Scottish Premiership roundup: Motherwell grab rare win over Inverness Caledonian Thistle

Sports Mole rounds up Saturday's Scottish Premiership action as Motherwell grab a rare 2-1 win over Inverness on a good day for the bottom-half teams.

By Jonathan McIntosh, Reporter | 28 February 2015

Goals from Louis Laing and Lionel Ainsworth earned Motherwell victory as they beat Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2-1 in the Scottish Premiership this afternoon.

Edward Ofere scored on his Inverness debut to level the score in the second half before Ainsworth struck the winner.

Veteran striker Steven Thompson scored the winner in St Mirren's 1-0 victory over Hamilton Academical, and Jamie Reckord bagged the only goal in Ross County's victory over Dundee.

Partick Thistle beat Dundee United 2-0 thanks to a first-half goal from Stephen O'Donnell and Jaroslaw Fojut's own goal.

Elsewhere, St Johnstone versus Kilmarnock remained goalless. Celtic play Aberdeen in tomorrow's top-of-the-table clash.

Results in full: Dundee United 0-2 Partick Thistle, Motherwell 2-1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Ross County 1-0 Dundee, St Johnstone 0-0 Kilmarnock, St Mirren 1-0 Hamilton Academical

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Premier League Table

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
Championship Group
C	Celtic	4	4	0	0	92	28	64	90
2	Rangers Rangers	4	3	0	1	84	29	55	84
3	Hearts	4	1	2	1	51	39	12	67
4	Kilmarnock	4	1	1	2	45	43	2	55
5	St Mirren	4	1	1	2	44	49	-5	47
6	Dundee	4	0	0	4	48	67	-19	41
Relegation Group
1	Aberdeen	4	4	0	0	46	50	-4	47
2	Hibernian	4	2	0	2	51	58	-7	45
3	Motherwell	4	2	0	2	55	57	-2	43
4	Ross County	4	1	1	2	36	65	-29	34
5	St Johnstone	4	0	1	3	27	53	-26	32
R	Livingston	4	2	0	2	28	69	-41	24

First Phase
C	Celtic	33	24	6	3	80	26	54	78
2	Rangers Rangers	33	24	3	6	72	23	49	75
3	Hearts	33	19	5	9	46	34	12	62
4	Kilmarnock	33	13	12	8	43	34	9	51
5	St Mirren	33	12	7	14	38	43	-5	43
6	Dundee	33	10	11	12	44	54	-10	41
7	Hibernian	33	9	12	12	44	51	-7	39
8	Motherwell	33	8	13	12	46	51	-5	37
9	Aberdeen	33	8	11	14	35	49	-14	35
10	St Johnstone	33	7	10	16	24	46	-22	31
11	Ross County	33	7	9	17	32	56	-24	30
R	Livingston	33	3	9	21	22	59	-37	18