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That'll do us for today. A reminder that you can watch the best of today's Premiership action on Sportscene later. The BBC Scotland channel is where you need to be at 19: 15 GMT. Enjoy the rest of your Saturday night. FT: Aberdeen 1-3 Hibernian Hibernian forward Martin Boyle tells BBC Scotland: "I enjoyed that. I enjoyed the performance, we really stuck in there at times. We showed good character, stuck in there and managed to get the result. "I'm happy to contribute, I always give my all for this club and hopefully this can continue. "I was out of the team, I had to be patient. I've still got belief in myself that I can be the player everyone thinks I am. "When you've got that jersey you want to keep it and hopefully I've done that. " FT: Rangers 1-0 Dundee Dundee manager Tony Docherty tells BBC Scotland: "I thought it was a strong performance from us given the form Rangers have been in. You need to make sure your defensive organisation is there and it was excellent in the first half. "But I did ask the boys to be a bit braver in the second half. I thought we did that and we were a real match for Rangers right to the death, pushing for the equaliser. "I'm proud of the players. Six of my starting players were 22 or under and three academy graduates. I thought that level of performance shows there's development in individual players and us as a team. " FT: Aberdeen 1-3 Hibernian Hibernian boss David Gray tells BBC Scotland he's "delighted" with his side's performance and insists they'll keep working hard to get more victories. "The character has been asked of this group quite a lot and during difficult times we've let ourselves down, " he said. "But we've never shied away from it. The players have taken responsibility and you saw that today. The big thing is the confidence it builds. There's always been the belief we can turn things around. "We're certainly heading in the right direction. I made the players aware of a stat which was we hadn't won back-to-back league games since December 2023, which clearly isn't good enough for this football club. "But it gives players the opportunity to change history. The confidence is building, the players can take belief from that, but the work doesn't stop here. " FT: Aberdeen 1-3 Hibernian David Gray embraces Hibs defender Jack Iredale at Pittodrie David Gray's smile tells a story. What a turnaround for the Hibs boss, who was under serious pressure a matter of weeks ago. Next up for the Easter Road side? No biggie. The Edinburgh derby at Tynecastle on Boxing Day. Scottish Premiership You can watch the best of today's Premiership action on Sportscene later. The BBC Scotland channel is where you need to be at 19: 15 GMT. Eight goals, and plenty of other incidents, across the three games. Scottish Premiership FT: Ross County 1-2 St Mirren FT: Aberdeen 1-3 Hibernian FT: Rangers 1-0 Dundee FT: Rangers 1-0 Dundee On goalkeeper Jack Butland's pre-match omission, Rangers boss Philippe Clement adds: "People don't need to worry, it was for personal reasons. "He will be back for the next game. He probably doesn't want me to tell people [why he was absent]. " FT: Rangers 1-0 Dundee Rangers manager Philippe Clement tells BBC Scotland: "We had good chances but you need the second goal to kill the belief of the opponent, that's what we missed today. We had enough opportunities for that. "The important thing is the three points and it was well deserved. Defensively we did a good job. "We always want to give our fans more than 1-0. We want to score three, four. The crossbar didn't help today. " FT: Rangers 1-0 Dundee Rangers boss Philippe Clement has just given his post-match reaction. Quotes incoming. .. Scottish League 1 & 2 Scottish Premiership Two games, starting with league leaders Celtic heading to Dundee United at 12: 00 GMT. A win for Brendan Rodgers, on his first trip to Tannadice, would see his side stretch their lead at the top to 11 points. Struggling Hearts and St Johnstone close out the weekend at 15: 00. Scottish Premiership Rangers shoot up to second for the first time this season. Movement elsewhere sees Hibs move up to eighth. St Mirren's win moves them level on points with fifth-placed Dundee United, who face Celtic tomorrow. Scottish Championship In the Championship, Falkirk stretch their lead at the top to five points after a narrow win over Hamilton and Livingston's defeat at home to Ayr United. At the other end of the table, Airdrie's woes continue following a 2-0 loss at home to Partick Thistle. FT: Aberdeen 1-3 Hibernian Next up for the Dons? Back-to-back away games at Kilmarnock and Dundee United. FT: Aberdeen 1-3 Hibernian Elie Youan has wrapped his Hibs top round a corner flag and is now dancing with it in front of a bouncing away end at Pittodrie. St Mirren hold on after County's late pressure and then 10 men have all three points. It looked like these two would not be split in Dingwall but Oisin Smyth's 90th-minute free-kick sent the 425 travelling fans home happy. Alex Iacovitti had stabbed the visitors ahead, scoring against the club he used to captain, before Michee Efete's cool finish levelled the score 29 seconds into the second half. But Smyth's smashed set piece means St Mirren are grinning before Christmas Day. Job done for Rangers, but they failed to kill the game off and Dundee made it a wee bit nervy at the end. But it's four straight wins in the league for Rangers, their best run of the