January 30 – Manchester City’s ‘reward’ for narrowly avoiding an embarrassing UEFA Champions League exit on Wednesday night is a play-off against a European juggernaut. A 3-1 comeback victory over Club Brugge clinched 22nd place in the league phase and a match against either Bayern Munich or Real Madrid, who finished 12th and 11th respectively, just to reach the Round of 16. Celtic, who came 21st, will take on the other giant. Heading into the thrilling final matchday,
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| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |
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| 1 | Celtic | 23 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 64 | 11 | 53 | 60 |
| 2 | Rangers | 24 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 47 | 19 | 28 | 50 |
| 3 | Dundee United | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 32 | 27 | 5 | 37 |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 32 | 36 | -4 | 35 |
| 5 | Motherwell | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 29 | 39 | -10 | 31 |
| 6 | Hibernian | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 35 | 37 | -2 | 30 |
| 7 | St Mirren | 24 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 30 | 38 | -8 | 30 |
| 8 | Dundee | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 37 | 41 | -4 | 27 |
| 9 | Hearts | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 28 | 33 | -5 | 27 |
| 10 | Ross County | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 43 | -19 | 26 |
| 11 | Kilmarnock | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 27 | 40 | -13 | 25 |
| 12 | St Johnstone | 24 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 27 | 48 | -21 | 18 |
