Scottish Premiership 2024-25: Pre-Split and Post-Split Results Compared
The 2024-25 Scottish Premiership is built around an official 33-round league phase followed by a five-round split. That creates two clear stages (…)
Premiership is a men’s league competition in Scotland, presented here under its official database name. This page brings together live scores, fixtures, results and standings, alongside player and team statistics, so visitors can follow matches and review competition data across the recorded seasons available. Use the season coverage to move between campaigns and find information relevant to each match or team.
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Regular Season - 7
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- Regular Season - 7
Dundee
Motherwell
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- Regular Season - 7
Hibernian
Aberdeen
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- Regular Season - 7
ST Johnstone
Falkirk
McDiarmid Park -
- Regular Season - 7
ST Mirren
Dundee Utd
The SMISA Stadium -
- Regular Season - 7
Kilmarnock
Heart Of Midlothian
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- Regular Season - 7
Celtic
Rangers
Celtic Park
Regular Season - 8
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- Regular Season - 8
Rangers
Kilmarnock
Ibrox Stadium
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- Regular Season - 8
Heart Of Midlothian
ST Mirren
Tynecastle Park
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- Regular Season - 8
Falkirk
Dundee
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- Regular Season - 8
Dundee Utd
Hibernian
Tannadice Park
Latest played matches, Premiership
Regular Season - 3
Regular Season - 6
Regular Season - 5
Premiership Standings
Premier League
| Rank | Club | MP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Last 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
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Celtic | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 18 | WWWWW |
| 2 |
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Rangers | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 13 | WWWWL |
| 3 |
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Heart Of Midlothian | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 12 | WWWWL |
| 4 |
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ST Mirren | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 10 | LLWDW |
| 5 |
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Motherwell | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 8 | LWDDW |
| 6 |
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Dundee | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 7 | LDLWW |
| 7 |
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ST Johnstone | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 7 | LWDLL |
| 8 |
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Hibernian | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 6 | LLWWL |
| 9 |
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Dundee Utd | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 5 | DLWLL |
| 10 |
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Aberdeen | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 4 | DLLLW |
| 11 |
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Falkirk | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 2 | DLLDL |
| 12 |
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Kilmarnock | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -10 | 1 | DLLLL |
Promotion - Premiership (Championship Group)
Premiership (Relegation Group)
Premiership Statistics
Top scorers 2026
| # | Player | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
J. Fowler
ST Johnstone |
4 |
| 2 |
K. Høgh
Celtic |
3 |
| 3 |
L. Shankland
Rangers |
3 |
| 4 |
C. Durán
Celtic |
3 |
| 5 |
B. Nygren
Celtic |
3 |
| 6 |
K. Phillips
ST Mirren |
2 |
| 7 |
C. Wright
Hibernian |
2 |
| 8 |
J. Wilson
Heart Of Midlothian |
2 |
| 9 |
M. Boyle
Hibernian |
2 |
| 10 |
J. McPake
Heart Of Midlothian |
2 |
Top assists 2026
| # | Player | Assists |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
B. Nygren
Celtic |
3 |
| 2 |
C. Durán
Celtic |
3 |
| 3 |
S. Ramos
ST Mirren |
2 |
| 4 |
M. Merghem
Dundee Utd |
2 |
| 5 |
K. Tierney
Celtic |
2 |
| 6 |
J. McPake
Heart Of Midlothian |
2 |
| 7 |
J. Gullan
ST Johnstone |
2 |
| 8 |
Tawanda Jethro Maswanhise
Motherwell |
2 |
| 9 |
Cláudio Braga
Heart Of Midlothian |
2 |
| 10 |
T. Lowery
Kilmarnock |
2 |
Premiership teams participation since 2010
History
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| Team | Nb participations |
|---|---|
| Celtic | 16 |
| Aberdeen | 16 |
| Motherwell | 16 |
| Kilmarnock | 15 |
| ST Johnstone | 15 |
| Heart Of Midlothian | 14 |
| Hibernian | 13 |
| ST Mirren | 13 |
| Rangers | 12 |
| Ross County | 12 |
| Dundee | 11 |
| Dundee Utd | 11 |
| Partick | 9 |
| Hamilton Academical | 8 |
| Livingston | 8 |
| Inverness CT | 8 |
| Raith Rovers | 2 |
| Ayr Utd | 2 |
| Dunfermline | 2 |
| Falkirk | 1 |
| Arbroath | 1 |
| Airdrie United | 1 |
| Queen's Park | 1 |
Premiership top scorer teams
Goals scored vs. conversion rate
| Team | Goals scored | Total shots | Conversion % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Celtic | 14 | 134 |
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| Heart Of Midlothian | 12 | 86 |
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| ST Johnstone | 8 | 66 |
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| ST Mirren | 8 | 90 |
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| Motherwell | 8 | 75 |
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| Rangers | 7 | 125 |
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| Dundee | 7 | 68 |
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| Hibernian | 7 | 83 |
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| Dundee Utd | 6 | 97 |
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| Kilmarnock | 4 | 53 |
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| Falkirk | 3 | 49 |
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| Aberdeen | 2 | 49 |
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Premiership About
Premiership, officially known as the Scottish Premiership, is Scotland’s top-flight professional men’s league and the highest division in the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL). Governed by the SPFL, it determines Scotland’s national champion, promotion and relegation outcomes, and access to UEFA club competitions. The Scottish Football Association (SFA) remains responsible for the wider framework of Scottish football, including discipline, club licensing and the routes through which Scottish clubs enter Europe.
