Aberdeen moved to within a point of Celtic at the top of the Scottish Premiership with a comfortable 4-0 win against Kilmarnock at Rugby Park.
First-half headers from Niall McGinn and Adam Rooney put Aberdeen in control, and Jonny Hayes made it 3-0 with just 16 seconds played after half-time.
Steven MacLean, top scorer for St Johnstone, missed a late penalty and a chance to catapult his team past 10-man Hearts into third place. Hearts had been playing with 10 men since the 27th minute after Juanma Delgado was sent off for an attempted head-butt but St Johnstone could not take advantage as the match finished goalless.
Dundee beat Hamilton 4-0 thanks to an inspired first-half hat-trick from Kane Hemmings. Greg Stewart scored a superb curling shot after Hemmings’ opening goal.
Partick ended a wait of almost 40 years for four consecutive top-flight wins after securing a narrow 1-0 victory over Ross County. The last time the Glasgow club achieved such a feat in Scotland’s top division was in 1977 – but they matched the record on Saturday thanks to an own goal by the Ross County captain, Andrew Davies.
Lewis Horner’s injury-time equaliser for Inverness denied Dundee United a much-needed win and secured a 2-2 draw. Horner turned in Carl Tremarco’s cross in the second minute of injury time to cancel out Billy Mckay’s late strike, with the 27-year-old showing great opportunism to pounce on a goalkeeping mistake for what appeared to be the decisive goal.
John Rankin gave Mixu Paatelainen’s side the lead after 26 minutes, but a smart finish from Liam Polworth straight after half-time restored parity.
Rangers allowed Hibs to draw level with them at the top of the Championship after a controversial defeat to Falkirk. Willie Collum, who has been named as one of the referees for Euro 2016, twice incorrectly awarded penalties, one to each side, during a breathless 2-1 win for Peter Houston’s men. The Bairns made the most of theirs – awarded inside the first two minutes, despite Danny Wilson fouling Will Vaulks outside the area – with John Baird scoring. But Rangers blew the chance to snatch a point at the Falkirk Stadium when Danny Rogers pushed Martyn Waghorn’s injury-time spot-kick on to a post after Blair Alston was penalised for handball. Dominique Malonga’s headed late winner gave Hibs a 1-0 win against Queen of the South.
