Celtic got their first home win in the league since October as they extended their lead at the top of the Premier League with a 2-0 win over St Mirren yesterday.
Victor Wanyama, who had already had a shot blocked on the line, gave Celtic a 15th-minute lead when he tapped in the rebound from his own header.
The Hoops then had a succession of penalty claims turned down by referee Calum Murray as Gary Hooper and Beram Kayal took tumbles in the box.
Craig Samson made a superb save to stop a point-blank header from Scott Brown early in the second half before Mikel Lustig cracked a header off the bar.
Hooper made sure of the points in the 83rd minute when he fired into the roof of the net from close range after the ball fell kindly for him following a Charlie Mulgrew corner.
The Parkhead club will discover in Thursday’s Champions League draw who they will face in the last-16 of the competition and they will certainly have to be more ruthless if they are to progress further.
The win extends Celtic’s lead to four points over Motherwell, who leapfrogged Inverness Caledonian Thistle following a 3-2 win over Hibernian, with a game in hand.
Elsewhere, Inverness Caledonian Thistle fought back from 3-0 down after ten minutes to claim a 4-4 draw with Dundee United at Tannadice, St Johnstone held Hearts to a 2-2 draw, Kilmarnock won 2-0 away to Aberdeen and in the troubled zone Ross County and Dundee ended 1-1.
Premier League
Aberdeen 0 - Kilmarnock 2
Celtic 2 - St Mirren 0
Dundee Utd 4 - Inverness CT 4
Hibernian 2 - Motherwell 3
Ross County 1 - Dundee 1
St Johnstone 2 - Hearts 2
| P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |
| Celtic | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 14 | 34 |
| Motherwell | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 24 | 30 |
| Inverness | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 38 | 32 | 29 |
| Hibernian | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 27 | 27 |
| St Johnstone | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 23 | 25 |
| Dundee Utd | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 25 | 24 |
| Aberdeen | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 24 |
| Kilmarnock | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 23 | 22 |
| Hearts | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 22 |
| Ross County | 18 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 18 |
| St Mirren | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 31 | 17 |
| Dundee | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 31 | 12 |
Other results
Division One
Dumbarton p - Livingston p
Dunfermline 1 - Hamilton 1
Falkirk 2 - Cowdenbeath 0
Morton 2 - Airdrie 0
Partick 3 - Raith 2
Division Two
Ayr United 2 - East Fife 3
Forfar 1 - Arbroath 1
Q’of the South 1 - Brechin 0
S’housemuir 1 - Albion 0
Stranraer 3 - Alloa 2
Division Three
Clyde 2 - East Stirling 1
Montrose 2 - Rangers 4
Peterhead 2 - Annan 0
Queen’s Park 1 - Elgin 1
Stirling 6 - Berwick 3