:00:15. > :00:16.Good afternoon and welcome to the Results Show:
:00:17. > :00:19.Or if you like the football news where you are, where I am,
:00:20. > :00:21.where Steven Thompson and Allan Preston are,
:00:22. > :00:25.Scores, reports, results a wee bit of action -
:00:26. > :00:30.and lots of insight from our aforementioned guests.
:00:31. > :00:37.Let's start with a burl around the grounds.
:00:38. > :00:51.John Barnes, Fir Park, a lot happening? A dominant display by
:00:52. > :00:58.Dundee has Vergne 5-1 in front. Zak Jules with an own goal after seven
:00:59. > :01:05.minutes. It looked like quite a level game. Mark O'Hara chipped in
:01:06. > :01:10.to make it 3-1. Craig Wighton blasted in number four for Dundee
:01:11. > :01:17.before Marcus Haber got a double in the last few seconds of the period.
:01:18. > :01:30.As often happens with a side so dominant, it is Dundee 5-1
:01:31. > :01:35.Motherwell. The bottom club are in action at Celtic Park. Richard
:01:36. > :01:41.Wilson is there for us. Celtic are in complete control of this
:01:42. > :01:46.scoreline. They have scored twice. They have come from Moussa Dembele.
:01:47. > :01:54.In the first half, a lovely pass of individual skill. He lifted the ball
:01:55. > :02:01.in over the net of the goalkeeper. Kieran Tierney was tripped. Leigh
:02:02. > :02:08.Griffiths is now coming off the bench to make his return to the
:02:09. > :02:14.side. Scott Davies next, he is watching Aberdeen in second place
:02:15. > :02:17.against Ross County. They are leading by a goal to nil. Who else,
:02:18. > :02:25.it is Adam Rooney. Two good chances leading by a goal to nil. Who else,
:02:26. > :02:30.to score. Ross County have played pretty well but if you don't take
:02:31. > :02:35.your chances then you pay a penalty. I don't know what he was doing but
:02:36. > :02:39.he miscued an attempt and Rooney was lurking to get a deflection on it to
:02:40. > :02:49.have Aberdeen leading by a goal to nil with a chance to move nine clear
:02:50. > :02:53.of Rangers. Lets see who is at Firhill. Partick Thistle two,
:02:54. > :03:02.thing-macro nil. Heart of Midlothian were looking for a response. Partick
:03:03. > :03:10.Thistle totally deserving of their 2-0 lead. There was sloppy
:03:11. > :03:21.defending. Liam Lindsay has made it 2- 04 Partick Thistle, firing in
:03:22. > :03:31.from close range. The player was sent off for mouthing at the
:03:32. > :03:41.referee. It sounds like a good day for Kilmarnock. Kilmarnock would
:03:42. > :03:48.dominate. They went ahead after Mackenzie's first goal. The Saints
:03:49. > :04:01.keeper beat down Kris Boyd free kick. It was salmon ahead who put
:04:02. > :04:13.Kilmarnock ahead a few minutes ago. Zander club will not be happy. --
:04:14. > :04:19.Clark. Second versus fourth in the Championship. Charlie Mann is it
:04:20. > :04:26.Tannadice. Morton have the lead at Tannadice. A terrific goal for David
:04:27. > :04:29.Gill though. They are really doing a number on Dundee United in this
:04:30. > :04:34.match. United pushing hard for an equaliser but Jim Duffy's side are
:04:35. > :04:38.holding on at the moment. If they could win this game they will go
:04:39. > :04:48.second in the Championship, testament to the excellent work. A
:04:49. > :04:52.big game at the bottom of the table. Brace yourselves, Steven Thompson.
