, and to comply with the advice of pubs if punters watch their sides opening day clash outside their homes.
The season will be kicked off on Saturday as Rangers visit Aberdeen. Football will kick-off for the Lanarkshire clubs as Hamilton Accies make the trip to champions Celtic.
Motherwell will start their season on Monday nigh t with as they travel to Dingwall to take on Ross County.
At her daily briefing, the First Minister said: "I don't have huge concerns about mass gatherings before professional sport gets underway, but I would urge fans to behave responsibly and behave in line with all of the advice.
"It applies to football, rugby or any other sport fans just as it would to anybody else; that is about face coverings, avoiding crowded places, cleaning your hands and surfaces, two metres distance, if you're in a pub watching something then make sure you are complying with all the mitigations that are in place there and all the advice about self-isolating and booking a test.
"Whatever you're doing as part of your day to day life right now, whether it's going to work, or seeing family and friends, or watching sport, if we live by these rules we minimise the risk of the virus spreading.
"When we are talking about organised sport the police will have overview of that and take any action considered necessary."
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