Later today, last season's runners-up Aberdeen begin their Premiership campaign at home to Hamilton Academical.

The Dons exited the Europa League in midweek following defeat by Apollon Limassol and will want to get back to winning ways.

However, Accies will also be keen to make an impression. They survived last season's Premiership play-off against Dundee United.

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Motherwell and Rangers started their domestic season against each other last season.

That 2-0 win for Rangers in the League Cup was the first of five meetings in all competitions.

Motherwell lost all but four of those games, their 1-1 draw at Ibrox coming shortly after Stephen Robinson's appointment as manager.

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Plenty of action also in the Scottish Championship yesterday...

Dumbarton 0-0 Greenock Morton

Inverness CT 0-1 Dundee United

Livingston 1-1 Dunfermline Athletic

Queen of the South 4-1 Brechin City

St Mirren 3-1 Falkirk

...and in Leagues One and Two

Scottish League One round-up

Scottish League Two round-up

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Ross County were also winners on the road as Dundee were consigned to defeat on the opening day.

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Michael O'Halloran, on loan from Rangers, came off the bench to score the winner for St Johnstone away to Kilmarnock.

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Later, Hibernian got their Premiership return off to a winning start.

Former Rangers defender Steven Whittaker was among the scorers in Hibs' defeat of Partick Thistle.

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However, the main talking point after the lunchtime encounter was Hearts interim head coach Jon Daly's anger at Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers' pre-match comments about the Tynecastle club.

Rodgers had spoken about Hearts' recruitment and the departure of head coach Ian Cathro.

Celtic got their pursuit of a seventh straight top-flight title under way with a comfortable victory over Hearts.

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With Steven Hammell injured, Ben Heneghan comes into the Motherwell defence following their League Cup victory over Berwick Rangers last weekend.

Gael Bigirimana drops out of the matchday squad altogether in the only other change for Stephen Robinson's men - Elliot Frear, whose goal settled that clash with the "Wee Gers", takes his place.

Five new signings feature in the starting XI - goalkeeper Trevor Carson, defenders Cedric Kipre and Charles Dunne, midfielder Andy Rose and striker Craig Tanner.

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Pedro Caixinha pitches six of his summer recruits straight into action for his side's Scottish Premiership opener at Fir Park.

Fabio Cardoso and Bruno Alves form an all-Portuguese centre-back pairing in the latter's competitive debut, with Ryan Jack and Graham Dorrans in midfield with Daniel Candeias and Eduardo Herrera in attack.

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Motherwell: Carson, Tait, Kipre, Heneghan, Dunne, Cadden, McHugh, Rose, Frear, Tanner, Moult.

Substitutes: Griffiths, Bowman, Plummer, Fisher, Campbell, Newell, McMillan.

Rangers: Foderingham, Hodson, Cardoso, Alves, Wallace, Windass, Jack, Dorrans, Candeias, Herrera, Miller.

Substitutes: Alnwick, Tavernier, Wilson, Dalcio, Morelos, Holt, Pena.

The Scottish Professional Football League got up and running for the new season yesterday and today, the Premiership's first round of games concludes with two fixtures:

• Motherwell v Rangers (13:30)
• Aberdeen v Hamilton Academical (15:00)