The Celtic Blog · Dec 29, 2016

I See We’re Back To This “The Form Book Goes Out The Window” Stuff Again

Well, there’s something to cheer up Sevco fans as we get ready to take them on at home...

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TeamPWDLFAGDPts
1 Celtic 15 13 1 1 46 9 37 40
2 “Rangers” 15 12 2 1 45 10 35 38
3 Motherwell 17 10 1 6 29 22 7 31
4 Aberdeen 17 8 5 4 25 22 3 29
5 Kilmarnock 17 6 5 6 17 20 -3 23
6 Hibernian 17 5 7 5 27 29 -2 22
7 Livingston 17 4 6 7 20 24 -4 18
8 Ross County 16 4 5 7 19 35 -16 17
9 St Mirren 17 4 2 11 12 24 -12 14
10 Hearts 16 2 6 8 16 27 -11 12
11 Hamilton Academical 17 2 6 9 16 30 -14 12
12 St Johnstone 15 2 6 7 13 33 -20 12

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