What can happen & when in final weeks of Scottish season?
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Scottish Premiership
Celtic are 13 points clear with seven games left as they close in on a 13th Scottish top-flight title in 14 seasons.
Brendan Rodgers' side need – at most - three more wins to secure the trophy.
But they could be confirmed as champions as early as next Saturday, should they beat St Johnstone and Kilmarnock, and Rangers lose to Hibernian this weekend.
However, if the Ibrox side win, they will be guaranteed the second Champions League place regardless of any another results.
Whoever finishes third and fourth will be in Europe, as will the division's fifth-placed side should the Scottish Cup winners be one of the Premiership's top four.
The composition of the top and bottom six will be decided by the end of next weekend at the latest – more on that here – but the fight to avoid relegation will continue.
Bottom side St Johnstone are currently five adrift of Dundee and six behind Kilmarnock. Ross County are nine clear, with Motherwell and St Mirren a further three points ahead.
With the teams all playing each other again post-split, there is still plenty scope for movement between now and 18 May.
Scottish Championship
Falkirk are eight points clear of Ayr United and Livingston with 15 points left to play for.
They are close to securing consecutive crowns. So close that Livingston manager Davie Martindale has already conceded the title.
Nothing can be decided this weekend but a maximum of eight points from their final five games would do it for John McGlynn's leaders.
In fact, they could even win it as early as next Friday should results go their way on Saturday.
Ayr and Livingston do have play-off places tied up and look set to be joined by Partick Thistle, who have a six-point cushion over Raith Rovers and an advantage of seven over Morton.
The battle at the bottom is far less clear cut.
Airdrieonians - rooted in 10th all season - are now within five points of Hamilton Academical, six off Dunfermline Athletic, and nine off freefalling Queen's Park.
The bottom side goes down, while the team in ninth will be in a play-off semi-final with the fourth-placed team in League 1.
Scottish League 1
Arbroath are in good shape at the summit - eight clear with 15 to play for.
Victory on Saturday would be all but enough should Stenhousemuir and Cove Rangers lose at home, with the former visiting Gayfield next Saturday - live on the BBC.
Regardless of other results, another eight points will seal an immediate return to the second tier.
Cove and Stenhousemuir seem almost certain to be in the play-offs, with Queen of the South, Alloa Athletic, Montrose and Kelty Hearts all still in the mix to take the final place.
Dumbarton have already been relegated - a 15-point deduction for entering administration scuppering their season.
Inverness Caledonian Thistle are still battling to avoid the same punishment causing them similar strife.
They head Annan Athletic on goal difference in the fight to avoid the relegation play-off place, with struggling Kelty and potentially even Montrose not yet safe.
Inverness and Dumbarton were both deducted 15 points after entering administration
Scottish League 2
The title is a two-way battle between Peterhead and East Fife, with the former one point clear with five to play.
Could it go down to their penultimate-day meeting in the north east at the end of April?
Whichever one misses out will be in the play-offs, with Edinburgh City and Elgin City front runners to join them given they both hold a six-point advantage over Spartans and a lead of seven over Stirling Albion.
Bonnyrigg Rose are three adrift of Forfar Athletic at the bottom, having been deducted six points after issues with their pitch and, consequently, their licence.
Given they play the top two in their next two matches, before visiting Forfar, it will be a big few weeks for Rose if they are to avoid running the risk of dropping back out of the league.
Clyde and Stranraer are probably just out of reach in seventh and eighth.
Bonnyrigg were deducted six points for a club licencing issue relating to their pitch
Highland/Lowland League
Brora Rangers and Brechin are locked on the same points with two games remaining in the Highland League.
But Brora's superior goal difference means consecutive wins would secure the crown and a play-off against East Kilbride, who retained their Lowland League title on 2 April.