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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. Vaclav Cerny's 10th goal of the season gave Rangers victory over Dundee and moved them up to second in the Scottish Premiership for the first time this season. After being frustrated in the first half, Rangers struck one minute after the break when Danilo played in Cerny, who ran through and scored after neatly rounding goalkeeper Trevor Carson. It should have been more, too, as Rangers cracked the crossbar four times. Ianis Hagi and James Tavernier were unlucky to see their long-range efforts stay out before the opener, but Hamza Igamane ought to have scored from five yards to make it 2-0 and instead found the under side of bar. Cyriel Dessers also found the frame of the goal in stoppage time as Rangers looked to kill the game. Before that Hagi thought he had netted his side's second and his first since May 2023 but was flagged offside. In the end, though, one goal was enough for Rangers to win their fourth straight league game and move above Aberdeen into second, eight points behind Celtic, who play on Sunday. Dundee remain in seventh spot after failing to substantially test goalkeeper Liam Kelly, who was called in to replace Jack Butland after the warm up, although Simon Murray's late effort was cleared off the line by Robin Propper, only for the offside flag to go up. Latest Rangers news, views & analysis All the latest on Dundee on BBC Sport Cerny, despite frustrating at times in his early Rangers career, continues to be the man who comes up with big moments. And while this game should not just have come down to his goal, it proves he remains the one with the most poise and composure in the final third. He is an elegant player to watch as he bobs and weaves away from defenders, and he did so efficiently to leave Carson flailing at his feet for the goal. Four wins in a row in the league is Rangers' best run of the season and they have leapfrogged a struggling Aberdeen into second. Hagi continues to impress and bring an extra dimension to Rangers' attack, while Igamane is raw but coming on strong. However, their lack of ruthlessness left them open to a sucker punch at the end and Dundee nearly provided it. The short-term task is to win every game up until the Old Firm derby at Ibrox on 2 January when they have a chance to lay a glove on Celtic. After a week off following their defeat at Tynecastle, Dundee would have come to Ibrox well prepared, and their first-half showing had its fair share of dig and defensive bravery - with some luck thrown in. The frustration for manager Tony Docherty will be the ease at which Rangers scored just a minute after the break. On a rare foray forward they committed a lot of numbers into attacking areas, and one loose pass ended up costing them. Rangers pounced and Cerny had the entire Dundee half to run into. And though some profligate finishing helped them stay in the game, they managed it and more composure might have allowed them to snatch an equaliser. Their next three games - at home to Ross County, away to St Mirren, and then the Dundee derby at Dens Park present a big opportunity. Rangers manager Philippe Clement: "We had good chances but you need the second goal to kill the belief of the opponent, that's what we missed. We had enough opportunities to score the second or third goal. "We always want to give our fans more than 1-0. We want to score three, four. We didn't succeed today - the crossbar didn't help today but we need to keep the momentum going. "People don't need to worry about Jack Butland, he missed out for personal reasons and it was very short term. He will be back for the next game. " Dundee manager Tony Docherty: "I thought it was a strong performance 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. " 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: Philippe Clement Formation: 4 - 3 - 3 Manager: Tony Docherty Formation: 5 - 4 - 1 Manager: Philippe Clement Formation: 4 - 3 - 3 Manager: Tony Docherty Formation: 5 - 4 - 1 Scottish Premiership All competitions All competitions All competitions Rangers are unbeaten in 14 meetings with Dundee across all competitions (W12 D2) since a 1-2 defeat in November 2017 under Graeme Murty. Dundee have lost each of their last 18 away games against Rangers in all competitions since a 2-0 victory in March 2001 under Ivano Bonetti. Rangers have won each of their last three league games by an aggregate score of 10-0. The Gers last won more successive Scottish Premiership matches without conceding in December 2021 (6). Dundee have only won one of their last 11 away league outings (D4 L6), beating Motherwell 1-0 in October. Dundee’s Scottish Premiership games this season have seen more goals than any other side (56 – 27F 29A), while Rangers’ have seen the fewest (36 – 27F 9A). © 2024 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.