2019–20 Scottish Premiership

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Scottish Premiership
Season2019–20
Dates3 August 2019 – 17 May 2020
Matches played149
Goals scored407 (2.73 per match)
Top goalscorerOdsonne Édouard
(20 goals)[1][2]
Biggest home winCeltic 7–0 St Johnstone[3]
(3 August 2019)
Biggest away winSt Johnstone 0–4 Rangers[3]
(22 September 2019)
Aberdeen 0–4 Celtic[3]
(27 October 2019)
Ross County 0–4 Rangers[3]
(30 October 2019)
Motherwell 0–4 Celtic[3]
(5 February 2020)
Highest scoringCeltic 7–0 St Johnstone[3]
(3 August 2019)
Motherwell 2–5 Celtic[3]
(10 August 2019)
Rangers 6–1 Hibernian[3]
(11 August 2019)
Heart of Midlothian 5–2 St Mirren[3]
(9 November 2019)
Longest winning run11 matches[3]
Celtic
Longest unbeaten run16 matches[3]
Rangers
Longest winless run11 matches[3]
Hamilton Academical
Longest losing run7 matches[3]
Kilmarnock
Highest attendance59,131[3]
Celtic 2–1 Aberdeen
(21 December 2019)
Lowest attendance1,075[3]
Hamilton Academical 2–1 Livingston
(28 September 2019)
Total attendance2,268,376[3]
Average attendance15,224[3](749)
All statistics correct as of 5 February 2020.

The 2019–20 Scottish Premiership (known as the Ladbrokes Premiership for sponsorship reasons) is the seventh and current season of the Scottish Premiership, the highest division of Scottish football. The fixtures were published on 21 June 2019 and the season began on 3 August 2019.[4] Celtic are the defending champions.

Twelve teams contest the league: Aberdeen, Celtic, Hamilton Academical, Heart of Midlothian, Hibernian, Kilmarnock, Livingston, Motherwell, Rangers, Ross County, St Johnstone and St Mirren.

Teams

The following teams have changed division since the 2018–19 season.

Promoted from Scottish Championship

Relegated to Scottish Championship

Stadia and locations

Aberdeen Celtic Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian
Pittodrie Stadium Celtic Park New Douglas Park Tynecastle Park
Capacity: 20,866[7] Capacity: 60,411[8] Capacity: 6,018[9] Capacity: 20,099[10]
File:Celtic Park New.jpg
Hibernian
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Location of teams in 2019–20 Scottish Premiership
 Kilmarnock
Easter Road Rugby Park
Capacity: 20,421[11] Capacity: 17,889[12]
Livingston Motherwell
Almondvale Stadium Fir Park
Capacity: 9,512[13] Capacity: 13,677[14]
Rangers Ross County St Johnstone St Mirren
Ibrox Stadium Victoria Park McDiarmid Park St Mirren Park
Capacity: 50,817[15] Capacity: 6,541[16] Capacity: 10,696[17] Capacity: 7,937[18]

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Aberdeen Scotland Derek McInnes England Joe Lewis Adidas Saltire Energy
Celtic Northern Ireland Neil Lennon Scotland Scott Brown New Balance Dafabet
Hamilton Academical Scotland Brian Rice Scotland Brian Easton Adidas Euro Mechanical Handling
Heart of Midlothian Germany Daniel Stendel Scotland Steven Naismith Umbro Save the Children
Hibernian Scotland Jack Ross Scotland David Gray Macron Hibernian Community Foundation
Kilmarnock England Alex Dyer Republic of Ireland Gary Dicker Nike QTS
Livingston Scotland Gary Holt Scotland Alan Lithgow Nike Phoenix Drilling Ltd
Motherwell Northern Ireland Stephen Robinson England Peter Hartley Macron Paddy Power (unbranded)
Rangers England Steven Gerrard England James Tavernier Hummel 32Red
Ross County Scotland Steven Ferguson and Scotland Stuart Kettlewell Scotland Marcus Fraser Macron McEwan Fraser Legal
St Johnstone Northern Ireland Tommy Wright Scotland Jason Kerr Macron Binn Group
St Mirren Republic of Ireland Jim Goodwin Scotland Stephen McGinn Joma Skyview Capital

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Kilmarnock Scotland Steve Clarke Signed by Scotland 20 May 2019[19] Pre-season Italy Angelo Alessio 16 June 2019[20]
Celtic Northern Ireland Neil Lennon End of interim spell 25 May 2019[21] Northern Ireland Neil Lennon 31 May 2019[22]
St Mirren Northern Ireland Oran Kearney Mutual consent 26 June 2019[23] Republic of Ireland Jim Goodwin 29 June 2019[24]
Heart of Midlothian Scotland Craig Levein Sacked 31 October 2019[25] 11th Germany Daniel Stendel 7 December 2019[26]
Hibernian England Paul Heckingbottom 4 November 2019[27] 10th Scotland Jack Ross 15 November 2019[28]
Kilmarnock Italy Angelo Alessio 17 December 2019[29] 5th England Alex Dyer 30 December 2019[30]

Format

In the initial phase of the season, the 12 teams will play a round-robin tournament whereby each team plays each one of the other teams three times. After 33 games, the league splits into two sections of six teams, with each team playing each other in that section. The league attempts to balance the fixture list so that teams in the same section play each other twice at home and twice away, but sometimes this is impossible. A total of 228 matches will be played, with 38 matches played by each team.

