obliterated ' 18-month unbeaten home record in the Scottish Premiership with a stunning 5-2 win at Tynecastle on Sunday as they leapfrogged their hosts into third place.

Wouter Vrancken's beleaguered side, missing 11 players through injury, were in disarray as Falkirk romped into a five-goal lead early in the second half through Finley Barbrook, Owen Eames, Liam Henderson and Jacob Murrell's double. Hearts hit back through Sabri Guendouz, on as a substitute, and a Cláudio Braga penalty, but Falkirk were well worthy of making it five top-flight wins in a row for the first time since 1995.

Vrancken said: "This is an embarrassment, the first half for sure. It's crazy, crazy, and everybody – me, staff, players – have to take responsibility in those things. This is ridiculous."

It was a first league defeat at Tynecastle for Hearts since April 2025 and they have won just two of their past 11 matches. Falkirk move into third, a point above Hearts, although they have played a game more.

Liam Scales provided a looping finish to secure a 1-0 home victory for against Kilmarnock later on Sunday. The Irish defender hooked a Camilo Durán cross into the top corner in the 26th minute to restore Celtic's four-point lead at the top of the table.

Celtic – and Kasper Høgh in particular – otherwise had a frustrating day in front of goal, with Benjamin Nygren missing a second-half penalty. Høgh had an early goal disallowed as his barren run without scoring hit 16 games since a hat-trick at Kilmarnock on his second appearance.

The Celtic manager, Martin O'Neill, said: "I thought Kasper was off the mark for about 35 seconds. I think he would maybe have scored the next chance if the first had counted, but he worked really hard for us."

banished their recent away day blues with a solid 2-0 win at on Saturday.

Draws against Dundee and Hearts in their past two Scottish Premiership games away from Ibrox had blemished their title challenge, but Derek McInnes's side were determined to leave Paisley without a mark on them.

The in-form striker Ryan Naderi scored with a soft penalty after 18 minutes before the returning captain, Dan Neil, added a second just after the hour with a deflected strike to extend Rangers' unbeaten run in all competitions to 12 games.

The manager, Stephen Robinson, insists he will face the challenge head on as his side go into the international break in real trouble at the wrong end of the table.

started the evening three points behind Robinson's side, but a dominant second-half performance in a 4-0 victory at Pittodrie allowed the Edinburgh club to overtake their hosts in 10th place on goal difference.

The hosts showed promise early in the game and the Hibs keeper Raphael Sallinger saved well from Jack Milne, who also hit the bar for Aberdeen before Jamie McGrath's 25-yard strike found the target. Aberdeen went all-out in search of an equaliser, but quickly fell 2-0 behind to Callum Wright, sparking calls for Robinson's head from the home support. Further strikes from Thibault Klidjé and Nicky Cadden completed the rout.

Robinson said: "It's really, really disappointing, there's no hiding away from it. It was an unacceptable performance and an unacceptable result. We haven't taken our chances – Hibs had five or six chances and took four of them – [and] that's always the difference in football. We got the result we deserved.

"It's a difficult situation, difficult for myself, the players and the club. I will keep fighting until told otherwise. We have to be better than that, that's not acceptable. We have to get players who want to fight and try to get us out of this situation."

Jim Goodwin, the home manager, hit out at the decision to award the penalty that cost dear in a 1-1 draw against at Tannadice.

The referee, Ryan Lee, had initially given a free-kick for offside in the early stages of the game. However, he was then advised by the VAR, Andrew Dallas, to have another look at an incident where Tawanda Maswanhise had gone down in the United box under a challenge by the home captain, Dylan Tait. After checking the pitchside monitor, the referee pointed to the spot with the Motherwell captain, Lukas Fadinger, tucking the penalty away.

The hosts ultimately salvaged a point thanks to Jesse Randall's goal but Goodwin insisted his side should have had all three. "It's a poor decision for me," he said. "I know it's going to be subjective and people will have their own opinions on it, but I don't know what Dylan Tait is meant to do."

Unsurprisingly, the Motherwell manager, Alfred Johansson, disagreed with Goodwin's assessment, saying: "He's on the ball and gets down from a tackle, and it's a penalty."

Simo Valakari was thrilled to give supporters a 2-1 victory against to celebrate after recent Perth struggles against their Tayside rivals.

Josh Campbell headed the home side in front after five minutes. Joe Westley, on as a substitute, replied early in the second half after a mix-up between the keeper Ross Sinclair and Cheick Diabate. Kai Fotheringham, on his first Premiership start for St Johnstone, scored a deflected winner on 72 minutes.