:04:53. > :04:58.Over two Chip. To is noisy and nervous but it is marvellous for St
:04:59. > :05:03.Mirren. They lead this game by a goal to nil. John Sutton timed his
:05:04. > :05:07.run to perfection, cracked the offside trap. I thought he had gone
:05:08. > :05:11.wide but he got the ball in from an incredibly narrow angle. It is a
:05:12. > :05:16.huge scoreline. If they win this they will cut the gap on Ayr United
:05:17. > :05:26.by five points. But Ayr United are battling back. The attendance 10,000
:05:27. > :05:33.217. Nearly half the crowd have come down from Paisley. There is ten
:05:34. > :05:36.minutes to go. That is a huge scoreline but it does not come
:05:37. > :05:46.anywhere near close to the Fir Park scoreline. Stephen? It is quite
:05:47. > :05:51.incredible to be honest with you. The Motherwell defending in that
:05:52. > :05:56.first half was an absolute joke. As well as Dundee played, Motherwell
:05:57. > :06:04.conceded 17 goals in the last four games. It is not acceptable. It has
:06:05. > :06:08.been dreadful. I think it will be very difficult for Mark McGhee to
:06:09. > :06:12.survive this. The fans will be on his back and rightly so. At home
:06:13. > :06:23.Dundee have only won twice on their own. It was only a few weeks ago
:06:24. > :06:29.they lost by seven goals. Is this the worst defeat? Guess,
:06:30. > :06:32.because it is at home and it is one of the teams who are around them in
:06:33. > :06:38.the lead. It is not one of the so-called stronger teams like
:06:39. > :06:44.Rangers. It is a team they should be on parity with. Don't take anything
:06:45. > :06:48.away from Dundee, they had a great result against Rangers last week. I
:06:49. > :06:52.think Marcus Haber has made a big stance since he came to Dundee. He
:06:53. > :07:01.is a physical presence and he has scored a couple of goals and he will
:07:02. > :07:09.be looking for a hat-trick. Mark McGhee under scrutiny, so to Ian
:07:10. > :07:16.Castro. 2-0 down. They have been poor. I have watched that again
:07:17. > :07:23.today. There is a lot of work to go on at Tynecastle. Ian Castro has a
:07:24. > :07:27.big job. They were second and playing decent football and now they
:07:28. > :07:30.are going backwards. They are lucky St Johnstone are losing or they
:07:31. > :07:36.could find themselves in fifth place. To mention some -- St
:07:37. > :07:42.Johnstone losing, Kilmarnock are 2- up. An incredible opening goal from
:07:43. > :07:48.Rory McKenzie. It was an absolutely special goal. I am really pleased
:07:49. > :07:54.for Lee McCulloch. I hope he takes the job on a full-time basis. To the
:07:55. > :07:57.top two now, we usually start at the top and work our way down but we
:07:58. > :08:02.have been doing them in reverse order. Aberdeen Alpes on up against
:08:03. > :08:08.Ross County and Adam Rooney on the scoresheet. Ross County have been
:08:09. > :08:13.giving a good account of themselves. If you look at all the goals of the
:08:14. > :08:18.weekend, there has been a catalogue of errors right through every single
:08:19. > :08:25.game. Zach Jewels has been dreadful for Motherwell. Stephen Anderson,
:08:26. > :08:32.Andrew Davies goes on the wrong foot for the goal for Aberdeen and Zander
:08:33. > :08:37.Clark, it has been a really poor day for goalkeepers and offenders. We
:08:38. > :08:41.don't know what is happening there. We have not got pictures coming in.
:08:42. > :08:54.It is fairly predictable that Moussa Dembele opens the scoring. Hamilton
:08:55. > :09:04.have not won. When you go to Celtic Park or one of the bigger clubs, can
:09:05. > :09:07.you get to 0-0 at half-time to frustrate the crowd? The weekend's
:09:08. > :09:10.other Premiership match was played last night.
:09:11. > :09:13.It was the club at the bottom against the team in third place.
:09:14. > :09:15.Inverness, who hadn't won a game since October, at home to Rangers,
:09:16. > :09:18.who had taken just one point from their last three matches.
:09:19. > :09:23.It turned out to be a Black Friday for the away team.
