The major positive Brendan Rodgers brought to Celtic when he arrived in 2016 was the elevated level of professionalism he learned at Liverpool. Until then, Celtic were the biggest operation most of the football staff had worked in. Liverpool worked at a different level, which even Neil Lennon accepted when he returned in 2019. Standards
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| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |
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| 1 | Hearts | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 10 | 19 | 30 |
| 2 | Celtic | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 23 |
| 3 | Hibernian | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 18 |
| 4 | Rangers | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 18 |
| 5 | Falkirk | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 21 | -5 | 16 |
| 6 | Motherwell | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 15 |
| 7 | Dundee United | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 14 |
| 8 | Aberdeen | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 | -4 | 11 |
| 9 | St Mirren | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -7 | 10 |
| 10 | Kilmarnock | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 22 | -9 | 10 |
| 11 | Dundee | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 22 | -13 | 9 |
| 12 | Livingston | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 23 | -9 | 8 |
