Hearts heaped more woe on rock-bottom Falkirk in the SPL after coming away 3-2 winners at Tynecastle.
Wins for Celtic, Hearts, Killie and Dundee Utd
Hearts heaped more woe on rock-bottom Falkirk in the SPL after coming away 3-2 winners at Tynecastle.
The Bairns had gone in on level terms at the break after Dawid Kucharski scored an own goal on the stroke of half-time, cancelling out Lee Wallace's early effort for
Hearts.
However, the home side began to turn the screw in the second period and claimed the three points thanks to goals from Suso Santana and Ian Black, although Pedro Monteiro pulled one back with seven minutes remaining.
Falkirk are now four points from safety at the wrong end of the table, with just 17 points from 24 games so far this season.
Their nearest rivals
Hamilton picked up a point at home after a 0-0 draw with fifth place
Motherwell in a close Lanarkshire derby.
The Accies built on their midweek victory over Dundee United and will be delighted to have earned a hard-fought draw to give them some breathing space at the bottom.
Kilmarnock and
St Johnstone played out a five-goal thriller at Rugby Park, with Killie coming out on top in a 3-2 win.
The Saints will be kicking themselves after going ahead twice with goals from Peter MacDonald and Graham Gartland, but they could not keep out their opponents.
Chris Maguire, Garry Hay and Kevin Kyle scored for the home side who go within two points of the visitors.
Meanwhile,
Dundee United produced an excellent comeback to beat
St Mirren 2-1 away from home.
Michael Higdon put the home side in front on 66 minutes at St Mirren Park before Danny Swanson and substitute David Goodwillie secured three points for the Terrors late on.
Following
Celtic's dramatic 4-4 draw against
Aberdeen in the early kick-off on Saturday, rivals Rangers now have the chance to extend their lead at the top of the table against Hibernian.
The Gers take on Hibs at Ibrox on Sunday in the knowledge that they can once again go 10 points clear of the Hoops with a win.
Tony Mowbray's side were undone by a remarkable performance from the Dons, who bagged a goal two minutes from time to salvage a point.
Celtic had gone in front three times through Diomansy Kamara, Marc-Antoine Fortune and Robbie Keane, but they were undone by strikes from Michael Paton, Darren Mackie, and a brace from Steven MacLean, including a penalty.