A modern top flight with a long history
The Premiership was established in its current form in July 2013, when the Scottish Premier League and Scottish Football League merged to create the SPFL. Although the present competition dates from 2013, it belongs to a continuous tradition of Scottish top-flight football reaching back to the foundation of the national league in 1890. Its modern identity therefore combines a relatively recent administrative structure with more than a century of championship history.
The division is Scotland’s principal domestic league competition. Its champions are crowned national champions and earn the highest available Scottish league route into UEFA competition. The number and precise allocation of European places can vary according to Scotland’s UEFA coefficient position and the qualification rules applying to a particular season, so final league rankings carry significance well beyond the title race.
Participation is restricted to 12 clubs. Clubs gain their place through sporting performance within the Scottish football pyramid, while continued eligibility also depends on meeting SFA club-licensing requirements. These cover matters such as stadium standards, administration and financial sustainability. The club finishing 12th is relegated automatically to the Scottish Championship. The team in 11th enters a two-legged play-off against the winner of the Scottish Championship play-off series, with the tie deciding which club occupies the final Premiership place in the following season.
How the 12-team split works
The competition’s defining feature is its split format. During the first phase, each club plays every other club three times, producing 33 matches per team. The distribution of home and away fixtures is balanced across the overall schedule, with the venue for one of the three meetings determined by the established fixture-sequencing arrangements and previous-season positioning.
After the 33-match regular season, the table divides into two sections of six. The top six form the Championship Group, while the bottom six enter the Relegation Group. Each club then plays the other five teams in its section once more, adding five matches and bringing the season total to 38 games per team. Points gained in the first phase are carried into the split phase.
The split is a structural division rather than a reset. Once the sections have been formed, clubs cannot move from one group to the other. Consequently, a team in the Relegation Group cannot finish higher than seventh, even if it eventually collects more points than a club placed in the Championship Group. The arrangement creates a second phase in which the title, European positions and survival are contested among clubs with directly relevant league objectives, while retaining the points earned over the full campaign.
Points, rankings and decisive matches
The standard league points system applies: three points for a win, one for a draw and none for a defeat. Positions are first determined by total points, followed by goal difference, goals scored and head-to-head results. In the exceptional circumstance that teams remain level on all applicable criteria, a neutral-venue play-off may be used when the tied position affects the championship, European qualification or relegation. It is not a routine end-of-season fixture and is only relevant when the stipulated conditions are met.
League positions also shape the European future of Scottish clubs. The champions take the leading Scottish qualification route into the UEFA Champions League, while other high finishers may enter the UEFA Europa League or UEFA Conference League. The exact entry round and allocation depend on the governing regulations and Scotland’s coefficient ranking for the relevant period.
Calendar, rivalries and sporting significance
A Premiership season generally runs from August to May, with the schedule sometimes including a short winter break in January. The first phase builds a broad league table through repeated meetings; the split then concentrates the remaining fixtures around the most consequential positions. This calendar explains why the competition’s final weeks can combine title pressure, European qualification battles and relegation contests on the same matchday.
The league also has an international profile created by its clubs and supporters. Celtic and Rangers, the Glasgow rivals traditionally known collectively as the Old Firm, have particularly large worldwide followings and have shaped the competition’s modern public identity. Yet the Premiership is not defined solely by that rivalry. Its sporting record includes Aberdeen’s 1985 championship, the last league title won by a club outside Celtic or Rangers, while the promotion and relegation system continues to provide a route for clubs from across Scotland to reach the top division.
The result is a league with a distinctive balance: a 12-team field, a 38-match season, and a split that prevents the closing rounds from becoming a single undifferentiated table. The Scottish Premiership links Scotland’s historic league tradition to the modern SPFL structure, with every final position carrying consequences for silverware, Europe, qualification to the following season or survival in the top flight.
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