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Scottish Premiership roundup: Celtic extend lead at top

Sports Mole rounds up Saturday's action in the Scottish Premiership as Celtic extend their lead at the top of the table.

Celtic have extended their lead at the top of the Scottish Premiership table to five points by beating Dundee United 3-0 thanks to goals from Gary Mackay-Steven, John Guidetti and Jason Denayer.

Ross County continued their fine form with a 2-1 victory over Kilmarnock after Michael Gardyne scored against his former club before Craig Curran added a second. Lee Ashcroft scored a late consolation goal.

St Mirren were defeated yet again, after goals from Brian Graham and Steven Anderson gave St Johnstone a 2-0 win, and Partick Thistle scored a late winner in their 1-0 win over Inverness Caledonian Thistle.

Aberdeen failed to gain ground on Celtic as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Dundee in the early kickoff.

Results in full: Dundee 1-1 Aberdeen, Celtic 3-0 Dundee United, Partick Thistle 1-0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Ross County 2-1 Kilmarnock, St Johnstone 2-0 St Mirren

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1Celtic1514104444043
2Aberdeen16104230181234
3RangersRangers1510232791832
4Dundee UnitedDundee Utd156632215724
5Motherwell157171823-522
6Dundee165472729-219
7St Mirren165381926-718
8Ross County163671230-1815
9St Johnstone1642101829-1114
10Kilmarnock163581734-1714
11Hearts163491825-713
12Hibernian162681828-1012


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