season, and they're up to second place for the first time. Vaclav Cerny's 10th goal of the season is enough. A bit of a rammy and a couple of yellow cards to end proceedings at Pittodrie - Jack Mac Kenzie and Martin Boyle the recipients. Aberdeen's winless run continues after a difficult day out at Pittodrie. Although Jimmy Thelin's side had decent spells in possession, they couldn't make anything stick. Continued improvement from David Gray's Hibs side, who move further clear of the bottom of the table. Rangers 1-0 Dundee Rangers crack the bar for the fourth time. Incredible stuff. As Dundee chuck men forward Rangers break and Cyriel Dessers receives the ball in the box, but can't keep his shot down. Moments earlier Ross Mc Causland's composure deserted him from a similar counter attack. Poor from Rangers. Hibs were clinical with their chances at Pittodrie Aberdeen have slipped out of the Scottish Premiership's top two as their winless run stretched to a sixth game with a 3-1 defeat by Hibernian at Pittodrie. Topi Keskinen had given the hosts the lead early on when he found himself in acres of space and he fired beyond Jordan Smith into the bottom corner of the Hibs goal. But the revived visitors - who have now won three of their last four games - levelled soon afterwards after a horror mistake from Slobodan Rubezic. The Aberdeen defender tried to clear but completely missed the ball, allowing Martin Boyle to run into the box and square for Elie Youan to finish. Keskinen continued to cause problems and hit a post with his strike from outside of the box. But it was Hibs who would take the lead when Boyle cut the ball back to Nicky Cadden, who smashed his first time effort into the back of the Aberdeen net. Jimmy Thelin's side started the second half brightly and forced Jordan Smith into two good saves in the opening stages. But again though it was Hibs who made the most of their opportunities. Nectar Triantis robbed Sivert Nielsen of the ball in the Aberdeen half and laid it off to Boyle, who slipped in a composed finish to move Hibs further away from the bottom of the division. Subscribe for Hibs updates Get all the latest Aberdeen news and analysis This defeat makes it six games without a win for Aberdeen and, despite a cracking start to the season which put them nine points in front of Rangers, Thelin's side have now slipped behind the Ibrox club having played a game more. There were some poor errors at Pittodrie, presumably not helped by the testy conditions, but Thelin urged his side to be more compact before kick off - advice they did not heed. Now they've got five days to get back on track before they travel to Rugby Park to face Kilmarnock on Boxing Day and they'll be desperate not to slip any further away from the top two. David Gray said before the game that the last time they faced Aberdeen felt like a "turning point" for his team. Since that 3-3 draw last month, Hibs have beaten Motherwell 3-0, County 3-1 and now they've put three past second-placed Aberdeen. They sit eighth in the Scottish Premiership, only one place behind Dundee, despite being rock bottom not so long ago. The main thing for them at Pittodrie was their ability to capitalise on the opportunities they created. The heads didn't go down after Aberdeen's opener, took advantage of a mistake to get back level, and continued to make the most of defensive frailties from the hosts. Next up, it's a huge Edinburgh derby on Boxing Day against a struggling Hearts. This video can not be played 'We put it all together but still work to do' - Gray Aberdeen manager Jimmy Thelin: "We felt really well prepared, the fans were here with us and pushed us, but the result is not a good feeling. "There's learning points like how we want to play and how we need to protect each other better. "Football is a game of small margins and mistakes happen but the players need to protect each other better because the opponent today hurt us really, really bad. " Hibernian head coach David Gray: "I'm delighted, especially with the reaction to going a goal down. "We probably got a bit of luck when Aberdeen hit the post but from that moment I thought we controlled the game, created numerous big chances and probably played the conditions slightly better. "The way we played, the way we set out and worked - credit to the players. " Last Updated 21st December 2024 at 16: 59 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. Manager: Jimmy Thelin Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: David Gray Formation: 3 - 4 - 1 - 2 Manager: Jimmy Thelin Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: David Gray Formation: 3 - 4 - 1 - 2 Scottish Premiership All competitions All competitions All competitions Aberdeen have only won one of their last seven league meetings with Hibernian (D3 L3), a 4-0 away win in May last season. Hibernian have scored 2+ goals in five of their last seven league games against Aberdeen (15 total), but have also shipped 2+ in each of their last three (9 total). After winning 10 of their first 11 league games this season (D1), Aberdeen are since winless in five (D3 L2) – the longest ongoing run without a win by any side in the 2024-25 Scottish Premiership. Hibernian have won two of their last three league games (L1), as many as their previous 18 beforehand (W2 D7 L9). Hibs are looking to win back-to-back Scottish Premiership fixtures for the first time since December 2023 (3 in a row). 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