Despite the prospect of a journey deep into Asia on 26 August, I would prefer Kairat Almaty to progress to the playoff round in place of Slovan Bratislava. Slovan looked to be in control of the first leg of the tie in Kazakhstan until a 65th minute red card, followed by a 90th minute penalty
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| 1 | Celtic | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 2 | Hearts | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | Dundee United | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | Hibernian | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | St Mirren | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | Dundee | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 6 |
| 7 | Motherwell | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | Falkirk | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 5 |
| 9 | Livingston | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 5 |
| 10 | Kilmarnock | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 4 |
| 11 | Rangers | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 4 |
| 12 | Aberdeen | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | -7 | 1 |
