That's all from me. There will be more reaction to today's game on the BBC Sport website and app throughout the evening and there will be highlights on Sportscene on BBC Scotland and iPlayer from 19:30 GMT.
FT: Hearts 1-0 Motherwell
Motherwell manager Stuart Kettlewell tells BBC Scotland: "For me, 1-0 flattered us.
"I've just asked [the players] why that was the case. We come to another fantastic venue with a great atmosphere, you're sitting in a decent spot in the league and our form has been relatively good.
"I'll always take ownership for team selection and style of play. But what the players give me every week is good energy and a basic application to the cause, which we need at Motherwell to bridge the gap we have financially to the vast majority of other teams.
"We do that time and again but for some reason we didn't today. We've asked the group to take responsibility for it because we go again in a couple of days. There's no time to rest and settle, we need to take ownership for a really poor performance today."
Image source, SNSFT: St Johnstone 1-1 Hibernian
It ended all square at McDiarmid Park, the only Scottish Premiership draw so far in 2025.
Dwight Gayle (pictured left) scored Hibernian's second-half leveller after Nicky Clark's penalty during the opening period, which followed Jason Holt's red card for the hosts.
Image source, SNSFT: Aberdeen 1-2 Ross County
Ross County took all three points in challenging conditions at Pittodrie with Noah Chilvers (number 10) scoring the winner.
Image source, SNSFT: Kilmarnock 2-0 St Mirren
It was all about Bruce Anderson at Rugby Park today with the Kilmarnock striker scoring twice against St Mirren.
Image source, SNSAberdeen, in third, are now five points behind Rangers with leaders Celtic 11 points clear at the top.
Dundee United can draw level with the Dons if they win away to Dundee later.
St Mirren and Motherwell remain fifth and sixth, respectively, after losing today. Both are on 27 points - four off United as things stand.
Hibernian move a point closer to the top six with their draw at St Johnstone. Two points separate David Gray's side from St Mirren and Well.
Kilmarnock have moved to within a point of Hibs and Dundee (ninth) can go level with the Easter Road side with victory over United later.
Ross County's win at Aberdeen keeps the Staggies two points above second bottom Hearts and Don Cowie's side are seven points clear of bottom side St Johnstone, who have also lost ground on Hearts.
Come close of play today, Celtic and Rangers will have two games in hand while both Dundee clubs and Aberdeen and Motherwell will have one game in hand.
Five of today's Scottish Premiership games are done and dusted and here's what it means for the standings...
Ross County make it two away Scottish Premiership wins in a row and Aberdeen are nine without a win, having lost their past four.
Akil Wright and Noah Chilvers with the County goals, Kevin Nisbet scoring Aberdeen's first-half equaliser with a free-kick.
The Wright goal is well worth a watch on Sportscene later.
Image source, SNSRoss County twice led at Aberdeen and the second time, it stuck
Aberdeen 1-2 Ross County
Topi Keskinen hares down the left, cuts to the bye-line and fires into the middle, where Kevin Nisbet knocks over the bar.
Aberdeen are peppering the Ross County goal but to no avail.
FT: Hearts 1-0 Motherwell
Musa Drammeh is the toast of Tynecastle today after scoring Hearts' solitary goal against Motherwell.
Image source, SNSAberdeen 1-2 Ross County
Aberdeen go close again!
Shayden Morris bursts down the right and clips in a great cross.
Kevin Nisbet tries to guide his effort into the corner, but he heads wide instead.
Aberdeen 1-2 Ross County
That might have been the chance for Aberdeen, and it fell to substitute striker Peter Ambrose.
A hopeful free-kick dropped kindly to the Nigerian striker, but he skied over from just outside the six-yard box.
Up the other end there's a chance for Ross County to finish it as Ronan Hale races in behind, but he lifts it way over the bar.
Aberdeen 1-2 Ross County
A few minutes of regulation time still to play at Pittodrie, plus any added time.
It may be 17:00 GMT but it's not over yet.
Of course, there's still one Scottish Premiership game to be played this 2 January - Dundee v Dundee United.
After six minutes of added time at the end, it's a point apiece at McDiarmid Park with Hibernian missing out on five Scottish Premiership wins in a row.
They won't be too down about that, though, having been a goal down at the break through Nicky Clark's penalty. Dwight Gayle made another telling festive contribution with the Hibs leveller.
St Johnstone played most of the game without Jason Holt, who was sent off for a first-half challenge on Chris Cadden, so they too will be pleased with a draw.
Image source, SNSDwight Gayle brought Hibs level
A very satisfactory start to 2025 for Kilmarnock.
Bruce Anderson was the matchwinner with a goal either side of half-time.
Image source, SNSBruce Anderson scored in each half for Kilmarnock
Aberdeen 1-2 Ross County
Duk goes down in the box under a challenge from Nohan Kenneh, David Dickinson blows... for a free-kick!
There is contact, but is it enough to go down? Is it even in the box?
Well, Dickinson clearly thinks it's a dive and he's booked the Dons striker.
Musa Drammeh's early goal gives Hearts a huge win. They should have been out of sight, and in the end have Craig Gordon to thank for maintaining their lead at the end.
