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FT: Rangers 0-2 Hibernian Hibernian head coach David Gray tells BBC Scotland: "It's huge. 2018 was the last time a Hibs team came here and won. The way we started the game was huge, the composure we showed and getting the goal. "You put a game plan in place knowing Rangers are going to have a lot of the ball, so you have to be really disciplined without the ball. Every time there was a slight mistake, a teammate was there to bail them out. A massive collective performance - the subs came on and impacted the game. "It's an incredible run and the players deserve all the credit for it. The big thing was trusting what we were doing. Not being too high when it's good and not being too low when it wasn't. "I never stopped believing and it's been a huge collective effort from everyone involved. "If we keep winning games, nobody can catch us and that's the mindset moving forwards. " FT: Kilmarnock 2-0 Motherwell Kilmarnock manager Derek Mc Innes tells BBC Scotland: "Sometimes Scottish football just needs you to be efficient. Don't make mistakes. On the back of last week we needed to be that type of team. "I thought we were the better team when they had 11 men, and I thought we were professional and efficient when they went down to 10 men. "There was a lot of drama but we stayed professional and stayed calm and dealt with the game. The second goal allowed us to breathe a bit easier. And they only registered their first shot on target in the dying embers of the game. "It's great to get a clean sheet and a few boys back who have been out for a long time. I thought it looked a bit more like us. Just be efficient, get on with the job and get the job done. " Mc Innes thought Kofi Balmer's red card challenge "didn't look good", pointing out he caught Fraser Murray around the knee. He also believes Dominic Thompson's sending off should have stood, and was "more of a red card" than Balmer's. FT: Rangers 0-2 Hibernian Stephen Craigan Former Motherwell defender on Sportsound It's hard to know where to start with Rangers. There's only so many times Barry Ferguson can raise his voice. This team is so inconsistent. When you expect highs you get lows and when you expect lows you get highs. FT: Rangers 0-2 Hibernian The spotlight is on Jack Butland again after another error from the Rangers goalkeeper. He's had a few howlers this season but there were a number of below par performances from the Ibrox side today. Would he be one of the changes Ferguson is considering? Jack Butland with understudy Liam Kelly at full-time FT: Rangers 0-2 Hibernian Rangers interim manager Barry Ferguson tells BBC Scotland: "Angry, really angry in fact - that's the most simple way I can put it. There's no way I'm accepting that. "I thought we started on the front foot before Hibs got the first goal. Another mistake from us. I said at half-time I need to see more, I want to see more aggression in our play and I never saw it. That's the thing I'm raging with. "I'm not going to kid anybody on. Hibs deserved it. They tackled harder, ran harder and wanted it more. It's sore for me to say that. "I'll take the responsibility. I pick the team and I need to go away with the players and have a long hard look in the mirror. "This [season] is in real danger of just petering out. It's about pride. I know we're in the Europa League, but those are easy games to get up for. "I will make changes, I'm not scared to make changes. I need a team that's willing to put their bodies on the line. " FT: Ross County 0-1 Aberdeen Ross County manager Don Cowie tells BBC Scotland: "It was a tight game. We got done by a moment of real quality, a fantastic goal from Shayden Morris. "We know the strength he possesses, pace. It was disappointing to concede a goal in that manner, but you recognise it's a very good goal. "I dint't think there was too much in the game, lots of endeavour, lots of effort from both teams. Challenging conditions with the wind. It was very similar to the Dundee United game, I'm just frustrated we didn't create any real opportunities to hurt Aberdeen. "We were in enough good areas but lacked that bit of quality. " FT: Dundee 2-0 St Mirren Dundee manager Tony Docherty tells BBC Sportsound: "I'm absolutely delighted for the boys, I think they got the rewards for the effort they put in. "The clean sheet's the most important thing. The two centre-backs in particular, I thought they were magnificent. They know if they can defend, we've got players in the team that will score and that's a great feeling. "It just now gives us that platform. I'm not bothered about looking at the league table. The consistency of performance will get us out (of trouble). " FT: Ross