:09:24. > :09:37.You made the journey up their, Steven? Road-macro a defence if the
:09:38. > :09:41.state gives them this opportunity for defence in the second-half
:09:42. > :09:49.Rangers battled back into the game. Interesting penalty. There was a
:09:50. > :10:01.yellow card for this challenge. A good finish. Inverness grabbed the
:10:02. > :10:03.bull by the horns and won penalty. There was an opportunity to win the
:10:04. > :10:04.game when you are at the bottom of There was an opportunity to win the
:10:05. > :10:09.the league, you're never going to There was an opportunity to win the
:10:10. > :10:14.get a better chance than this to get all three points. However, real
:10:15. > :10:23.moment of inspiration from Billy McKay. Credit McKay for that. What a
:10:24. > :10:27.superb overhead kick. A goal worthy of winning any game. You can see
:10:28. > :10:31.what it means to Richie Foran and Inverness. It was not all over for
:10:32. > :10:38.them. There was still one moment in the match. There was a call for a
:10:39. > :10:42.penalty kick. It hits his chest and it hits his hand, certainly hits his
:10:43. > :10:49.hand on the way out. Rangers may find themselves a bit unlucky. What
:10:50. > :10:57.a way to mark the 1000th match for Caley Thistle. They have got a
:10:58. > :11:02.point. Caley, you showed them last week and there was a bit of
:11:03. > :11:12.determination about them. Hamilton are losing today. The Accies have a
:11:13. > :11:17.really tough game. There is a run for the Accies. We can hear what the
:11:18. > :11:22.Caley Thistle manager Richie Foran had to say when he spoke to our man.
:11:23. > :11:27.I didn't think we would get another chance. I would have been happy with
:11:28. > :11:30.a draw but with the likes of Billy McKay on your team who can score
:11:31. > :11:35.a draw but with the likes of Billy from anywhere, one chance and one
:11:36. > :11:39.goal. It is a wonderful finish, an overhead kick, of the post as well,
:11:40. > :11:43.makes it feel more special. You have talked about belief and the faith
:11:44. > :11:47.you have in the players, you must have confidence that you can really
:11:48. > :11:53.kick on from this result? Of course, I have said this all along, huge
:11:54. > :11:56.desire and hunger. We showed a lot of quality tonight, particularly
:11:57. > :12:01.with the two finishes. We have been a long time at the bottom of the
:12:02. > :12:05.table. Weaker players would have crumbled. There is a huge desire,
:12:06. > :12:12.hunger, bravery. We kept the positives. We knew the results would
:12:13. > :12:16.be coming. We have two fine results against two top teams, Rangers and
:12:17. > :12:31.Hearts. Things are looking up for Caley Thistle. Not so Rangers. We
:12:32. > :12:35.hear news of the mystery adviser that Graeme Murty has got. I don't
:12:36. > :12:38.know, it is a mystery to me! I don't know if Allan knows anything. It was
:12:39. > :12:40.a strange thing for Graeme Murty to say. You heard Richie talk about
:12:41. > :12:43.character. He showed so much character in the game. That was the
:12:44. > :12:50.one thing that was missing, character. There were three games
:12:51. > :12:54.against Hearts, Rangers and Celtic. A lot of people said will they get
:12:55. > :13:00.any points out of these three games? They have already got four which is
:13:01. > :13:01.a big surprise. I think Celtic is too far.
:13:02. > :13:05.Now there's one Championship match this evening.
:13:06. > :13:08.It's the team at the top of the table against the team in sixth.
:13:09. > :13:11.Hibs at home to Dunfermline, It kicks off at 5:15
:13:12. > :13:13.but our reporter, Brian McLauchlin, is already in position
:13:14. > :13:17.You'll hear more of him throughout the match on Radio Scotland later,
:13:18. > :13:27.Good evening, David. Many of the Hibernian fans are still celebrating
:13:28. > :13:33.the cup success. Not so manager Neil Lennon who has emphasised promotion
:13:34. > :13:36.to the top flight 's Scottish football is the number one priority.
:13:37. > :13:40.The current league form has them heading back to the Premiership,
:13:41. > :13:45.unbeaten after 11 games and with a healthy lead at the top of the
:13:46. > :13:56.Championship. Two changes made for dumb firmly. Andrew shinny and
:13:57. > :14:05.Humphrey. Hibernian have had one defeat in 14. Despite the good run
:14:06. > :14:10.of form they are ready four points of the relegation play-off spot.
:14:11. > :14:15.Allan, chance for Hibs to increase their lead at the top? I would
:14:16. > :14:21.expect kids to go and beat them. It will be a tough game. A quarter past
:14:22. > :14:25.five kick off. I expect Neil Lennon's side to kick on. I think
:14:26. > :14:35.they will win the league by ten points plus. Raith Rovers, Ayr
:14:36. > :14:41.United, Neil Lennon expressing his opinion. You thought it was
:14:42. > :14:47.tactical. Genius. He wanted to give them a wee rocket before the cup
:14:48. > :14:52.game and certainly worked! John McGuinness's performance in
:14:53. > :14:56.particular? John was outstanding. Hibs were excellent, all over the
:14:57. > :15:06.party. We touched on this in the Derby. When Hearts won the cup in
:15:07. > :15:10.2012, there were new players. Then there was a manager who had never
:15:11. > :15:15.managed at Easter Road and it showed with the experience.