The 42-year-old made two superb late saves to deny Motherwell.
What a finish.
Image source, SNSHearts 1-0 Motherwell
Incredible.
Dan Casey heads towards goal and Jack Vale is there to head in. Or so he thought. Craig Gordon reacts superbly to tip it over the bar.
That'll be that!
Kilmarnock 2-0 St Mirren
Killie captain Brad Lyons flashes a shot from the edge of the box just wide.
Killie aren't sitting on this lead.
Bruce Anderson followed up to net the rebound from his first-half penalty
A double from Bruce Anderson helped Kilmarnock to victory over St Mirren and boosted the Ayrshire side's top-six hopes in the Scottish Premiership.
In a tight and often scrappy affair, the home side had the better chances as St Mirren struggled to trouble a resolute defence.
Killie got their noses in front early and the visitors only had themselves to blame. Alex Gogic saw his clearance charged down by Anderson and when the Cyprus international attempted to atone for his mistake, he succeeded only in bundling the striker over in the box.
Anderson's spot-kick was saved by Ellery Balcombe but he tucked home the rebound.
St Mirren striker Toyosi Alunsanya was looking for a penalty at the other end when he went down under a challenge from Lewis Mayo, but referee Colin Stephen was not interested.
Kyle Vassell had a fierce strike palmed away by Balcombe as Killie pushed for a second before the captain's afternoon was cut short as he departed having suffered a nasty looking ankle injury.
History repeated itself after the break as Gogic was penalised for a foul in the box, this time on substitute Kyle Magennis. Anderson stepped up to the spot again and dispatched a far more confident penalty than his first-half effort to double Killie's lead.
Magennis missed a late chance to round things off with a third goal late on when he was denied by Balcombe, but by then the points were secured by the home side.
Derek McInnes said before the game that after "a significant year" for the club in 2024 the last thing he wanted was for Kilmarnock to become "irrelevant in the league".
This was an important win for the Ayrshire side as they try to edge themselves towards the top six and start looking up the table rather than beneath them.
After producing arguably their best performance of the season in their final home match of the year against Aberdeen, McInnes wanted more of the same against St Mirren and while they never looked likely to reach those heights, they did exert an element of control throughout.
The injury to Vassell will be a concern and manager McInnes will hope he is not deprived of his captain's services for any significant length of time.
At the other end of the pitch, another clean sheet laid the platform for this victory and the Killie rearguard pretty much nullified any threat the Buddies posed.
St Mirren packed their team with big, powerful players and Stephen Robinson was perhaps thinking that to get the better of Killie on their own patch you first need to win the physical battle.
However, his team was lacking in creativity and struggled to generate meaningful chances.
Olusanya was unable to make any sort of impact on the game, getting little change out the Killie defence.
Roland Idowu had a couple of nice touches early on without creating anything clear cut before fading and being hooked early in the second half.
We know how tough a proposition St Mirren are at their best, but here they fell well short of their own standards.
Kilmarnock manager Derek McInnes: "The clean sheet is huge for us. That's three clean sheets in a row at home now and three victories.
"We didn't need to be brilliant today, we just needed to be really responsible. We scored good goals at good times and our overall play merited the win."
St Mirren manager Stephen Robinson: "We only have ourselves to blame. We showed a real lack of quality with our passing – we had 58% possession and one shot on target.
"We have to get back to the basics again. We've shown on the recent run we've had to climb the table that we're a good side, but not with performances like that. That wasn't acceptable."
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 1 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 52 | 7 | 45 | 50 |
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| 2 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 13 | 21 | 39 |
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| 3 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 21 | 9 | 34 |
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| 4 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 28 | 4 | 34 |
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| 5 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 27 | 34 | -7 | 27 |
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| 6 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 34 | -9 | 27 |
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| 7 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 32 | -4 | 25 |
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| 8 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 36 | -11 | 24 |
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| 9 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 36 | -6 | 22 |
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| 10 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 38 | -17 | 22 |
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| 11 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 31 | -7 | 20 |
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| 12 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 23 | 41 | -18 | 15 |
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Manager: Derek McInnes
Formation: 4 - 4 - 2
Manager: Stephen Robinson
Formation: 3 - 4 - 2 - 1
Manager: Derek McInnes
Formation: 4 - 4 - 2
Manager: Stephen Robinson
Formation: 3 - 4 - 2 - 1
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Kilmarnock are unbeaten across their last nine Scottish Premiership meetings with St. Mirren (W4 D5) since a 0-2 defeat in February 2021.
St. Mirren are winless in their last 11 top-flight away games at Kilmarnock (D4 L7) since a 3-1 victory in May 2013 under Danny Lennon.
Kilmarnock lost their first league game of 2024 3-1 to Rangers, but haven’t lost their opening top-flight match in back-to-back years since 2007/2008.
St. Mirren have only won their first January match of a year in the top-flight in one of their last 11 attempts (D3 L7), a 2-1 victory over Dundee United in 2022.
Kilmarnock’s Derek McInnes has lost just one of his 33 managerial top-flight matches against St. Mirren (W15 D17), and none of 15 such games at home to the Buddies (W8 D7).