County 0-1 Aberdeen Aberdeen manager Jimmy Thelin tells BBC Scotland: "We were prepared for a difficult game. There was a lot of second balls. They are good at that, but we were really stable as a team. Everybody took responsibility. We kept them out for most of the game. "It was difficult for us to create chances but I've looked at Shayden's goal and it's amazing. "If you look at his journey this year, the assists and goals he gets, how he defends. .. It's good to see players take steps and grow. It's a lot of work from his side, he has a strong mentality, he pushes himself. " FT: Kilmarnock 2-0 Motherwell Motherwell manager Michael Wimmer tells BBC Scotland: "The game was killed after the red card, what can I say? We talked at half time about keeping it to 1-0. Then we might get the opportunity on the counter attack. But we defended a set piece badly. "If this is a red card, then the one last week [Pape Gueye's challenge] in Aberdeen is a double red card. It's the same as last week, if there is a red card it's a different game. "I can't understand the decision. Kofi [Balmer] wants to pass the ball, this is one movement, one swing. He has to clear the ball, so he has to swing. "There's no movement, he's standing. For me, it's not a red card. "I see the the guys in training and we need to bring that into the match. We don't have to always speak about top six, we also have an eye in the other direction, to be confident to get results now. "It's difficult with 10 men so I can't blame the guys. " FT: Dundee 2-0 St Mirren St Mirren manager Stephen Robinson tells BBC Sportsound: "We controlled the game but our quality was poor. We have three or four really good gilt-edged chances that we miss. "There's a lot of good in it but the end product was poor all over the pitch. If your end product's poor and you make individual errors, which we did, we get punished for, then you lose football matches. "The disappointment is the consistency, we haven't followed a great result up anytime this season. I can't ever fault the effort, I can't ever fault the desire of the players, we just lacked quality in that final third. " FT: Rangers 0-2 Hibernian "We knew it would be tough and it was in spells but we rode that to get what we deserved, I feel, " a delighted Martin Boyle tells BBC Scotland. Boyle, who scored Hibs' second goal at Ibrox, adds: "We want to tie down that third spot and we're just taking it game by game. " Hibs are now unbeaten in 16 league games, winning 11. "Incredible, " says Boyle. "We believe in the manager and the squad and the fans are fully behind us. The whole club is buzzing. " Martin Boyle salutes the band of Hibs supporters at Ibrox FT: Kilmarnock 2-0 Motherwell A big three points for Killie. Manager Derek Mc Innes looks like he's been kicking every ball in this image. The Ayrshire side are up to ninth, overtaking Ross County on goal difference. FT: Dundee 2-0 St Mirren Willie Miller Former Scotland defender on BBC Sportsound Simon Murray is so important for Dundee. Joe Shaughnessy was immense at the back too. Simon Murray has 15 Premiership goals this season FT: Ross County 0-1 Aberdeen John Robertson Former Hearts striker and manager on BBC Sportsound Ross County really don't look like scoring at the moment. That's one goal in the past five games for Don Cowie's side. FT: Rangers 0-2 Hibernian Ian Mc Call Former Rangers midfielder on BBC Sportsound All of the best players were in green and white. Dylan Levitt and Nectar Triantis were excellent. You don't expect Rangers to be so flaky, but you have to credit Hibs. Scottish League 2 Scottish League 1 Scottish Championship FT: Rangers 0-2 Hibernian Kheredine Idessane BBC Scotland at Ibrox Boos from the few Rangers fans in the 50, 000 crowd who stayed for the final whistle. Unwanted history: five defeats at Ibrox in a row. Raucous cheers and celebrations from the Hibs fans in the corner, who've waited seven long years for a win at Ibrox. They finally have it. Hibs players celebrate their second goal in front of their fans Goals either side of half-time from Dylan Levitt and Martin Boyle secure Hibs' first win at Ibrox since February 2018. David Gray's side are now 16 unbeaten in the league and they were superb. Rangers on the other hand were dismal. They have gone 2-0 behind in six of their past eight matches and have lost their past five home games. Simon Murray's 14th Scottish Premiership goal of the season put Dundee ahead Simon Murray scored in each half to leaven Dundee's Scottish Premiership's relegation fears and simultaneously dent St Mirren's top six hopes. It took just two minutes for Murray to lift spirits around Dens with a smart strike and another attempt after the break, capitalising on