BRENDAN RODGERS did his Ibrox counterpart Philippe Clement a massive favour when he bought Luke McCowan from Dundee in a £1million deadline-day switch. With the influential captain and midfielder in the team, the Dens Park side went eight games unbeaten at the start of the season. Since the dynamic onfield leader left Tayside, Tony Docherty’s
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| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |
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| 1 | Celtic | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 21 | 22 |
| 2 | Aberdeen | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 22 |
| 3 | Rangers | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | Dundee United | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 15 |
| 5 | Motherwell | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 13 |
| 6 | Dundee | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | -1 | 9 |
| 7 | St Mirren | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -7 | 8 |
| 8 | St Johnstone | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -8 | 7 |
| 9 | Ross County | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 17 | -9 | 7 |
| 10 | Kilmarnock | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 17 | -8 | 6 |
| 11 | Hearts | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -5 | 5 |
| 12 | Hibernian | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -6 | 5 |
