A long Saturday during which we've seen wins for five Scottish Premiership sides and learned where Scotland will be playing at next year's World Cup comes to an end.
Time for a rest to do it all over again tomorrow.
Good night!
FT: Kilmarnock 0-3 Rangers
Rangers manager Danny Rohl tells BBC Sportsound: "Today we were clinical, we took our chances unlike Wednesday. This is a good step.
"I'm always in conversation with [chairman] Andrew Cavenagh. We have a good relationship. We have been in the office almost every day together. We will talk next week again, but tonight we will enjoy the result.
"From the first minute tonight, I knew the fans were behind the team. We have to do this together.
"I think looking back through the whole week, It was a good performance on Wednesday from Bojan Miovski. I'm glad Mikey [Moore] is back but in general, it was a whole team performance.
"We have to develop our game management, but tonight it was a fantastic reaction and now we have five wins in seven so this is a good step forward. We have to continue, everyone wants to win against us or take something from us. This is a tough league so we have to put the work in."
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Kilmarnock assistant Stevie Frail tells BBC Sportsound: "The manager got sent off, which he's really, really disappointed at.
"Obviously something was said and, to be honest, I don't know and I don't know if even Stuart [Kettlewell] knows. The fourth official called for the referee to come over and I'm surprised to see a red card, to be honest. It's passionate at the side of the pitch, there's a lot going on.
"I know the manager and I know how he works, he's passionate, Whatever he's said, it surely, in my opinion, doesn't deem a red card.
"We're disappointed at losing the game and we lose goals and we've been doing it a little this season, losing them, cheap goals.
"We feel there's some big decisions went against us. The second goal comes from... we had possession, we lose it, they break, we make a foul but the referee waves play on and they get the goal and defensively it's not great from our point of view.
"At 2-0, there's a massive incident in the game. We feel that Bruce Anderson's through, he's nicked the ball, Jack Butland's come out, cleaned him out. We've watched it back umpteen times now and it looks like he's out of control. I'm not saying he's going in to hurt Bruce in any way or injure him. I'm certainly not saying that.
"The referee deems it not good enough to go and look at the monitor and say it's a sending off. They'd made all their substitutions and they would've had to put an outfield player in the goal and be down to 10 men with 15 minutes to go."
Image source, SNSStevie Frail (centre) assumed post-match media duties
FT: Kilmarnock 0-3 Rangers
Rangers forward Bojan Miovski tells Sky Sports: "It feels good [to score two goals].
"We kept a clean sheet and scored three goals. We like the three points but we need to keep going.
"I work really hard, as a player I know you need to have consistency. I've played three games in a row, I feel better and better in every game. Hopefully, I will continue this way.
"As a football player sometimes you don't score but you need to keep working hard. I did that, I didn't forget how to score goals and I know that will come."
Rangers midfielder Mikey Moore tells Sky Sports: "I was buzzing to be back.
"As soon as I came on the pitch I wanted to make an impact. I didn't expect to come on and score two but another one chalked off, it is what it is.
"I've adapted, I'm kind of finding my feet now and I'm just happy to be playing at this football club."
Image source, SNSAll smiles from Rangers' scorers Bojan Miovski and Mikey Moore at full-time
Celtic v Hearts (Sun, 15:00)
And so, one Scottish Premiership fixture remains this weekend.
Reigning champions Celtic host leaders Hearts in the second meeting of the sides this season.
Last time, Hearts were 3-1 winners and moved eight points clear of Celtic at the top of the table.
It's changed days, though, with the sides now both on 32 points and Celtic have a game in hand.
And, to add further intrigue, it will be Wilfried Nancy's first match as Celtic manager.
Join us for live text and radio coverage.
Image source, SNSScotland team-mates Lawrence Shankland and Kieran Tierney will be in opposing sides again on Sunday
FT: Kilmarnock 0-3 Rangers
One of the most damning indictments of Russell Martin's reign was his refusal to play Mikey Moore. Rangers' best player by an absolute country mile.
Gary
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Billy Dodds
Former Scotland striker on BBC Sportsound
Rangers weren't brilliant tonight, but they brought a lot of energy to the game.
Their finishing for the first time this season has been deadly.
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Mikey Moore has two goals in his past two Rangers appearances.
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Time for the Kettlewell experiment to end. Inept and out of his depth. Additionally Jack Butland got off with one tonight. He should have been red carded.