a Zach Hemming mistake, took the 33-year-old level with Daizen Maeda as the division's top scorer with 15. It also moves his side eight clear of bottom side St Johnstone, who host leaders Celtic on Sunday, and close to Motherwell and Ross County as well as St Mirren, whose top-six hopes will be over if Hearts beat Dundee United on Sunday. The visitors had threatened first, Mark O'Hara having an attempt from 16 yards blocked by Trevor Carson's knees, before Murray's opener. Oluwaseun Adewumi kept Jordan Mc Ghee's cross alive and Murray pounced to hammer home his 20th goal of the campaign in all competitions. St Mirren's Jonah Ayunga was guilty of a glaring miss with a header but his side - who won so handsomely against Kilmarnock last weekend - started the second period strongly. Caolin Boyd-Munce tested Carson, who was again called into action when O'Hara fired in an awkward low free-kick from the left edge of the box. However, Tony Docherty's hosts doubled their advantage after a shocking mistake by Hemming. The keeper's attempted a kick out hit Murray and the striker reacted sharply to roll the ball into the net from 35 yards as the hapless Hemming scrambled back in vain. St Mirren kept pushing and Richard Taylor had a header off the crossbar on what turned out to be a frustrating day for the Paisley side. Given all the pressure on a Dundee defence which had conceded 67 goals in the league, this was a victory in so many ways for the home side. There are no secrets when it comes to knowing how St Mirren play, with plenty of balls fired into the box, but those were marshalled at the back magnificently by Joe Shaughnessy. And when you have a goal machine up front in Murray, you are always going to have a chance. His style and awareness throughout the game was a joy to watch. Dundee may remain second bottom but they certainly showed they are more than up for a fight to retain their top-flight status. They may have lost the game but there was little to be critical about St Mirren's overall performance. They created numerous chances but were up against a Dundee defence out to prove their critics wrong. With County at home in their final game before the split, they will fancy themselves to get all three points next time out. However, they are now reliant on Hearts falling short this weekend and next. Dundee manager Tony Docherty: "I'm absolutely delighted for the boys, I think they got the rewards for the effort they put in. "The clean sheet's the most important thing. The two centre-backs in particular, I thought they were magnificent. They know if they can defend, we've got players in the team that will score and that's a great feeling. " St Mirren manager Stephen Robinson: "We controlled the game but our quality was poor. We have three or four really good gilt-edged chances that we miss. "There's a lot of good in it but the end product was poor all over the pitch. If your end product's poor and you make individual errors, which we did, we get punished for, then you lose football matches. " Last Updated 5th April 2025 at 16: 59 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. Manager: Tony Docherty Formation: 4 - 3 - 3 Manager: Stephen Robinson Formation: 3 - 5 - 2 Manager: Tony Docherty Formation: 4 - 3 - 3 Manager: Stephen Robinson Formation: 3 - 5 - 2 We're still improving Match stats. Let us know what you think. Scottish Premiership All competitions All competitions All competitions After their 2-1 win in December, Dundee are looking to pick up successive top-flight league wins over St. Mirren for the first time since August 2014 (3 in a row). St. Mirren have only suffered one defeat in their last eight top-flight away games against Dundee (W4 D3), going down 4-0 in November 2023. In 2025, Dundee have picked up fewer points in the Scottish Premiership (9 – W2 D3 L7) than any other side. The Dee have won just one of their last 10 league games (D3 L6), and none of their last eight at home (D3 L5). St. Mirren’s last four league games have all seen at least four goals scored (21 in total – 5. 25 per game), with the Buddies scoring 10 and conceding 11 goals in this spell. Indeed, their 5-1 win over Kilmarnock last time out was the first time they scored five goals in a single Scottish Premiership match since a 5-1 victory at Dundee United in January 2021. Dundee have dropped a league-high 23 points from winning positions in the Scottish Premiership this season, forfeiting a two-goal lead against Rangers last time out to lose 3-4. On the other hand, only Celtic and Motherwell (both 4) have recovered fewer points from losing positions in the competition this term than St. Mirren (6). Copyright © 2025 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.