John Sutton scored the only goal against former club Hearts to secure Motherwell’s sixth consecutive Scottish Premiership victory – their longest winning run in the top flight for 77 years.
The striker finished from a tight angle five minutes before the end of the first half to claim his 11th goal of the season – exactly the total he hit in two seasons at Tynecastle before leaving the administration-hit club in the summer.
Premier League
Hearts 0 - Motherwell 1
Partick 3 - Ross County 3
St Johnstone 2 - St Mirren 0
| P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |
| Celtic | 20 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 45 | 12 | 54 |
| Aberdeen | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 33 | 19 | 44 |
| Motherwell | 21 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 32 | 25 | 43 |
| Dundee Utd | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 38 | 23 | 33 |
| Inverness | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 18 | 33 |
| St Johnstone | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 23 | 28 |
| Hibernian | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 20 | 28 |
| Kilmarnock | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 25 | 34 | 21 |
| St Mirren | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 36 | 20 |
| Partick | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 36 | 19 |
| Ross County | 21 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 23 | 39 | 18 |
| Hearts (-15) | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 39 | -2 |
Premier League today
Inverness vs Dundee Utd - 13:45
Scottish Championship
Cowdenbeath 2 - Dumbarton 4
Dundee 0 - Livingston 1
Falkirk 0 - Hamilton 0
Morton 0 - Raith 0
Q’of South 3 - Alloa 1
League One
Arbroath 0 - Brechin 1
Ayr United 3 - Airdrie0
Dunfermline 3 - Stranraer 2
Forfar 3 - Stenhousemuir 0
Rangers 2 -East Fife 0
League Two
Albion 1 - Montrose 0
Berwick 1 - Annan 4
East Stirling 2 - Peterhead 0
Elgin City 3 - Clyde 1
Queen’s Park 0 - Stirling 1