Rangers move back up into second

Kris Boyd showed why Rangers fans are desperate for him to remain at the club as his two goals secured a 2-1 victory over St Mirren and allowed the Scottish champions to reclaim second spot in the Premier League.

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Rangers' Kris Boyd opens the scoring within a minute of the game starting

Boyd netted in the opening minute and again in the second half at Ibrox to bring his tally for the season to seven goals. Despite a late consolation from Stephen O'Donnell, Rangers moved ahead of Hibernian with a game in hand.

Hearts' impotent attack let them down once again as the first Edinburgh derby of the season ended goalless at Tynecastle. The goal-shy Jambos dominated but were unable to seriously test Graham Stack.

Two Damian Casalinuovo goals gave Dundee United a 2-0 victory over Kilmarnock at Rugby Park. The Argentinian striker put the Taysiders ahead from the spot in the 21st minute after Killie left-back Garry Hay had tripped United midfielder Jennison Myrie-Williams.

In a game which saw good performances from both goalkeepers, and several missed chances, Casalinuovo was handed his second goal on a plate in the 57th minute when he was set up by Myrie-Williams.

Aberdeen recorded a welcome 2-1 win over an unlucky St Johnstone in an entertaining tussle at Pittodrie. Sone Aluko gave Aberdeen the lead with a superb solo effort in the first half, but Liam Craig equalised with 14 minutes to go after Jamie Langfield had spilled a Dave Mackay cross.

An 83rd-minute penalty from Lee Miller gave the Dons their first win since the middle of September.

Motherwell levelled twice in the final 12 minutes of a dramatic Lanarkshire derby to deny 10-man Hamilton a memorable victory.

Former Motherwell midfielder Simon Mensing headed the opener on the hour after Tomas Cerny had kept Accies level with a string of saves, including a penalty stop from Ross Forbes.

Motherwell sub Jamie Murphy scored a spectacular equaliser but the visitors needed a Lukas Jutkiewicz goal to earn them a 2-2 draw and a point four minutes from time after Marco Paixao had headed Accies back in front.