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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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Tables header RHS
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Celtic23193164115360
2RangersRangers23145444182647
3Dundee UnitedDundee Utd2310763124737
4Aberdeen2410593236-435
5Motherwell2494112939-1031
6Hibernian247983537-230
7St Mirren2493123038-830
8Dundee2376103741-427
9Hearts2476112833-527
10Ross County2468102443-1926
11Kilmarnock2467112740-1325
12St Johnstone2453162748-2118


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