It’s always nice to open a new campaign with three points. Even nicer if you move three points ahead of your nearest challenger. Normally, Celtic fans wouldn’t get carried away, and no one at Celtic will begin to do so. More important than the points yesterday though was the performance, which was excellent. What this
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| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |
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| 1 | Celtic | 36 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 106 | 24 | 82 | 88 |
| 2 | Rangers | 35 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 71 | 38 | 33 | 68 |
| 3 | Hibernian | 36 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 58 | 46 | 12 | 56 |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 35 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 46 | 50 | -4 | 53 |
| 5 | Dundee United | 36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 42 | 50 | -8 | 50 |
| 6 | St Mirren | 36 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 50 | 56 | -6 | 48 |
| 7 | Hearts | 36 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 49 | 46 | 3 | 46 |
| 8 | Motherwell | 36 | 13 | 6 | 17 | 42 | 62 | -20 | 45 |
| 9 | Kilmarnock | 36 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 44 | 59 | -15 | 44 |
| 10 | Dundee | 36 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 53 | 75 | -22 | 37 |
| 11 | Ross County | 36 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 36 | 63 | -27 | 36 |
| 12 | St Johnstone | 36 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 37 | 65 | -28 | 30 |
