With Celtic in the thick of a gruelling title race, Shaun Maloney knows that every performance carries scrutiny. The interim assistant offers an insight into the focus and demands that this long season has required. The Hoops are just two points behind league leaders Hearts. That’s down to the (second) interim return of Martin O’Neill
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| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |
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| 1 | Hearts | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 52 | 25 | 27 | 63 |
| 2 | Celtic | 30 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 56 | 32 | 24 | 61 |
| 3 | Rangers | 30 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 52 | 25 | 27 | 60 |
| 4 | Motherwell | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 49 | 23 | 26 | 53 |
| 5 | Hibernian | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 48 | 35 | 13 | 47 |
| 6 | Falkirk | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 43 |
| 7 | Dundee United | 30 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 38 | 48 | -10 | 34 |
| 8 | Dundee | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 31 | 48 | -17 | 32 |
| 9 | Aberdeen | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 30 | 42 | -12 | 30 |
| 10 | St Mirren | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 46 | -23 | 24 |
| 11 | Kilmarnock | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 33 | 60 | -27 | 24 |
| 12 | Livingston | 30 | 1 | 12 | 17 | 31 | 59 | -28 | 15 |
