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2019–20 Scottish Premiership

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Scottish Premiership
Season2019–20
Dates3 August 2019 – 17 May 2020
Matches played179
Goals scored490 (2.74 per match)
Top goalscorerOdsonne Édouard
(22 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 attendance2,741,726[3]
Average attendance15,316[3](Red Arrow Down.svg657)
All statistics correct as of 11 March 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.

On 13 March 2020 all SPFL leagues were indefinitely suspended due to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak.[5]

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[8] Capacity: 60,411[9] Capacity: 6,018[10] Capacity: 20,099[11]
Pittodrie from Block Y, May 2015.jpg Celtic Park New.jpg New Douglas Park - 1.jpg Tynecastle Stadium 2007.jpg
Hibernian
Location of teams in 2019–20 Scottish Premiership
 Kilmarnock
Easter Road Rugby Park
Capacity: 20,421[12] Capacity: 17,889[13]
Easter Road 2010.JPG Rugby Park.jpg
Livingston Motherwell
Almondvale Stadium Fir Park
Capacity: 9,512[14] Capacity: 13,677[15]
Almondvale Stadium, Livingston.jpg Fir Park, Motherwell. - geograph.org.uk - 219204.jpg
Rangers Ross County St Johnstone St Mirren
Ibrox Stadium Victoria Park McDiarmid Park St Mirren Park
Capacity: 50,817[16] Capacity: 6,541[17] Capacity: 10,696[18] Capacity: 7,937[19]
Ibrox Inside.jpg Victoria park 2.jpg McDiarmid Park.jpg StMirren(2).jpg

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

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

Pos Team
[ ]
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
1 Celtic (X) 30 26 2 2 89 19 +70 80 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Rangers (X) 29 21 4 4 64 19 +45 67 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3 Motherwell (Y) 30 14 4 12 41 38 +3 46
4 Aberdeen 30 12 9 9 40 36 +4 45
5 Livingston 30 10 9 11 41 39 +2 39
6 Hibernian 30 9 10 11 42 49 −7 37
7 St Johnstone 29 8 12 9 28 46 −18 36
8 Kilmarnock 30 9 6 15 31 41 −10 33
9 St Mirren 30 7 8 15 24 41 −17 29
10 Ross County 30 7 8 15 29 60 −31 29
11 Hamilton Academical (Z) 30 6 9 15 30 50 −20 27 Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12 Heart of Midlothian (Z) 30 4 11 15 31 52 −21 23 Relegation to the Championship
Updated to match(es) played on 11 March 2020. Source: BBC SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-Head points; 5) Head-to-Head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification, second stage group allocation or relegation).[32]
(X) Assured of a top six place and at least a Europa League place; (Y) Assured of a top six place; (Z) Assured of a bottom six place.
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

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 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 11 March 2020. Source: SPFL
Colours: 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 — 1–2 — 3–1 — — — — 1–2 0–1 —
Celtic — — — 5–0 — 3–1 — — — 3–0 5–0
Hamilton Academical 1–3 1–4 — — 1–0 2–4 0–0 — — — —
Heart of Midlothian — — 2–2 — — 2–3 — 1–1 2–1 — —
Hibernian — — 1–3 — — 1–1 — — 3–0 2–2
Kilmarnock 2–2 — — — 1–2 — — 2–1 3–1 —
Livingston 2–2 — — — — 1–0 — — — 2–1
Motherwell 0–4 — — 0–0 — — — 4–1 — 1–2
Rangers 0–0 a 0–1 — 2–1 — 1–0 — — — —
Ross County — — — — — 2–0 — 0–1 — 1–1
St Johnstone — — 3–3 — 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 — — —
St Mirren 0–0 — 1–1 1–0 — — — — — 0–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 11 March 2020. Source: SPFL
Colours: 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 11 March 2020[1][2]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 France Odsonne Édouard Celtic 22
2 England Jermain Defoe Rangers 13
3 Wales Christian Doidge Hibernian 12
Colombia Alfredo Morelos Rangers
5 England Sam Cosgrove Aberdeen 11
Scotland Ryan Christie Celtic
7 Scotland James Forrest Celtic 10

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Scottish Professional Football League hat-tricks § Scottish Premiership
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
Scotland Leigh Griffiths Celtic St Mirren 5–0 (H) 7 March 2020

Attendances

These are the average attendances of the teams.

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Celtic 869,160 59,131 54,584 57,944 +0.3%†
2 Rangers 689,327 50,012 47,583 49,237 −0.7%†
3 Heart of Midlothian 251,262 19,313 14,681 16,750 −4.6%†
4 Hibernian 250,923 20,197 14,486 16,728 −5.7%†
5 Aberdeen 207,540 16,410 12,325 13,836 −7.3%†
6 Kilmarnock 87,844 9,196 4,083 5,856 −15.1%†
7 Motherwell 83,618 8,822 3,191 5,574 +2.3%†
8 St Mirren 80,647 7,332 4,240 5,376 +0.5%†
9 Ross County[a] 65,302 6,575 3,301 4,664 +21.2%†
10 St Johnstone 65,461 8,743 2,231 4,091 +5.1%†
11 Livingston 49,598 8,640 1,076 3,542 −3.3%†
12 Hamilton Academical 41,044 5,300 1,075 2,565 −9.3%†
League total 2,741,726 59,131 1,075 15,316 −4.1%†

Updated to games played on 11 March 2020
Source: [33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44]

  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 Scotland Gary Holt Livingston France Odsonne Édouard Celtic
February Northern Ireland Neil Lennon Celtic Northern Ireland Billy Mckay Ross County
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.[45] This is the final season of the contract; from 2020–21, Sky Sports will have exclusive rights to Scottish Premiership matches.[46]

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.

References

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