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====Highlights====
====Highlights====
From the start of this season, highlights are shown on both Saturdays and Sundays on [[BBC Scotland]]'s flagship [[Sportscene]] programme. Sky Sports also show 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 rights to broadcast the repeat in full of 38 Saturday 3pm matches "as live" at 5.30pm.
Gaelic-language channel [[BBC Alba]] has rights to broadcast repeats 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, and is usually broadcast on a Sunday evening.


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.
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.

Revision as of 18:59, 10 August 2020

Scottish Premiership
Season2020–21
Dates1 August 2020 – 16 May 2021
Matches played11
Goals scored26 (2.36 per match)
Top goalscorerOdsonne Édouard
Kevin Nisbet
(3 goals)[1][2]
Biggest home winCeltic 5–1 Hamilton Academical[3]
(2 August 2020)
Biggest away winLivingston 1–4 Hibernian[3]
(8 August 2020)
Highest scoringCeltic 5–1 Hamilton Academical[3]
(2 August 2020)
Longest winning runTwo matches[3]
Three teams
Longest unbeaten runTwo matches[3]
Five teams
Longest winless runTwo matches[3]
Four teams
Longest losing runTwo matches[3]
Three teams
2021–22 →
All statistics correct as of 8 August 2020.

The 2020–21 Scottish Premiership is the eighth season of the Scottish Premiership, the highest division of Scottish football. The fixtures were published on 6 July 2020,[4] with the season beginning on 1 August, following Scottish Government approval due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland.[5] Celtic are the defending champions.

Twelve teams are contesting the league: Aberdeen, Celtic, Dundee United, Hamilton Academical, Hibernian, Kilmarnock, Livingston, Motherwell, Rangers, Ross County, St Johnstone and St Mirren.

Teams

The following teams changed division after the 2019–20 season.

Promoted from the Championship

Relegated to the Championship

Stadia and locations

Aberdeen Celtic Dundee United Hamilton Academical
Pittodrie Stadium Celtic Park Tannadice Park New Douglas Park
Capacity: 20,866[7] Capacity: 60,411[8] Capacity: 14,223[9] Capacity: 6,018[10]
File:Celtic Park New.jpg
Hibernian
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Location of teams in the 2020–21 Scottish Premiership
 Kilmarnock
Easter Road Rugby Park
Capacity: 20,421[11] Capacity: 17,889[12]
Livingston Motherwell
Almondvale Stadium Fir Park
Capacity: 9,512[13] Capacity: 13,677[14]
Rangers Ross County St Johnstone St Mirren
Ibrox Stadium Victoria Park McDiarmid Park St Mirren Park
Capacity: 50,817[15] Capacity: 6,541[16] Capacity: 10,696[17] Capacity: 7,937[18]

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 Adidas[19] Dafabet
Dundee United Scotland Micky Mellon Scotland Mark Reynolds Macron Utilita
Hamilton Academical Scotland Brian Rice Scotland Brian Easton Adidas Cullen[20]
Hibernian Scotland Jack Ross Scotland David Gray Macron "Thank You NHS"[21]
Kilmarnock England Alex Dyer Republic of Ireland Gary Dicker Hummel[22] Brownings The Bakers[23]
Livingston Scotland Gary Holt England Marvin Bartley Nike Phoenix Drilling Ltd
Motherwell Northern Ireland Stephen Robinson Scotland Declan Gallagher Macron TBC
Rangers England Steven Gerrard England James Tavernier Castore[24] 32Red
Ross County Scotland Stuart Kettlewell Scotland Iain Vigurs Macron Ross-shire Engineering[25]
St Johnstone Scotland Callum Davidson Scotland Jason Kerr Macron Binn Group
St Mirren Republic of Ireland Jim Goodwin Scotland Kyle Magennis Joma Skyview Capital

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Ross County Scotland Steven Ferguson (co-manager) Internal restructuring 10 June 2020[26] Pre-season Scotland Stuart Kettlewell (manager) 10 June 2020[26]
St Johnstone Scotland Alec Cleland End of caretaker spell 18 June 2020[27] Scotland Callum Davidson 18 June 2020[27]
Dundee United Scotland Robbie Neilson Signed by Heart of Midlothian 21 June 2020[28] Scotland Micky Mellon 6 July 2020[29]

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 Hibernian 2 2 0 0 6 2 +4 6 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2 Rangers 2 2 0 0 4 0 +4 6 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 Ross County 2 2 0 0 2 0 +2 6 Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
4 Celtic 2 1 1 0 6 2 +4 4
5 Dundee United 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4
6 St Mirren 2 1 0 1 1 3 −2 3
7 St Johnstone 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
8 Kilmarnock 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 1
9 Aberdeen 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 0
10 Motherwell 2 0 0 2 0 2 −2 0
11 Livingston 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4 0 Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12 Hamilton Academical 2 0 0 2 1 6 −5 0 Relegation to the Championship
Updated to match(es) played on 9 August 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).[30]
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).