:15:16. > :15:24.At the bottom, St Mirren are looking good, too -- zero away to Ayr United
:15:25. > :15:32.in a match they had to win. It was a must win game. -- 2-0 away to Ayr
:15:33. > :15:37.United. If they had lost, it would have been curtains. As good as. It
:15:38. > :15:42.is a massive show of character from St Mirren. Dundee on course for a
:15:43. > :15:48.good result at Motherwell in the Premiership this afternoon. Can you
:15:49. > :15:52.update as? It is still 5-1. How often have we seen a team being
:15:53. > :15:56.dominant in the first 45 minutes and then failing to add to their tally
:15:57. > :16:01.in the second period? That has happened for Dundee. Motherwell have
:16:02. > :16:06.made a better impression on the second, but a double from Marcus
:16:07. > :16:12.Haber, another from Craig Wighton, Henrik Ojamaa, and an own goal from
:16:13. > :16:19.Zak Jules gives Dundee at 5-1 lead. Zak Jules with the -- Louis Moult
:16:20. > :16:25.with the only goal for Motherwell. Let's go to Celtic Park. Celtic
:16:26. > :16:31.should be the up. They are leading 2-0 through goals from Moussa
:16:32. > :16:34.Dembele. It has been a pretty slow pace in the second half. Gary
:16:35. > :16:41.Mackay-Steven has seen running shot saved. The only thing for Hamilton
:16:42. > :16:44.to cling onto was a penalty claim. The attacker went down under a Scott
:16:45. > :16:49.Brown challenge, but the referee said it was a dive and he was shown
:16:50. > :16:53.a yellow card. Onto Pittodrie, where Scott Davie is
:16:54. > :16:57.keeping us updated on Aberdeen against Ross County.
:16:58. > :17:03.Adam Rooney's 17th goal of this season is separating the sides with
:17:04. > :17:07.a few moments ago. Aberdeen on the counterattack in the transfer Miles
:17:08. > :17:12.Storey. He hits it over the bar end into the richer Donald stand. He has
:17:13. > :17:17.come on as a substitute. It probably would have been Jayden Stockley, if
:17:18. > :17:23.he had been fit, but he damaged his shoulder against Kilmarnock last
:17:24. > :17:26.week. Miles Storey has not made much of an impression. Ross County will
:17:27. > :17:31.be frustrated if they lose this game. They have defended well. A
:17:32. > :17:34.lapse of concentration by the captain, Andrew Davies, is why they
:17:35. > :17:45.are drilling and looking at the points return of just four from the
:17:46. > :17:47.last 24 available. Let's get the latest from Firhill
:17:48. > :17:52.Stadium. It is 2-0. The Hearts head coach, Ian Cathro, looking for a
:17:53. > :17:56.response after that dismal Edinburgh derby defeat. It has not come this
:17:57. > :18:00.afternoon in Glasgow, Kris Doolan opening the scoring for Partick
:18:01. > :18:04.Thistle, his 98th goal of all time for Partick Thistle. It looked like
:18:05. > :18:11.he would get more in the first half. He had a couple of opportunities to
:18:12. > :18:14.reach 100, but it did not happen. Hearts were woeful, Lennard Sowah
:18:15. > :18:24.looking like a fish out of water centre-half. There has been a
:18:25. > :18:28.dismissal for two bookable offences. Partick Thistle are deserving of the
:18:29. > :18:32.three points this afternoon. Let's go to McDiarmid Park. It looks
:18:33. > :18:37.like Kilmarnock are heading for all three points away to St Johnstone.
:18:38. > :18:40.We are into stoppage time. St Johnstone have not had much punch.
:18:41. > :18:45.They have just had an effort over the bar from Chris Kane. It was a
:18:46. > :18:49.Rory McKenzie goal in 35 minutes, and then a header from Conor Sammon
:18:50. > :18:54.at the far post which to easily beat the keeper in my opinion. That is
:18:55. > :18:59.the score at the moment and this is how it looks like it will finish.