League summary

League table

Template:2019–20 Scottish Premiership table

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological progress, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.

Leader – Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round
Qualification for Premiership play-off final
Relegation to 2020–21 Scottish Championship
Team \ Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38
Celtic 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Rangers 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Motherwell 7 10 6 5 3 4 3 3 3 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Aberdeen 3 4 5 4 4 3 4 4 4 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Livingston 6 8 3 3 5 6 6 6 7 7 6 7 7 8 7 8 7 8 6 7 5 5 5 5 5 5
Hibernian 5 7 7 9 9 11 11 10 11 11 9 10 8 6 6 6 6 6 7 5 6 6 6 6 6
Kilmarnock 9 12 12 6 6 7 7 7 5 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 7 7 7 7 7
St Johnstone 12 11 10 12 11 12 12 12 12 12 8 9 11 12 12 11 12 10 10 9 9 9 8 8 8
Ross County 2 3 4 8 7 5 5 5 6 6 7 6 6 7 8 7 8 7 8 8 8 8 9 9 9
St Mirren 10 5 8 10 10 10 10 11 9 10 12 12 12 10 11 12 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10
Hamilton Academical 11 6 9 7 8 9 8 8 8 8 10 8 10 11 9 10 11 12 11 11 11 11 11 12 11
Heart of Midlothian 8 9 11 11 12 8 9 9 10 9 11 11 9 9 10 9 10 11 12 12 12 12 12 11 12

Source: BBC Sport
Updated: 5 February 2020

Results

Matches 1–22

Teams play each other twice, once at home and once away.

Home \ Away ABE CEL HAM HOM HIB KIL LIV MOT RAN ROS STJ STM
Aberdeen — 0–4 1–0 3–2 1–1 3–0 2–1 0–1 2–2 3–0 1–1 2–1
Celtic 2–1 — 2–1 3–1 2–0 3–1 4–0 2–0 1–2 6–0 7–0 2–0
Hamilton Academical 0–1 0–1 — 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–3 1–3 2–2 0–1 0–1
Heart of Midlothian 1–1 0–2 2–2 — 0–2 0–1 1–1 2–3 1–1 0–0 0–1 5–2
Hibernian 3–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 — 2–2 2–2 3–1 0–3 2–2 2–2 1–0
Kilmarnock 0–0 1–3 2–2 3–0 2–0 — 2–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–0
Livingston 0–2 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 3–0 — 0–0 0–2 4–0 1–0 2–1
Motherwell 0–3 2–5 1–2 1–0 3–0 2–1 2–1 — 0–2 1–2 4–0 2–0
Rangers 5–0 0–2 5–0 5–0 6–1 1–0 3–1 2–1 — 2–0 TBC 1–0
Ross County 1–3 1–4 3–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–4 1–2 0–4 — 2–2 2–1
St Johnstone 1–1 0–3 3–2 1–0 1–4 0–1 2–2 0–1 0–4 1–1 — 0–0
St Mirren 1–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 3–3 0–3 0–1 2–1 2–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 5 February 2020. Source: SPFL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Matches 23–33

Teams play each other once, either home or away.

Home \ Away ABE CEL HAM HOM HIB KIL LIV MOT RAN ROS STJ STM
Aberdeen — 16 Feb — 4 Apr 7 Mar — — — — 22 Feb 0–1 —
Celtic — — — 12 Feb — 22 Feb — — — 3–0 21 Mar 7 Mar
Hamilton Academical 11 Feb 1–4 — — 21 Mar 7 Mar 2–4 22 Feb — — — —
Heart of Midlothian — — 15 Feb — — 2–3 — 7 Mar 2–1 21 Mar — —
Hibernian — 4 Apr — 3 Mar — — 22 Feb — — 12 Feb 14 Mar 2–2
Kilmarnock 4 Mar — — — 16 Feb — 4 Apr — 12 Feb 3–1 — 14 Mar
Livingston 21 Mar 4 Mar — 15 Mar — — — 1–0 — — — 12 Feb
Motherwell 0–4 — — 0–0 21 Mar — — — 4 Mar — 15 Feb
Rangers 0–0 15 Mar 4 Mar — 2–1 — 15 Feb 4 Apr — — — —
Ross County — — 14 Mar — — — 2–0 — 8 Mar — 15 Feb 4 Apr
St Johnstone — — 4 Apr 3–3 — 2–1 7 Mar 12 Feb 23 Feb — — —
St Mirren 0–0 — 1–1 21 Feb — — — — 21 Mar — 4 Mar —
Updated to match(es) played on 5 February 2020. Source: SPFL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Matches 34–38

After 33 matches, the league splits into two sections of six teams i.e. the top six and the bottom six, with the teams playing every other team in their section once (either at home or away). The exact matches are determined by the position of the teams in the league table at the time of the split.

