Both Celtic and Aberdeen last night increased their gap between themselves and theRangers to nine points after only 10 matches played… Aberdeen’s messiah Jimmy Thelin has guided his Dons side to a quite remarkable start to the season and have managed to keep tabs with Celtic at the top of the table. with the BBC’s
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| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |
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| 1 | Celtic | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 4 | 31 | 34 |
| 2 | Aberdeen | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 13 | 31 |
| 3 | Rangers | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 23 |
| 4 | Dundee United | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 20 |
| 5 | Motherwell | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 19 |
| 6 | St Mirren | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 23 | -4 | 18 |
| 7 | Dundee | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 25 | -3 | 15 |
| 8 | Ross County | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 22 | -10 | 15 |
| 9 | St Johnstone | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 27 | -10 | 13 |
| 10 | Kilmarnock | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 26 | -11 | 12 |
| 11 | Hearts | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 24 | -9 | 9 |
| 12 | Hibernian | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 22 | -10 | 8 |