:19:00. > :19:02.We can go back to Pittodrie. It is full time between second placed
:19:03. > :19:10.Aberdeen and Ross County. Let's hear how it finished. It was
:19:11. > :19:13.1-0. The old football cliche that the good teams manage to win some
:19:14. > :19:17.are even when they're not playing well, that was the case for Aberdeen
:19:18. > :19:22.today. They have not been at the level they have been at recently,
:19:23. > :19:27.but it is still ten victories in the last 11 games. Nine points ahead of
:19:28. > :19:31.Rangers, 14 ahead of Hearts, 15 ahead of St Johnstone in the race
:19:32. > :19:34.for second place. I think it is pretty much race over but I do not
:19:35. > :19:38.imagine Derek McInnes will give us that point of view at the end of
:19:39. > :19:44.this match. Adam Rooney with a flick in the six yard box. It was a ball
:19:45. > :19:49.played in by Kenny MacLean. Andrew Davies, the Ross County captain,
:19:50. > :19:53.should have cleared. He got himself in a muddle. No clean sheets in the
:19:54. > :19:57.last 11 games for Ross County. They defended well and lost Paul Quinn at
:19:58. > :20:01.the end, their central defender, to injury at half-time. It did not
:20:02. > :20:07.help. They passed up good opportunities. Andrew Davies Miss
:20:08. > :20:12.two opportunities. Craig Curran sent on over the bar. They go to
:20:13. > :20:15.Tynecastle in midweek. Aberdeen go to Hamilton on Tuesday and can
:20:16. > :20:21.extend their lead over their rivals if they get a victory.
:20:22. > :20:23.1-0. Much less close-run at Fir Park and the match between Motherwell and
:20:24. > :20:30.Dundee. It is all over. Yes, it is 1-5. It
:20:31. > :20:34.all started with Zak Jules, with an own goal after only seven minutes
:20:35. > :20:39.when he headed over the top of his own keeper, Craig Samson. Louis
:20:40. > :20:44.Moult level things up midway through these first-half, but Dundee went on
:20:45. > :20:49.a scoring run, Marcus Haber, then Mark O'Hara adding the third. Craig
:20:50. > :20:55.Wighton got on the act before Marcus Haber got his second on half-time.
:20:56. > :20:58.Motherwell were booed off at the interval. They were better in the
:20:59. > :21:03.second half with Craig Clay having shot saved by Scott Bain, but
:21:04. > :21:10.Motherwell in the midst of our relegation battle after this 5-1
:21:11. > :21:14.thrashing Dundee. Dundee maintained their spot in the
:21:15. > :21:17.top six. We're going to McDiarmid Park. St Johnstone against
:21:18. > :21:25.Kilmarnock has finished. Let's hear about that. All over. 2-0
:21:26. > :21:30.Kilmarnock. It was impressive performance against shot shy St
:21:31. > :21:35.Johnstone. Boyd tested Zander Clark as early as the fourth minute with a
:21:36. > :21:39.free kick. The goal was only delayed. Kilmarnock went into the
:21:40. > :21:44.lead after Rory McKenzie's 12 minute effort, speculative shot from 35
:21:45. > :21:48.yards that went over the head of the Saints keeper, Zander Clark.
:21:49. > :21:52.Kilmarnock should have added more. There was an effort which Kris Boyd
:21:53. > :21:58.got in with a free kick, which was beaten away. Conor Sammon had a 20
:21:59. > :22:02.yard shot an 80 minutes. In the second half, since only effort from
:22:03. > :22:09.the first half, on 60 minutes. They struggled. They were shot shy. Conor
:22:10. > :22:10.Sammon put it beyond doubt on 71 minutes. He nodded down the cause.
:22:11. > :22:15.The keeper was slow to get to it, I minutes. He nodded down the cause.
:22:16. > :22:19.thought. It went past him at the far post.
:22:20. > :22:21.Did you like I pretended I did not know I was on screen when I was
:22:22. > :22:25.listening? Definitely I will be listening to
:22:26. > :22:30.Charlie Mann now with news of Dundee United and Greenock Morton.
