Wednesday 27 December 2017 23:25, UK
Aberdeen reduced the gap to Scottish Premiership leaders Celtic to eight points after a 1-0 win over Partick Thistle at Pittodrie.
The Dons, showing three changes from Saturday's defeat at Celtic, had the ball in the net after 26 minutes when Adam Rooney converted following a corner, but the goal was ruled out for a foul.
Rooney, though, did get his goal just after the hour when he slotted in after good work from Ryan Christie, which proved enough for victory over Thistle, who drop to the bottom of the table as a result.
Relegation-battlers Ross County recovered from conceding an early goal to draw 1-1 against St Johnstone in Dingwall.
The visitors got off to a flying start when on-loan Colchester forward Denny Johnstone headed them in front after just 75 seconds.
After St Johnstone had seen another goal from Steven MacLean ruled out for offside, County equalised in the 54th minute.
Alex Schalk converted from the penalty spot after Chris Eagles had been fouled by Joe Shaughnessy.
Schalk later saw an effort come back off the post and Saints keeper Zander Clark produced some fine saves as County had to make do with a point, which was enough to lift them off the bottom.
Rangers warmed up for Sunday's Old Firm derby with a 2-0 home win against Motherwell.
Rangers went ahead five minutes into the second half when defender Danny Wilson, celebrating his 26th birthday, lashed home an angled finish following a corner. Alfredo Morelos secured the points for the hosts when the striker sprung the offside trap with 14 minutes left.
Hamilton's match against Kilmarnock at the SuperSeal Stadium was called off at 6:25pm after the artificial pitch was deemed unplayable because of the freezing conditions in Lanarkshire.
