Aberdeen continue good run to stay second in Scottish Premiership
Saturday 1 October 2016 18:51, UK
Aberdeen maintained the pressure on Scottish Premiership leaders Celtic with victory at Kilmarnock, while Rangers moved up to fifth.
Captain Scott Brown got the only goal of the game as Celtic won at Dundee to cement their place at the top of the table, leading second-placed Aberdeen by four points.
The 1-0 win means struggling Dundee have still not won since the first Premiership match of the campaign.
The Dons produced an emphatic display to smash four past Kilmarnock. Adam Rooney scored the only goal of the first half from the spot after a foul by goalkeeper Jamie MacDonald.
Three goals in 22 second-half minutes piled on the misery for the hosts. First Andrew Considine volleyed in after a corner, then Ash Taylor netted from close range and Rooney slipped the fourth past MacDonald.
Fourth-placed St Johnstone were 2-0 winners at Ross County thanks to goals from Danny Swanson and Christopher Kane.
Just before the break Swanson scored from the spot following Jay McEveley's foul on Kane. In the 73rd minute Kane slid the ball under the hosts' goalkeeper Scott Fox after being played in by Steven MacLean.
Rangers moved up to fifth with a 2-0 victory at home to Partick Thistle, although there was sad news for the Ibrox side with a supporters' bus involved in a crash two hours before kick-off.
Liam Polworth's stoppage-time leveller earned Inverness a 1-1 draw at Hamilton.
Polworth fired into the bottom left corner for a 93rd-minute equaliser. Alex D'Acol had given Hamilton an 18th-minute lead, stabbing the ball over the line after goalkeeper Owain Fon Williams had blocked a shot.
