Hearts got their Premiership title push back on track with a 1-0 win over Falkirk at Tynecastle. The Jambos, beaten 4-2 at Rangers last weekend, broke the deadlock just before half-time when the January signing Islam Chesnokov lashed home his first goal for the club. Hearts held out to move five points clear of Rangers, who play their game in hand on Sunday.
Ethan Hamilton’s late goal gave Dundee a 3-2 win at 10-man Aberdeenwho had Liam Morrison sent off just before half-time. The Dons had gone in front after 13 minutes when Kevin Nisbet’s shot was fumbled by the Dundee keeper Jon McCracken and looked to have gone over the line before Toyosi Olusanya knocked in the rebound.
Dundee, though, turned the match around before half-time. The Aberdeen defender Morrison hauled down Tony Yogane in the box. After a lengthy video assistant referee review, Morrison was shown a red card before Simon Murray scored from the penalty spot. Dundee got themselves ahead just before the break when Joel Cotterill’s shot was spilled by Per Kristian Bråtveit.
Aberdeen equalised in the 68th minute through a fine 25-yard free-kick from Nisbet. Dundee, though, snatched a late winner with six minutes left when Hamilton lashed his shot into the top corner.
In Saturday’s late kick-off, Motherwell ran out 5-0 winners at St Mirrenwho finished with 10 men. Elijah Just fired the visitors into an early lead before Tawanda Maswanhise added a penalty and Ibrahim Said hit a third soon after the restart.
The St Mirren defender Richard King was shown a red card in the 52nd minute after a clash with the Motherwell midfielder Callum Slattery and Emmanuel Longelo made it 4-0 on the hour, given on a VAR review after an offside flag. The substitute Eythor Bjørgolfsson then scored his first Motherwell goal in the 65th minute with an acrobatic overhead kick.
Kilmarnock snatched a stoppage-time equaliser to draw 1-1 at Dundee United. Panutche Camará’s early shot hit the bar before Amar Fatah’s penalty was saved. Fatah did find his range in the 74th minute when he curled the ball in off a post. Kilmarnock, though, secured a point in added time through David Watson’s header before Jack Thomson was shown a red card for hauling back Fatah as he sprinted clear.
Rangers go to bottom-placed Livingston on Sunday, while Celtic, six points behind Hearts but with two games in hand, will be looking to bounce back from their European humiliation when they host Hibernian.
