Hearts lead, which extended to 8 points after their win over Celtic 16 days ago, now looks more precarious. Subsequent draws against St Mirren and Dundee United, when they were fortunate to take a point in both games, has seen dreams of “This is the season” dissipate from Hearts fans’ minds. Still, we are in
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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 |
