What do fans of top three make of Premiership split?

Derbies, a potential title decider at Celtic Park and plenty of potential banana skins - the Scottish Premiership's post-split fixtures have got supporters of the top three sides nervy for the final five games.

There is still one round of fixtures before then, but after Falkirk's victory in Motherwell last weekend decided the top and bottom six, the league bosses were able to get to work on arranging the final five games in what has been a thrilling campaign.

Celtic are at home to relegation-battling St Mirren, Heart of Midlothian host a staggering Well and Rangers are away to Falkirk before the run-in begins.

So what do fans of the title contenders make of the post-split matches?

Hearts are still top of the league but a draw away to Livingston at the weekend leaves that position looking a little precarious.

Prior to Saturday, Derek McInnes' side had occupied the top spot for all but one weekend - matchday five back in September - and even then they were only behind Celtic on goal difference.

After Rangers beat Dundee United, Danny Rohl's side moved on top for the first time in almost two years. It was shortlived, though, with a point in West Lothian enough to put Hearts back on the summit.

The Tynecastle side head into their final pre-split game one point above Rangers in second and three in front of reigning champions Celtic in third.

After the split, they are away to Edinburgh rivals Hibs before hosting Rangers, travelling to Motherwell and hosting Falkirk before a final-day trip to Celtic Park.

However, Hearts supporter Liam Corbett, of the This is My Story podcast, fears their inability to beat some of the bottom-six sides has already seriously dented their title chances.

"I don't think the split is going to be any part of the conversation as to why we didn't win the title," he told the BBC's Scottish Football Podcast.

"When you can't beat the four bottom clubs in the league, it doesn't matter about the split.

"I think for Hearts fans now, the conversation of who plays who after the split is irrelevant. It won't play any part in where the title goes.

"We needed a points cushion going into the split. We essentially don't have one now and it's due to the fact that we can't beat Livingston, Kilmarnock, St Mirren and Aberdeen away from home over the course of the season.

"I think that we've got pretty tough fixtures, but we could have given ourselves a cushion and we haven't. So it's kind of our own downfall there."

Rangers fans enjoyed a cameo at the top of the table on Saturday and have the chance to reach the summit again before the split.

If Hearts drop points on Saturday, Rangers could overtake them with a win at Falkirk Stadium on Sunday. Tricky, but not impossible, for Danny Rohl's men who were13 points off the pace when the German head coach took over.

It is a difficult run-in for Rangers, who have trips to challengers Hearts and Celtic sandwiched between home games against Motherwell and Hibs.

However, Scott Cameron, of the Rangers Journal podcast, thinks their two trips to Falkirk - they also head there on the final day - are the most daunting.

"I'm actually more concerned about the trips to Falkirk," he said.

"I think the Hearts and the Celtic games should take care of themselves. I just think the Falkirk games, certainly this Sunday, playing last, the dynamic is slightly different for us.

"If both sides win on Saturday, it applies that little bit more scoreboard pressure on to Rangers players on Sunday.

"Going to Celtic and Hearts in the same week will be big, but if you've done the business before that, I think you put yourself in a far stronger position.

"Belief is there within the Rangers support, but I don't think anybody is singing from the rooftops that we're going to win the league or anything like that. We have to prove, starting on Sunday, that we can win on the road and apply that, get that momentum and keep on winning."

Brendan Rodgers' resignation, Martin O'Neill returning twice as interim boss, with the debacle of Wilfried Nancy's reign in between, an unprecedented injury list and unrest between supporters and club hierarchy - hard to believe has all happened in one season for Celtic.

For many supporters, it is something of a minor miracle that they are still in with a chance of lifting the trophy in May.

They have lost eight games this season - Falkirk are the only team in the top six who have lost more - and have been without key players such as centre-back Cameron Carter-Vickers, winger Jota and right-back Alistair Johnston for most of the campaign.

However, O'Neill's side arguably have the most favourable run-in, with three of their five games at home - including Rangers and Hearts.

Paul John Dykes, of A Celtic State of Mind podcast, thinks the return of the Green Brigade will be the most beneficial of all after the club hierarchy lifted the ultras group's suspension, which followed incidents earlier this season.

"I think it's huge," he said. "There's been a cloud hanging over us and we've been architects of our own demise this season, so I'm not sitting here looking for sympathy.

"But the Green Brigade have been away for five months and they're massive. When you have relied on them for 20 years, then I think there's a generation of fans who have forgotten how to start songs and get involved in creating the atmosphere.

"It's been a bit of a morgue and then you start hearing other managers saying this is an advantage to us going to Celtic Park now.

"I'm a bit gutted it didn't happen sooner, but it is basically getting all the margins that we possibly can get back in our favour because we're not a great side. The only other thing that we can hope for is one or two players to come back [from injury] in the run-in."