August is a perilous time for predictions. Teams are still working on fitness, new arrivals are often learning the language, and until the window closes, players can still come and go, affecting the performance of anyone competing for the title. That’s easy for us to say, though. Across the city, all they can see is
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| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |
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| 1 | Hearts | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 15 | 25 |
| 2 | Celtic | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 17 |
| 3 | Hibernian | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 14 |
| 4 | Dundee United | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | Rangers | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 12 |
| 6 | Falkirk | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | -3 | 12 |
| 7 | Motherwell | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 11 |
| 8 | Kilmarnock | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | -1 | 10 |
| 9 | St Mirren | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 9 |
| 10 | Dundee | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -6 | 9 |
| 11 | Aberdeen | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 7 |
| 12 | Livingston | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -9 | 6 |