:22:31. > :22:35.1-1. One point apiece, probably about right in the way the game went
:22:36. > :22:40.at Tannadice. There was brewing around the stadium at half-time
:22:41. > :22:45.because Morton were in front, taking the lead on 39 minutes, Lee Kilday's
:22:46. > :22:49.fourth goal of the season. The corner from Ross Forbes was deep
:22:50. > :22:53.into the box, and Lee Kilday had lots of time. In the second half,
:22:54. > :22:59.United change things. They went for it and equalised an 83 minutes from
:23:00. > :23:03.a corner. Mark Durnan was the score, his fourth of the season as well. I
:23:04. > :23:07.am not sure he knew how you scored it. Ping-pong in the box and the
:23:08. > :23:12.ball ricocheted against the defender, against the legs of Mark
:23:13. > :23:15.Durnan and into the net. It finished 1-1. It is as you were in the league
:23:16. > :23:20.standings, but the big winners could be Hibs, who are playing this
:23:21. > :23:26.evening. At Firhill Park this afternoon, the
:23:27. > :23:29.big winners were Partick Thistle. Yes, 2-0. It was a dreadful
:23:30. > :23:36.disappointing performance from Hearts. The headlines will be about
:23:37. > :23:39.Ian Cathro again. This was a great performance this afternoon from a
:23:40. > :23:46.three points desperately first stop three points desperately first stop
:23:47. > :23:50.-- desperately. Kris Doolan came up with the goods again today, scoring
:23:51. > :23:54.early on to put Partick Thistle on the road to victory, turning smartly
:23:55. > :23:58.in the box to hook Lee Sharpe into the net. He could have got a
:23:59. > :24:02.hat-trick in the first half, which would have taken into a century of
:24:03. > :24:06.Partick Thistle goals. Some smart goalkeeping from Hamilton kept him
:24:07. > :24:10.at bay. Hearts were not in this match. Lennard Sowah moved to
:24:11. > :24:13.centre-half from centre back. match. Lennard Sowah moved to
:24:14. > :24:17.looked like a fish out of water and the Hearts defending was hesitant.
:24:18. > :24:23.They were toothless upfront. They were much more toothless when
:24:24. > :24:27.Goncalves got himself sent off. The first booking was for motoring off
:24:28. > :24:31.to the referee, the second for a late challenge. That was the last
:24:32. > :24:35.thing that Ian Cathro's side needed. Liam Lindsay got the second goal,
:24:36. > :24:39.the least that Partick Thistle deserved. A great three points
:24:40. > :24:42.following up their victory last weekend against Hamilton. Putting
:24:43. > :24:45.the derby day disappointment behind them was the task for Ian Cathro's
:24:46. > :24:51.Hearts today. They have not done that. Back to the
:24:52. > :24:54.Championship and Chick Young. He was watching the match between Ayr
:24:55. > :24:58.United and St Mirren. The great escape key beyond. St
:24:59. > :25:04.Mirren have cut the gap at the bottom of the Championship to five
:25:05. > :25:08.points with a 2-0 victory over Morton -- over Ayr. Second-half
:25:09. > :25:13.goals from John Sutton and Lewis Morgan gave the Paisley club hope.
:25:14. > :25:27.They still have a game in hand over their relegation rivals. John Sutton
:25:28. > :25:32.timed his run to perfection to break the offside trap. There was a news
:25:33. > :25:34.-- there was a nervous period first million before Lewis Morgan got
:25:35. > :25:37.another, with a break. The St Mirren support was fantastic today, almost
:25:38. > :25:39.half the crowd. They have left the stadium believing St Mirren can
:25:40. > :25:44.produce a miracle, the great escape at the bottom of the Championship.
:25:45. > :25:49.Lots of work to be done. Ayr will say, we are still five points ahead.
:25:50. > :25:54.It is going to be dramatic. My heart is pumping.
:25:55. > :25:59.That is a good thing. Take it easy. We will listen to Richard Wilson,
:26:00. > :26:04.who was watching Celtic against Hamilton, top against bottom.
