Motherwell, a team who have won plaudits for playing out from the back this season, based that strategy on Celtic loanee Stephen Welsh (25) in central defence. Who saw that coming? The player spent the second half of last season on loan at Mechelen, where he was a first-team regular. He also played more football
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| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |
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| 1 | Hearts | 21 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 40 | 17 | 23 | 47 |
| 2 | Rangers | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 34 | 17 | 17 | 44 |
| 3 | Celtic | 21 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 38 | 21 | 17 | 41 |
| 4 | Motherwell | 22 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 31 | 17 | 14 | 37 |
| 5 | Hibernian | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 37 | 24 | 13 | 35 |
| 6 | Falkirk | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 27 | -4 | 30 |
| 7 | Dundee United | 22 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 28 | 34 | -6 | 25 |
| 8 | Aberdeen | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 28 | -8 | 25 |
| 9 | Dundee | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 34 | -15 | 22 |
| 10 | St Mirren | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 28 | -12 | 18 |
| 11 | Kilmarnock | 22 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 39 | -19 | 14 |
| 12 | Livingston | 21 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 41 | -20 | 10 |