John
Image source, SNSStuart Kettlewell has not tasted victory as Kilmarnock manager since early October
FT: Kilmarnock 0 - 3 Rangers
Billy Dodds
Former Scotland striker on BBC Sportsound
"It was emphatic for Rangers in the end. Three fantastic finishes. Four, if you include Micky Moore's finish that was chalked off. It was the quality that won the game for Rangers in the end, which is something we don't normally say about Rangers.
Killie, they're confidence is draining. When they get into the final third, they're making all the wrong decisions. No-one's taking a shot.
Image source, SNSIt was a frustrating night for Kilmarnock and Bruce Anderson
FT: Kilmarnock 0-3 Rangers
Barron player of the match. His enthusiasm sometimes controls his head. Rohl will guide him.
Sally
Image source, SNSConnor Barron made a first-half clearance to prevent what he thought was going to be a Kilmarnock goal
FT: Kilmarnock 0-3 Rangers
Here is the latest Scottish Premiership table. Rangers and Motherwell, who have a better goal difference, move to within six points of Hearts and Celtic, who meet in Glasgow on Sunday.
Hibernian have stayed in touch with the top four - two points off Rangers and Well - while Aberdeen have swapped places with Falkirk by moving into the top six.
Kilmarnock and Dundee slip down the table while St Mirren move up to ninth.
Saturday certainly was a statement of intent from Motherwell, Rangers, Hibs and Aberdeen. What will Sunday bring?
Image source, SNSIt's a comfortable win in the end for Rangers on a Saturday night of fine finishing from the visitors.
Bojan Miovski netting either side of half-time and substitute Mikey Moore also popping up with a goal makes for a good three points for head coach Danny Rohl.
Kilmarnock threatened and were mighty close at times but it just wasn't their night.
Image source, SNSBojan Miovski scored twice for Rangers
Kilmarnock 0-3 Rangers
Gary Holt
Former Livingston manager on BBC Radio Scotland
Everyone is looking at Killie. Just two points in eight games.
That's not a recipe for success.
Kilmarnock 0-3 Rangers
The score line does seem harsh on Kilmarnock, having put so much into the game but they have not taken their chances and found Rangers goalkeeper Jack Butland on form.
Tyreece John-Jules tests the stopper with a low drive and Butland is again up to the task.
Kilmarnock 0-3 Rangers
Five additional minutes commence.
Kilmarnock 0-3 Rangers
Rangers are on course for their joint-biggest Scottish Premiership win of the season, having also won 3-0 at Dens Park this season.
Kilmarnock 0-3 Rangers
The goal is chalked off.
Emmanuel Fernandez is penalised for catching David Watson, thus preventing the Kilmarnock player from be active in defence.
Rangers still lead by three.
Kilmarnock 0-4 Rangers
Referee Kevin Clancy is having a look at Emmanuel Fernandez's challenge on a Kilmarnock opponent in the build-up to the goal.
Mikey Moore
Another Rangers break, another Mikey Moore goal.
Emmanuel Fernandes leads the charge from defence, Danilo takes over and slides a pass in behind for Moore to run on to and the chipped finish is a classy one.
VAR will have a look, though.
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Keanu Baccus scored his first goal since returning to St Mirren
At a glance
McMenamin heads St Mirren into first-half lead on the end of John's terrific cross
Baccus doubles the Buddies lead in the second half with his first goal since returning to the club
Sapsford and Sibbald smack bar for United, but their winless run stretches to six games while St Mirren win for first time in eight league games
St Mirren head into next Sunday's Premier Sports Cup final against Celtic on a high after they ended their eight-game Scottish Premiership winless run with victory over Dundee United.
Conor McMenamin's first-half bullet header and Keeanu Baccus' first goal since returning to the club was enough for Stephen Robinson's side to earn their first league win since 27 September.
With both sides coming into the game in such poor form, expectations were low, but the Buddies, who will compete in their first League Cup final since winning the competition in 2013, seemed certain to make the trip to Hampden with a win in the bag.
Declan John, who threatened to be sidelined with a hamstring injury sustained against Dundee last weekend, lofted a cracking cross to the back post for Northern Ireland international McMenanim to nod home.
It was nothing less than their bright start merited, and though they allowed United to creep back into the game, Australia international Baccus battered St Mirren into a two-goal lead with 25 minutes left and all-but resign United to a sixth league game without a win.
