When I consider Celtic’s title challenge, it’s not Hearts or the club from Ibrox which brings me out in a cold sweat. It’s the schedule that scares me. It scares most Celtic fans. That brutal run from February into early March is so unforgiving that you genuinely wonder whether we can fight our way through
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| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |
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| 1 | Hearts | 24 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 47 | 19 | 28 | 54 |
| 2 | Celtic | 24 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 43 | 23 | 20 | 48 |
| 3 | Rangers | 24 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 37 | 17 | 20 | 48 |
| 4 | Motherwell | 24 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 37 | 17 | 20 | 43 |
| 5 | Hibernian | 24 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 38 | 28 | 10 | 36 |
| 6 | Falkirk | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 31 | -4 | 33 |
| 7 | Aberdeen | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 26 | 33 | -7 | 28 |
| 8 | Dundee United | 23 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 28 | 37 | -9 | 25 |
| 9 | Dundee | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 37 | -18 | 23 |
| 10 | St Mirren | 23 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 31 | -14 | 20 |
| 11 | Kilmarnock | 24 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 43 | -20 | 17 |
| 12 | Livingston | 24 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 50 | -26 | 11 |
