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Five talking points from this weekend's Scottish Premiership action

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Celtic dropped more points in their pursuit of 10 in a row.

Rangers moved further clear in the Scottish Premiership after a 4-0 win over Ross County and Celtic slipped up again in a 1-1 home draw against St Johnstone.

There were wins for Livingston, Hibernian and Hamilton while St Mirren drew with Aberdeen.

Here are five things we learned from the weekend's action.

James Tavernier's numbers are up again

James Tavernier celebrates in Dingwall (Jeff Holmes/PA)

The Rangers right-back continues to chalk up goalscoring figures any striker would be happy with. He registered his 16th goal of the season against Ross County and needs only one more to match his career-best tally, which he set two seasons ago. Having also contributed 12 assists, the winner of September and November's player of the month awards looks like the number one contender to sweep up the annual awards come May.

Hamilton have turned it around

Accies looked in serious trouble after conceding 17 goals in three games and then losing to Stranraer in the Betfred Cup. But a more defensive formation saw them steady the ship with a narrow defeat by Dundee United and draw with Aberdeen, and they moved up to 10th with a 1-0 win over Kilmarnock, who had a man sent off for the fourth time this season.

Three-nil is not that unusual a scoreline

Hibernian head coach Jack Ross criticised the SPFL's decision to punish St Mirren and Kilmarnock for Covid-19 breaches with 3-0 defeats in postponed games and also argued that the scoreline was unrealistic. He would not have been too concerned to see his team undermine that claim by netting three times without reply at Motherwell – one of the beneficiaries of the SPFL ruling.

David Martindale is pushing for the Livingston job

The club's head of football operations publicly declared his desire to succeed Gary Holt before his side earned a 2-0 win over Dundee United, their first league victory since winning at Tannadice two months ago. Martindale had already begun his caretaker role with a 4-0 Betfred Cup win over Ayr.

Celtic's title is slipping away

Chris Kane celebrates his opener for St Johnstone (Andrew Milligan/PA)

A 1-1 home draw with St Johnstone left the champions 13 points behind Rangers with two games in hand. Neil Lennon is clinging on to his job but another setback would mean a record 10th consecutive title is already out of Celtic's hands.

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TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
Championship Group
1Celtic110082275581
2RangersRangers110074245078
3Hearts101046341263
4Kilmarnock10104334952
5St Mirren10013945-643
6Dundee10014556-1141
Relegation Group
1Hibernian11004752-542
2Aberdeen11003649-1338
3Motherwell10014652-637
4St Johnstone10012549-2431
5Ross County10013258-2630
6Livingston11002459-3521
 
First Phase
1Celtic33246380265478
2RangersRangers33243672234975
3Hearts33195946341262
4Kilmarnock33131284334951
5St Mirren33127143843-543
6Dundee331011124454-1041
7Hibernian33912124451-739
8Motherwell33813124651-537
9Aberdeen33811143549-1435
10St Johnstone33710162446-2231
11Ross County3379173256-2430
12Livingston3339212259-3718
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