Rory Loy and Greg Stewart both scored two goals as Dundee started their season with a 4-0 thrashing of Kilmarnock at Rugby Park. Stewart opened the scoring from 20 yards and the debutant Loy doubled their lead, converting a Kevin Holt cross, before half-time. The Killie manager, Gary Locke, made three substitutions at the interval but his side were a further goal down within two minutes of the restart, with Loy scoring. Stewart completed Killie’s misery with a ruthless finish into the top corner 12 minutes from the end.
A goal on his debut from Wes Fletcher gave Motherwell a deserved 1-0 victory at Inverness despite Scott McDonald missing a penalty for the visitors at the Caledonian Stadium. The hosts made a bad start as they went behind after just four minutes. Greg Tansey gave the ball away on the edge of the penalty area to Fletcher, who fed Stephen Pearson. The former Derby midfielder saw his shot parried by Owain Fon Williams straight to Fletcher, who slotted home the opening goal.
Fletcher was causing problems across the back four for Caley Thistle and was unlucky to see his second effort, a left-foot shot, go the wrong side of a post.
In stark contrast to their assured displays in Europe, Inverness were making mistakes; the worse of them led to Danny Devine’s body-check on Marvin Johnson in the area. Fortunately for the home side, Fon Williams judged McDonald’s spot-kick perfectly, springing to his left to cling on to the ball, but they could not level.
Partick held on for a point at Hamilton after playing 65 minutes of the game with 10 men after Frédéric Frans was sent off for two yellow card offences, the second for a foul on Anton Kurakins, within the opening 25 minutes. The home side dominated proceedings but could not find the elusive winning goal, with Ali Crawford coming close on a couple of occasions and Greg Docherty hitting the woodwork late on.