:26:05. > :26:08.It was 2-0 to the side of the top, Celtic's impressive march towards
:26:09. > :26:13.the title continues. They were not that there are buyers today compared
:26:14. > :26:15.to other towns this evening -- this season, but Moussa Dembele was
:26:16. > :26:20.impressive on his own, opening the scoring with a well taken individual
:26:21. > :26:26.goal, spinning away from us Donati before lifting a shot into the
:26:27. > :26:31.corner of the net from 25 yards. The second goal came when Kieran Tierney
:26:32. > :26:36.was brought down inside the penalty box by Massimo Donati. Moussa
:26:37. > :26:41.Dembele scored the penalty. Celtic are top of the table and Hamilton
:26:42. > :26:47.are bottom. At the end of the game, immanent Revista ahead turned out by
:26:48. > :26:52.Craig Gordon. The bottom six looks to be
:26:53. > :26:58.separating. They were all bunched up, but you're looking at Ross
:26:59. > :27:03.County, Motherwell, Inverness and Hamilton. Yes, great results for
:27:04. > :27:07.Partick Thistle and Inverness. Hamilton have a really difficult
:27:08. > :27:14.five games coming up, albeit one is in the cup. Ross County are not in a
:27:15. > :27:18.great run. They have not won a match this year. Motherwell as well,
:27:19. > :27:21.conceding goals for fun. Inverness have momentum. Four points in the
:27:22. > :27:26.last to make the game. They will play Celtic in midweek and that will
:27:27. > :27:29.be difficult, but they have momentum if they want to get out of this. It
:27:30. > :27:33.be difficult, but they have momentum is looking bad for Motherwell. Yes,
:27:34. > :27:38.the goals they're conceding, the lack of fight in the team. To lose a
:27:39. > :27:44.home game 5-1 is unacceptable. I will be interested to hear what Mark
:27:45. > :27:48.McGhee says post match. He must be under massive pressure. It is not
:27:49. > :27:52.good enough. He will be shell-shocked, lost for words. He is
:27:53. > :27:57.never lost for words. He was after the Rangers game. This is a tough
:27:58. > :27:59.managerial period for Mark McGhee. He has got to turn it around. The
:28:00. > :28:03.managerial period for Mark McGhee. Motherwell fans will be spitting
:28:04. > :28:07.feathers. To lose five goals against a team that you should be in and
:28:08. > :28:11.around in the lead at home, it is dreadful. Three points away from the
:28:12. > :28:22.bottom with the worst goal difference. Stephen
:28:23. > :28:25.McManus was injured for today's game. He is an experienced player
:28:26. > :28:28.for them. He has been playing well they have been haemorrhaging goals.
:28:29. > :28:31.Yes, no excuses. It is the lack of defending. Dreadful. So cheap. At
:28:32. > :28:35.the top of the table, Aberdeen, it victories from nine. They have had a
:28:36. > :28:40.great weekend with Rangers losing last night, Hearts and St Johnstone
:28:41. > :28:44.losing. Aberdeen are nine clear of Rangers, 23 goals ahead of them.
:28:45. > :28:51.They are basically ten ahead of Rangers. First is gone and second is
:28:52. > :28:56.almost gone as well. The top six almost selects itself apart from the
:28:57. > :29:00.last spot, between Dundee, Partick Thistle and Kilmarnock. There are
:29:01. > :29:05.only 56 points between Ross County on them. There is a long way to go.
:29:06. > :29:09.The first five are set in stone. Partick Thistle had been creating
:29:10. > :29:13.chances and not taking them for a long time. Now they are getting
:29:14. > :29:19.among the goals. -- among the goals. Kris Doolan is a good player. I like
:29:20. > :29:24.Partick Thistle, and Alan Archibald is a good manager. They have a good
:29:25. > :29:41.team. Right, time for the classified results round-up.
:29:42. > :30:16.The Inverness Caledonian Thistle Rangers match was played last night.
:30:17. > :33:01.To -- two matches have been postponed because of the weather.
:33:02. > :33:16.Time now for a look at the league tables.
:33:17. > :33:26.A huge win for Dundee. At the bottom of the table, Hamilton dropped to
:33:27. > :33:31.the bottom after Caley Thistle's 2-1 win over Rangers last night.
:33:32. > :33:55.Motherwell and Ross County, it is looking a bit dicey for them.
:33:56. > :34:07.Livingston's match was postponed today. Alloa Athletic are now nine
:34:08. > :34:29.points behind them. Stenhousemuir's game was postponed.