Visiting striker Zac Sapsford should have done better when through on goal in the first half, but tamely struck straight at the sprawling Shamal George, while he cannoned a free-kick off the crossbar just before St Mirren's second.
Craig Sibbald smacked the bar while substitute Amar Fatah was superbly denied by George, but Jim Goodwin's side left themselves too much to do.
The win lifts Robinson's League Cup finalists to ninth, two points behind United who remain eighth.
Robinson said pre-match it was "difficult to play down what is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for some of the players" in relation to next Sunday's showpiece at the national stadium.
He also stressed while he wanted to take a performance to Hampden, he'd much rather have a positive result in tow. He will certainly take that.
St Mirren couldn't have been much more comfortable in the first half, and they didn't even need to be fabulous in their play to enjoy such a luxury.
Alex Gogic was outstanding in midfield alongside Killian Phillips, which perhaps leaves Robinson with a conundrum as to where the Cyprus international should be deployed against Wilfred Nancy's side.
That's a headache Robinson can enjoy battling with this week, though. His opposite number will perhaps be scratching his head for a few of the wrong reasons.
United set-up in a defensive 5-3-2 shape in Paisley, and it didn't pay off.
Slow and second best in the first half, things certainly improved with the introduction of Fatah, who was arguably unfortunate to drop out of the starting line-up after his showing against Rangers midweek.
From their perspective, it’ll be another two soft goals conceded as their records reads just one win in 10.
St Mirren manager Stephen Robinson: "It's a relief, there's no other way to put it. I'll enjoy it for 24 hours and then worry about the next game.
"We haven't won in a while, so there was a bit of apprehension coming into the game. We always say, If you keep clean sheets, then you'll win games.
"We stayed compact and solid. We know we need to play better than that. There wasn't much between the two teams, but we scored in good moments.
"I wish the win came a bit sooner, but we've now earned the right to enjoy this week. We'll train hard and we'll go and watch Celtic a couple of times this week. The players have chosen not to wear suits for the final and don't want to go to hotels.
"The players want it to be as normal as possible, because they don't want any emotion involved in it. We're looking forward to it, we'll enjoy it afterwards if we get a result but we'll certainly enjoy the build-up."
Dundee United manager Jim Goodwin: "We're going through a really difficult period at the moment. The only way out of it is for us to stick together, keep working hard and hopefully we'll be able to come out the other side of it.
"I don't think that St Mirren were the better team today. I thought we had more dangerous attacks. In the last 10 minutes, we're committing that many bodies forward, and we got caught on the counter attack a couple of times.
"But Sapsford got that one one-on-one in the first half, then he hit the crossbar with a free-kick, Craig Sibbald hit the crossbar, Fatah had a good header, but in games like this, you need to be clinical, and today we weren't.
"St Mirren took the two chances that they had, took the three points that they deserved at the end of the day."
St Mirren face Celtic at Hampden in the Premier Sports Cup final on Sunday, 14 December (15:30 GMT).
United welcome Motherwell in the Scottish Premiership the day before at Tannadice (15:00).
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| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 12 | 18 | 32 |
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| 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 15 | 32 |
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| 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 26 |
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| 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 26 |
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| 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 18 | 9 | 24 |
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| 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 21 |
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| 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 24 | -5 | 21 |
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| 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 25 | -4 | 16 |
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| 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 22 | -8 | 14 |
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| 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 30 | -14 | 12 |
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| 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 29 | -16 | 12 |
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| 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 29 | -14 | 8 |
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Manager:Jim Goodwin
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St. Mirren have lost four of their last five Scottish Premiership games against Dundee United (W1), as many as their previous 13 beforehand (W4 D5 L4).
Dundee United have won three of their last four top-flight visits to St. Mirren (L1), as many as their previous 13 prior to this (W3 D9 L1).
St. Mirren are winless in their last eight Scottish Premiership games (D2 L6) – their longest run in the competition since December 2021 (12), when they were managed by now-Dundee United boss Jim Goodwin.
Dundee United are without a win in their last five league games (D3 L2). They last went longer without victory within a single season in the Scottish Premiership in April 2023 (11), which included Jim Goodwin’s first four league fixtures in charge of the club. They have never gone six without a win within a single season in the division under Goodwin.
Dundee United’s Scottish Premiership games this season have seen the most shots (409), with the Tangerines having 175 shots and facing 234 in their 14 league games this term. They have also had the most goals in their games (44), scoring 21 and conceding 23.
