CELTIC turned on the afterburners to scorch to a 4-0 triumph over Motherwell to open up a chasm of TWELVE points at the Premiership summit. The champions stepped it up after the interval as they led 1-0 through an Arne Engels penalty-kick just before the break. The Fir Park side had provided solid opposition in the opening 45
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| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |
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| 1 | Celtic | 17 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 48 | 4 | 44 | 47 |
| 2 | Rangers | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 11 | 18 | 35 |
| 3 | Aberdeen | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 25 | 6 | 34 |
| 4 | Dundee United | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 20 | 7 | 28 |
| 5 | St Mirren | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 30 | -4 | 27 |
| 6 | Motherwell | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 31 | -8 | 26 |
| 7 | Hibernian | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 31 | -5 | 21 |
| 8 | Kilmarnock | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 35 | -12 | 21 |
| 9 | Dundee | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 33 | -6 | 19 |
| 10 | Ross County | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 35 | -18 | 18 |
| 11 | Hearts | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 29 | -8 | 16 |
| 12 | St Johnstone | 19 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 22 | 36 | -14 | 14 |