:34:30. > :34:36.Another win for Chelsea. Their game is postponed this weekend. Tottenham
:34:37. > :34:43.Hotspur played tomorrow. Liverpool play Leicester on Monday. The bottom
:34:44. > :34:44.of the table looks like this. Leicester City dropping into the
:34:45. > :34:57.bottom three. Brighton Hove Albion have a chance
:34:58. > :35:03.to unseat Newcastle United, they are still to play this weekend. A big
:35:04. > :35:05.gap between Rotherham United and the others at the bottom of the
:35:06. > :35:18.Championship. Right, folks, we have time to hear
:35:19. > :35:22.from the biggest winner of the day perhaps, Paul Hartley Dundee spoke
:35:23. > :35:30.to John Barnes after their 5-1 win at Fir Park.
:35:31. > :35:39.How pleased to which you with your team's performance today? Yes, in
:35:40. > :35:44.the second half, we told them at half-time to make sure not to
:35:45. > :35:48.concede any goals. Sometimes when you have a commanding lead that
:35:49. > :35:53.concede any goals. Sometimes when happens but all in all the players
:35:54. > :36:00.were outstanding. It was good for the players leading up to the goals?
:36:01. > :36:02.We had some good combination play. It was pulled off today. The overall
:36:03. > :36:07.team performance again was excellent.
:36:08. > :36:13.I am always getting Fir Park and Firhill confused! Paul Hartley does
:36:14. > :36:18.not seem elated with that win? He is playing it cool. That is a wonderful
:36:19. > :36:27.result for him. It was the same team last week who beat Rangers and today
:36:28. > :36:32.thrashing Motherwell, that is absolutely hammering. They are a
:36:33. > :36:36.team who have not been scoring a lot of goals? They have struggled this
:36:37. > :36:39.season and they have missed two star strikers from last season but I do
:36:40. > :36:43.like the look of Haber. I think he brings a lot to the team. They were
:36:44. > :36:48.talking about giving directives to him. It certainly worked. He scored
:36:49. > :36:55.two goals and run the Motherwell defence ragged. With the points
:36:56. > :37:00.going to Motherwell. Young Craig Whyte and is an excellent prospect
:37:01. > :37:08.so good to see him getting a game. A good win for Partick Thistle at Fir
:37:09. > :37:11.Park! My worry is after listening to Ian Cathro, there is no reaction
:37:12. > :37:17.today. The fans are rightly saying can he inspire the team or the
:37:18. > :37:21.players? If they played Peterhead midweek it will be difficult to get
:37:22. > :37:25.them up. But to go to Easter Road against your local rivals who are
:37:26. > :37:29.the cup holders, a 20,000 sell-out and you cannot get the players up,
:37:30. > :37:34.that is a real worry. A great weekend and a great period it has
:37:35. > :37:43.been for Aberdeen, Steven? Odds on they will finish second? I think
:37:44. > :37:46.they will, I don't think that is in doubt. Eight wins from nine. Week
:37:47. > :37:49.after week they are bringing on substitutes who are making an
:37:50. > :37:52.impact. They score a lot of eight goals but it shows you the strength
:37:53. > :37:56.of their squads that they can make the big substitutions and matches.
:37:57. > :38:02.The goal they scored today was fortuitous. Terrible defending from
:38:03. > :38:05.Andrew Davies. But it ricocheted off Shinny's leg and went in. They will
:38:06. > :38:13.claim it, you always do. They won the game. Today they did not play
:38:14. > :38:15.all that well but they won the game. Lovely stuff.
:38:16. > :38:17.Almost time for us to bid you good night.
:38:18. > :38:19.I'll tell you what's coming up first.
:38:20. > :38:20.Tomorrow night Jonathan Sutherland is here,
:38:21. > :38:23.of all the weekend's Premiership action.
:38:24. > :38:25.That is at six o'clock on BBC Two Scotland -
:38:26. > :38:30.Just one showing - for the Results Show -
:38:31. > :38:32.and let's face it that's probably enough.
:38:33. > :38:34.We're back next week at 4.10pm on BBC One Scotland.
:38:35. > :38:37.In 20 minutes' time you can tune in to
:38:38. > :38:40.Off The Ball's Saturday Supplement - with Tam Cowan and Stuart Cosgrove.
:38:41. > :38:47.I'm indebted to our guests - Steven Thompson and Allan Preston.