Hearts suffered more red card misery as they were held to a goalless Premiership draw by Hamilton, yesterday.
Igor Rossi was sent off for a two-footed challenge on Darren Lyon to undermine the visitors’ chances of victory.
Hearts, who had Callum Paterson sent off in a subsequently-overturned decision during a 3-2 defeat at Hamilton in August, had looked the better side up until Rossi’s 40th-minute dismissal but Hamilton then took control.
However, Hearts came closer to a winner when they hit the crossbar either side of Hamilton substitute Jesus Garcia Tena’s 86th-minute red card.
P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |
Celtic | 23 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 63 | 19 | 55 |
Aberdeen | 23 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 38 | 22 | 49 |
Hearts | 23 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 42 | 24 | 41 |
Ross County | 24 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 40 | 37 | 33 |
St Johnstone | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 36 | 34 | 32 |
Inverness | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 30 | 32 | 29 |
Dundee FC | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 35 | 39 | 29 |
Partick | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 25 |
Motherwell | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 36 | 25 |
Hamilton | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 29 | 45 | 25 |
Kilmarnock | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 27 | 47 | 24 |
Dundee Utd | 23 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 24 | 46 | 13 |