Positions by round

Leader and Champions League Third qualifying round
Champions league Second qualifying round
Europa Conference League second qualifying round
Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
Relegated to the Championship
Source: [citation needed]

Results

Matches 1–22

Teams play each other twice, once at home and once away.

Home \ Away ABE CEL DUN HAM HIB KIL LIV MOT RAN ROS STJ STM
Aberdeen — 24 Oct 2 Jan 12 Aug 6 Nov 12 Sep 23 Aug 19 Sep 0–1 12 Dec 26 Dec 2 Oct
Celtic 15 Aug — 30 Dec 5–1 26 Sep 12 Dec 19 Sep 29 Aug 17 Oct 23 Dec 5 Dec 31 Oct
Dundee United 17 Oct 22 Aug — 21 Nov 11 Aug 23 Dec 2 Oct 26 Dec 12 Dec 31 Oct 1–1 19 Sep
Hamilton Academical 31 Oct 26 Dec 26 Sep — 12 Dec 5 Dec 23 Dec 2 Jan 29 Aug 0–1 17 Oct 15 Aug
Hibernian 30 Aug 21 Nov 19 Dec 2 Oct — 2–1 2 Jan 15 Aug 19 Sep 30 Dec 31 Oct 23 Dec
Kilmarnock 19 Dec 1–1 29 Aug 19 Sep 24 Oct — 26 Dec 2 Oct 31 Oct 21 Nov 15 Aug 2 Jan
Livingston 30 Dec 19 Dec 5 Dec 12 Sep 1–4 17 Oct — 31 Oct 16 Aug 29 Aug 26 Sep 21 Nov
Motherwell 23 Dec 6 Nov 0–1 22 Aug 5 Dec 30 Dec 12 Aug — 26 Sep 24 Oct 12 Sep 12 Dec
Rangers 21 Nov 2 Jan 12 Sep 6 Nov 26 Dec 22 Aug 24 Oct 19 Dec — 2 Oct 12 Aug 3–0
Ross County 26 Sep 12 Sep 15 Aug 19 Dec 17 Oct 12 Aug 6 Nov 1–0 5 Dec — 2 Jan 26 Dec
St Johnstone 20 Aug 2 Oct 24 Oct 30 Dec 23 Aug 6 Nov 12 Dec 21 Nov 23 Dec 19 Sep — 29 Aug
St Mirren 5 Dec 12 Aug 6 Nov 24 Oct 12 Sep 26 Sep 1–0 17 Oct 30 Dec 22 Aug 19 Dec —
Updated to match(es) played on 9 August 2020. Source: SPFL
Legend: 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 DUN HAM HIB KIL LIV MOT RAN ROS STJ STM
Aberdeen — — — 6 Mar — 3 Apr 3 Feb 23 Jan 9 Jan — — 13 Feb
Celtic 27 Feb — — 27 Jan 9 Jan — 16 Jan 6 Feb 20 Mar — — —
Dundee United 20 Mar 6 Mar — — 23 Jan — 13 Feb — — — 9 Jan 27 Jan
Hamilton Academical — — 16 Jan — — — — — 6 Feb 3 Feb 27 Feb 20 Mar
Hibernian 6 Feb — — 3 Apr — 16 Jan — 27 Feb 27 Jan — — —
Kilmarnock — 3 Feb 27 Feb 9 Jan — — — 20 Mar — — 23 Jan —
Livingston — — — 23 Jan 20 Mar 27 Jan — — 27 Feb 9 Jan 6 Feb —
Motherwell — — 3 Feb 13 Feb — — 6 Mar — 16 Jan — 3 Apr —
Rangers — — 3 Apr — — 13 Feb — — — 23 Jan 3 Feb 6 Mar
Ross County 16 Jan 3 Apr 6 Feb — 13 Feb 6 Mar — 27 Jan — — — —
St Johnstone 27 Jan 13 Feb — — 6 Mar — — — — 20 Mar — 16 Jan
St Mirren — 23 Jan — — 3 Feb 6 Feb 3 Apr 9 Jan — 27 Feb — —
First match(es) will be played: 9 January 2021. Source: SPFL
Legend: 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 9 August 2020
Rank Player Club Goals
1 France Odsonne Édouard Celtic 3
Scotland Kevin Nisbet Hibernian
3 Australia Martin Boyle Hibernian 2
Scotland Chris Burke Kilmarnock
Colombia Alfredo Morelos Rangers
6 14 players 1

Source: [1][2]

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Scottish Professional Football League hat-tricks § Scottish Premiership
Player For Against Score Date Ref.
France Odsonne Édouard Celtic Hamilton Academical 5–1 (H) 2 August 2020 [31]
Scotland Kevin Nisbet Hibernian Livingston 4–1 (A) 8 August 2020 [32]

Attendances

These are the average attendances of the teams.

