For now, domestic dominance continues to mask these flaws. But as the new Champions League format ratchets up both the financial rewards and the competitive bar, Celtic’s model will face its most severe test. In Kazakhstan it was exposed and failed miserably.
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| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |
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| 1 | Celtic | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 2 | Hearts | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | Dundee United | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | Hibernian | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | St Mirren | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | Dundee | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 6 |
| 7 | Motherwell | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | Falkirk | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 5 |
| 9 | Livingston | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 5 |
| 10 | Kilmarnock | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 4 |
| 11 | Rangers | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 4 |
| 12 | Aberdeen | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | -7 | 1 |