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

As of 5 February 2020[1][2]

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Scottish Professional Football League hat-tricks § Scottish Premiership
Rank Player Club Goals
1 France Odsonne Édouard Celtic 20
2 England Jermain Defoe Rangers 13
3 Colombia Alfredo Morelos Rangers 12
4 England Sam Cosgrove Aberdeen 11
5 Scotland Ryan Christie Celtic 10
Scotland James Forrest Celtic
7 Wales Christian Doidge Hibernian 9
8 Scotland Lyndon Dykes Livingston 8
9 Scotland Steven Lawless Livingston 7
Scotland Ross Stewart Ross County
10 Scotland Liam Donnelly Motherwell 6
Player For Against Score Date
Scotland Ryan Christie Celtic St Johnstone 7–0 (H) 3 August 2019
England Jermain Defoe Rangers Hibernian 6–1 (H) 11 August 2019
England Jermain Defoe Rangers Hamilton Academical 5–0 (H) 6 October 2019
Wales Christian Doidge Hibernian St Johnstone 1–4 (A) 9 November 2019
Australia Lyndon Dykes Livingston Ross County 4–0 (H) 21 December 2019

Attendances

These are the average attendances of the teams.

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Celtic 693,848 59,131 54,584 57,820 +0.1%†
2 Rangers 592,858 50,012 47,583 49,404 −0.3%†
3 Heart of Midlothian 217,486 19,313 14,681 16,729 −4.8%†
4 Hibernian 200,697 19,828 14,662 16,724 −5.7%†
5 Aberdeen 164,157 16,410 12,325 13,679 −8.3%†
6 Motherwell 76,791 8,822 4,092 5,907 +8.4%†
7 Kilmarnock 70,161 9,196 4,083 5,846 −15.2%†
8 St Mirren 70,698 7,332 4,240 5,438 +1.6%†
9 Ross County[a] 55,333 6,575 3,301 4,611 +19.8%†
10 St Johnstone 51,512 8,743 2,231 3,962 +1.8%†
11 Livingston 39,685 8,196 1,076 3,307 −9.7%†
12 Hamilton Academical 35,150 5,300 1,075 2,703 −4.5%†
League total 2,268,376 59,131 1,075 15,224 −4.7%†

Updated to games played on 5 February 2020
Source: [31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42]

  1. ^ Club was playing in the Scottish Championship in the previous season.

Awards

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Ref.
Manager Club Player Club
August Northern Ireland Neil Lennon Celtic France Odsonne Édouard Celtic
September England Steven Gerrard Rangers Colombia Alfredo Morelos Rangers
October Italy Angelo Alessio Kilmarnock Norway Mohamed Elyounoussi Celtic
November Northern Ireland Neil Lennon Celtic Wales Christian Doidge Hibernian
December England Steven Gerrard Rangers Australia Martin Boyle Hibernian
January Winter Break
February
March
April

Premiership play-offs

The quarter-finals will be contested between the third and fourth placed teams in the Scottish Championship. The winners will advance to the semi-finals to face the second placed team in the Championship, and the winners of that tie will advance to the final to play-off against the 11th placed team in the Premiership, with the winners securing a place in the 2020–21 Scottish Premiership.

Broadcasting

Live matches

The SPFL permits Sky Sports and BT Sport up to six live home matches between the broadcasters from each club - although this is only four for Rangers and Celtic. Sky Sports and BT Sport's deal allows them to broadcast 30 games each (and the play-offs for BT). The deal roughly provides £21m to SPFL per season.[43] This is the final season of the contract; from 2020–21, Sky Sports will have exclusive rights to Scottish Premiership matches.[44]

Highlights

Sky Sports hold the rights to Saturday night highlights - however, they do not broadcast a dedicated programme and instead merely show the goals of the Premiership matches on Sky Sports News in their Goals Express programme - which primarily is focused on goals from the English Football League. Gaelic-language channel BBC Alba has the rights to broadcast the repeat in full of 38 Saturday 3pm matches "as live" at 5.30pm. The main Premiership highlights programme is BBC Scotland's Sportscene programme, which shows in-depth highlights of all six Premiership matches every weekend. The SPFL also uploads the goals from every Premiership match onto its YouTube channel - available from 6pm on a Sunday for UK and Ireland viewers and 10pm on a Saturday for those worldwide.

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