Rangers didn’t construct on their spectacular Previous Agency win as Hibs’ spectacular type continued, Aberdeen’s woes continued as St Johnstone’s survival hopes took one other blow.
Rangers inconsistency sees Hibs stay unbeaten
After their spectacular 3-0 win towards Celtic, Rangers’ struggling away type proved expensive as soon as once more as they needed to accept a draw at Easter Street.
Philippe Clement caught with the identical beginning XI because the Previous Agency recreation however they didn’t hit the identical heights as at Ibrox three days beforehand, and have dropped factors in seven of their 10 away league video games this season.
The brilliant spark for the Ibrox facet is Hamza Igamane and his hat-trick, however there have been many missed possibilities to wrap up a win and maintain just a little stress on Celtic within the title race.
Hibs have been torn aside within the early phases however their resilience shone by way of once more as they got here from behind twice to take a degree and lengthen their unbeaten run to 6 video games.
David Grey’s facet have gained 10 factors from dropping positions within the Premiership this season and Rocky Bushiri’s header reveals the gamers now have the struggle which appeared missing a number of months in the past.
The 2 sides of Aberdeen
For as spectacular as Aberdeen have been at the beginning of the season, they’re now as dismal with no wins of their final 10.
Whereas Jimmy Thelin admits the Dons have “problems to solve” he nonetheless believes their present type will be rotated and, given they have been unbeaten in 11 earlier within the marketing campaign, you do really feel a win needs to be coming once more quickly.
They struggled within the first half at Motherwell with Slobodan Rubezic’s pink card clearly by way of frustration, they did look brighter after the break.
Leighton Clarkson’s introduction got here with some struggle with the midfielder placing the bar.
Can St Johnstone get better from being forged adrift?
With no win in eight and now eight factors adrift on the foot of the Scottish Premiership, it’s a great distance again for St Johnstone.
They have been 3-0 right down to Dundee earlier than half an hour was performed on Sunday and it’s clear to see Simo Valakari must be allowed to strengthen his squad this month.
Defenders must be a precedence. They’ve conceded 19 first-half objectives in 22 Premiership video games this season, the worst document within the league.
Kyle Cameron and Lewis Neilson have been recalled by Notts County and Hearts that means there must be additions if they’re to outlive one other season within the top-flight.
What else did we study?
Celtic’s unbeaten run got here to a shuddering halt at Ibrox however they confirmed it was a one-off as they bounced straight again to a dominant show towards St Mirren.
Brendan Rodgers’ facet are 13 factors clear within the title race after their 3-0 win towards a St Mirren facet who supplied little at Parkhead.
Hearts have proven enchancment since their derby defeat to Hibs and so they made it back-to-back wins in 2025 with a 1-0 victory towards Dundee United.
Jim Goodwin’s facet struggled as they didn’t make it 4 straight wins to strengthen their grip on third.
With simply three factors separating eleventh from seventh within the league it was additionally a vital 1-0 victory for Ross County as they moved above opponents Kilmarnock and into ninth.