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Aberdeen 0 0 0 n/a†
2 Celtic 0 0 0 n/a†
3 Dundee United[a] 0 0 0 n/a†
4 Hamilton Academical 0 0 0 n/a†
5 Hibernian 0 0 0 n/a†
6 Kilmarnock 0 0 0 n/a†
7 Livingston 0 0 0 n/a†
8 Motherwell 0 0 0 n/a†
9 Rangers 0 0 0 n/a†
10 Ross County 0 0 0 n/a†
11 St Johnstone 0 0 0 n/a†
12 St Mirren 0 0 0 n/a†
League total 0 0 0 n/a†

Source: [citation needed]

  1. ^ Club was playing in Championship during the previous season.

Awards

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Ref.
Manager Club Player Club
August
September
October
November
December
January
February
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 2021–22 Scottish Premiership.

Broadcasting

Live matches (UK and Ireland)

Sky Sports has exclusive rights to the Scottish Premiership and will show up to 48 matches, whilst also broadcasting the play-offs.[33] Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, clubs will stream matches (not broadcast on Sky) to fans on a pay-per-view or "virtual season ticket" basis, whilst capacities in stadia are limited due to social distancing restrictions.[34]

Highlights

From the start of this season, highlights are shown on both Saturdays and Sundays on BBC Scotland's flagship Sportscene programme. Sky Sports also show highlights.

Gaelic-language channel BBC Alba has rights to broadcast repeats in full of 38 Saturday 3pm matches "as live" at 5.30pm.

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

  1. ^ a b "Scottish Premiership Top Scorers". BBC. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Scottish Premiership Scoring Stats - 2020-21". ESPN. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Scottish Premiership Performance Stats - 2020-21". ESPN. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  4. ^ "SPFL Premiership 2020-21: Celtic start 10-in-a-row quest at home to Hamilton". BBC Sport. 6 July 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Scottish Premiership given green light for 1 August kick-off". BBC Sport. 10 July 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Dundee Utd, Raith & Cove win titles and reconstruction talks start after Dundee vote". BBC Sport. 15 April 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  7. ^ "Aberdeen Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  8. ^ "Celtic Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  9. ^ "Dundee United Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  10. ^ "Hamilton Academical Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  11. ^ "Hibernian Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  12. ^ "Kilmarnock Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  13. ^ "Livingston Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  14. ^ "Motherwell Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  15. ^ "Rangers Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  16. ^ "Ross County Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  17. ^ "St Johnstone Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  18. ^ "St Mirren Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  19. ^ "Celtic announce magnificent new five-year partnership with adidas". Celtic FC. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  20. ^ "Hamilton announce fantastic new two year partnership with Cullen". Hamilton Academical FC. 21 July 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  21. ^ "HIBERNIAN FC PROUD TO ANNOUNCE NHS THANK YOU". Hibernian FC. 23 April 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  22. ^ "CLUB SIGN CLUB-RECORD KIT DEAL WITH HUMMEL". Kilmarnock FC. 26 February 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  23. ^ "STORY OF THE SHIRT: 2020/21". Kilmarnock FC. 5 June 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  24. ^ "Rangers Announce Historic New Partnership With Castore". Rangers FC. 17 May 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  25. ^ "New Kit Launches". Ross County FC. 22 June 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  26. ^ a b "Ross County: Stuart Kettlewell to manage club as Steven Ferguson named CEO". BBC. 10 June 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  27. ^ a b "Callum Davidson: St Johnstone appoint former player as boss". BBC. 18 June 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  28. ^ "Robbie Neilson: Hearts name Dundee Utd boss to replace Daniel Stendel". BBC. 21 June 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  29. ^ "Dundee United: Micky Mellon appointed as manager". BBC. 6 July 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  30. ^ "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League" (PDF). SPFL. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  31. ^ English, Tom (2 August 2020). "Celtic 5-1 Hamilton: Odsonne Edouard shines again... but can Celtic keep him?". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  32. ^ Murray, Keir (8 August 2020). "Livingston 1-4 Hibernian: Kevin Nisbet claims hat-trick in second-straight win". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  33. ^ McLaughlin, Chris (19 November 2018). "Scottish Premiership: Matches to be shown live on Sky only as new £160m TV deal struck". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  34. ^ "Hibs reveal virtual season ticket plans as sales near 9000". www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
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