Celtic eased to a comfortable 4-0 win over Motherwell after getting a penalty breakthrough in first-half stoppage-time.

Arne Engels opened the scoring after a tight first half as Aston Oxborough, the Motherwell goalkeeper, was penalised for a collision with Yang Hyun-jun. Daizen Maeda doubled the lead before the substitutes Nicolas Kühn and Reo Hatate netted to give Stuart Kettlewell, the visiting manager, a first taste of defeat in four visits to Celtic Park.

Kilmarnock heaped more misery on Aberdeen with a dominant 4-0 victory at Rugby Park. Aberdeen’s winless run was extended to seven games after another abject display.

Kilmarnock took a deserved lead when Kyle Vassell forced the ball over the line at the second time of asking with 19 minutes on the clock. They doubled their advantage just before the hour mark as David Watson found space to flick beyond the Aberdeen keeper, Dimitar Mitov. Innes Cameron came off the bench to add a third in the 87th minute and there was still time for his fellow replacement Bruce Anderson to round off a tremendous result for the hosts in added time.

Ross County picked up a priceless three points with an emphatic 3-0 win over dismal Dundee at Dens Park. Goals from Noah Chilvers, Josh Nisbet and Jordan White secured the visitors’ first away win in the league since September 2023. The result lifts the Highland side to 10th in the table, while Dundee slip to ninth.

David Gray felt his resurgent Hibernian side fully merited their first away win over Hearts, their Edinburgh rivals, for exactly five years after Dwight Gayle stepped off the bench to secure a 2-1 victory.

The two sides were level at the break after the Hearts defender Kye Rowles and his Hibs counterpart Rocky Bushiri both scored own goals. The visitors felt frustrated not to be ahead at the break after having the best of the first half, but they notched what proved to be the winner in the 78th minute when Gayle – who announced last Friday that he planned to retire at the end of the season – knocked in Nicky Cadden’s cross.

Hibs had not won at Tynecastle since Boxing Day 2019 and their players celebrated jubilantly at full time. “I’m delighted,” said Gray. “I think you see that with the scenes at the end. It’s a real difficult place to come, history tells you that.”

Sam Dalby scored his ninth goal in 11 games to clinch a 2-1 comeback win for Dundee United at St Johnstone and send his team up to fourth. The hosts edged in front on the stroke of half-time thanks to Makenzie Kirk’s sixth strike of the season. United deservedly levelled through the former St Johnstone winger Glenn Middleton after 51 minutes and bossed the game from there.

Dalby’s header on the hour was the least Jim Goodwin’s side merited from their dominance. Their opponents offered little response until Declan Gallagher, the visiting captain, was sent off with three minutes left to play. Simo Valakari’s team remain at the foot of the table after a 13th league loss.

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