| Scottish Premiership 2014-15 | ||
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| Day | Saturday | |
| Date | 23 August 2014 | |
| Total matches | 6 | |
| Total goals | 11 | |
| Current League | 2014-15 | |
| Prev match day | Next match day | |
| Match day 3 | ||
Inverness stayed top of the Scottish Premiership after inflicting Celtic's first league defeat of the campaign.
Goals from Nadir Ciftci and Chris Erskine gave Dundee United victory over pointless Ross County in the Scottish Premiership.
A stunning early strike by Robbie Muirhead was the highlight of an assured Kilmarnock victory over Motherwell at Rugby Park.
Jason Scotland snatched a late victory for Hamilton against Partick Thistle at Firhill in the Scottish Premiership.
St Johnstone leapfrogged Aberdeen in the Scottish Premiership table as a Steven MacLean goal gave them all three points at McDiarmid Park.
Peter MacDonald came off the bench to score a late winning goal and give Dundee their first Scottish Premiership win of the season.
Match Details[]
Saturday 23rd August 2014[]
| Saturday 23rd August 2014 12:30 |
Inverness 
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1–0 |  Celtic
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Caledonian Stadium, Inverness Attendance: 5,862 Referee: Bobby Madden |
|---|---|---|---|---|
O'Connell  65', (og)'
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Report |
| Saturday 23rd August 2014 15:00 |
Dundee United 
|
2–1 |  Ross County
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Tannadice Park, Dundee Attendance: 7,179 Referee: Steven McLean |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ciftci 19' Erskine 86'
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Report | Jervis 51'
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| Saturday 23rd August 2014 15:00 |
Kilmarnock 
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2–0 |  Motherwell
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Rugby Park, Kilmarnock Attendance: 4,146 Referee: William Collum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Muirhead 9' Clingan 78'
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Report | Kerr 
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| Saturday 23rd August 2014 15:00 |
Partick Thistle 
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1–2 |  Hamilton Academical
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Firhill Stadium, Glasgow Attendance: 3,578 Referee: Kevin Clancy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Higginbotham 85'
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Report | Andreu 87' Scotland 90'
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| Saturday 23rd August 2014 15:00 |
St. Johnstone 
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1–0 |  Aberdeen
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McDiarmid Park, Perth Attendance: 6,377 Referee: Craig Thomson |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MacLean 80'
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Report |
| Saturday 23rd August 2014 15:00 |
St Mirren 
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0–1 |  Dundee
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St Mirren Park, Paisley Attendance: 4,517 Referee: John Beaton |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report | MacDonald 80'
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League table after Match day 4[]
| Pos |
Team | Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 10 | |
| 2 | Hamilton Academical | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 9 | |
| 3 | Dundee United | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 9 | |
| 4 | Kilmarnock | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 7 | |
| 5 | Celtic | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 6 | |
| 6 | Dundee | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6 | |
| 7 | St. Johnstone | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 6 | |
| 8 | Partick Thistle | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 | |
| 9 | Aberdeen | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | |
| 10 | Motherwell | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 3 | |
| 11 | St. Mirren | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 0 | Scottish Premiership play-offs |
| 12 | Ross County | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 0 | Relegation to the 2015–16 Scottish Championship |
Updated to games played on 23 August 2014
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament
See also[]
External links[]
| Scottish Premiership match days 2014-15 |
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Match day 1 | Match day 2 | Match day 3 | Match day 4 | |