Saturday's Scottish football - Reaction to all the day's action

Summary

FT: Aberdeen 2-3 Motherwell - Aberdeen come from behind to lead 2-1 before quickfire goals puts visitors back in front
FT: Livingston 2-1 Hibernian - Nouble waltzes through defence to score early on; Kenneh scores after clearance rebounds off him into the net with Obileye netting at death
FT: Rangers 4-0 St Johnstone - Tillman steers header in before Colak grabs second with Arfield & Lawrence adding late strikes
FT: St Mirren 1-0 Ross County - Tait curls shot perfectly into top corner
Inverness hammer Cove 4-1 in pick of Championship matches
Dunfermline and Dumbarton hold on to League 1 and League 2 leads with wins

Live Reporting

Andy Campbell

'Rangers v PSV is 50-50'published at 15:58 British Summer Time 13 August 2022
Ronald de Boer told BBC Scotland he can't pick a favourite between his former club Rangers and PSV Eindhoven ahead of their Champions League play-off first leg on Tuesday.
He said: "PSV have bought some very good players, they have integrated very well. Luuk de Jong showed in the dying seconds against Monaco what a vital player he can be. The team looks good and a very good result against a good team in Monaco.
"I must say they were quite lucky in the two games [against Monaco]. But PSV have weapons - they can score from set pieces, they have great players like Joey Veerman and Ibrahim Sangare in the midfield. So they can grind victories also even if they don't play very well.
"I hope of course as an ex-Rangers player that they go through, but I think it's really a 50-50, I can't put my finer on who is the favourites."
De Boer also says he was surprised at the scoreline between AZ Alkmaar and Dundee United, with the Ditch side winning 7-1 on aggregate after losing the first leg at Tannadice 1-0.
"We were all surprised that Alkmaar were capable of doing so," he said. "They have a good, young team, a talented coach and talented players, but nobody thought they would get the giant score that they did.
"European-wise, Holland is doing very well at the moment and that's different than in previous years. I think the Dutch league is getting stronger."
Postpublished at 15:56 British Summer Time 13 August 2022
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HALF-TIMEpublished at 15:55 British Summer Time 13 August 2022
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HALF-TIMEpublished at 15:52 British Summer Time 13 August 2022
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HALF-TIME Rangers 1-0 St Johnstonepublished at 15:50 British Summer Time 13 August 2022
The whistle blows for half-time and Rangers are ahead thanks to another impressive leaping goal from Malik Tillman.
A second goal in five days from the on-loan Bayern Munich midfielder separates the sides, but St Johnstone are still in the game and have threatened on the break.
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Rangers 1-0 St Johnstone
Rangers midfielder Ryan Jack forces St Johnstone goalkeeper Remi Matthews to beat away a powerful shot from range.
HALF-TIME St Mirren 0-0 Ross Countypublished at 15:48 British Summer Time 13 August 2022
It was all St Mirren for the first half-hour or so, but Ross County grew into the half as it progressed.
Jonah Ayunga cracking his shot off of the post was the main highlight of the half, with no shots on target for either side in the opening 45.
Some goals in the second half please...
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HALF-TIME Aberdeen 1-1 Motherwellpublished at 15:48 British Summer Time 13 August 2022
Motherwell will be frustrated to be level at half-time. They've been the better team, had the better chances, but Blair Spittal's opener is the only goal they've had for their efforts.
Aberdeen have not really got going. But they did have an early chance from Bojan Miovski that the North Macedonian should have scored. He made amends when he found the target with a header from a Liam Scales cross, and it's all square at the break.
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Blair Spittal celebrates after giving Motherwell the lead
HALF-TIME Livingston 1-0 Hibernianpublished at 15:46 British Summer Time 13 August 2022
A magnificent first-half performance from Livingston.
Led from the front by Joel Nouble, who took his goal so well and so easily could have had another were it not for the outstretched hand of David Marshall.
Martindale's midfield have hunted in packs before creeping forward to put pressure on the Hibs goal.
The visitors, meanwhile, have had one shot at goal - a tame header from Christian Doidge. Lee Johnson's side are wilting in the West Lothian heat.
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Nouble opens the scoring after only six minutes
Postpublished at 15:46 British Summer Time 13 August 2022
St Mirren 0-0 Ross County
The match in Paisley is the only Scottish Premiership game without a goal so far. Both sides are desperate to avoid a third straight defeat.
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GOAL Aberdeen 1-1 Motherwellpublished at 15:43 British Summer Time 13 August 2022
Bojan Miovski
Bojan Miovski heads Aberdeen back level, as he gets to a pin-point cross from Liam Scales.
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Postpublished at 15:43 British Summer Time 13 August 2022
St Mirren 0-0 Ross County
Ross County are beginning to grow into the game.
Josh Sims drives from his own half to the edge of the St Mirren box before he slides in Owura Edwards.
His shot however is mishit, and the subsequent corner is to no avail for the away side.
MISSED PENALTYpublished at 15:43 British Summer Time 13 August 2022
Ayr 1-1 Hamilton
Ayr have the chance to regain the lead against Hamilton with a penalty but Dipo Akinyemi's effort is saved.
Tillman with two in twopublished at 15:41 British Summer Time 13 August 2022
Rangers 1-0 St Johnstone
Malik Tillman has scored his second headed goal in two games to put Rangers in front against St Johnstone.
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GOAL Queen's Park 1-0 Partick Thistlepublished at 15:36 British Summer Time 13 August 2022
Grant Savoury
Grant Savoury puts Queen's Park ahead from a rehearsed free-kick routine.
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CLOSE!published at 15:36 British Summer Time 13 August 2022
Aberdeen 0-1 Motherwell
Sean Goss is inches away from a second goal for Motherwell, thumping a shot just past the post.
GOAL Inverness CT 2-0 Cove Rangerspublished at 15:35 British Summer Time 13 August 2022
Aaron Doran
Long-serving Aaron Doran doubles Inverness Caledonian Thistle's lead against Cove Rangers.
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GOAL Rangers 1-0 St Johnstonepublished at 15:33 British Summer Time 13 August 2022
Malik Tillman
Malik Tillman will be gathering a reputation for kangaroo-style leaps at the back post as the on-loan Bayern Munich midfielder heads Rangers into the lead off the underside of the crossbar.
St Johnstone have been denying Rangers any clear-cut chances but concede a corner as goalkeeper Remi Matthews palms clear John Lundstram's long-ranger.
The English midfielder's effort is Rangers first on target, but the second follows as Tillman rises to apply the killer touch to a James Tavernier cross in similar fashion to Tuesday's Champions League qualifying goal.
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Postpublished at 15:33 British Summer Time 13 August 2022
Livingston 1-0 Hibernian
What a save from David Marshall - it should have been 2-0!
Chris Cadden gets the ball caught under his foot and Joel Nouble picks his pocket. The striker slips past Ryan Porteous and looks to put it across the keeper, but Marshall gets a vital hand to it.
Debut for Morrispublished at 15:33 British Summer Time 13 August 2022
Aberdeen 0-1 Motherwell
Matthew Kennedy puts a free-kick over the bar for Aberdeen, but he's holding his hamstring and it looks like the Dons' early-season injury troubles are going to continue.
Kennedy does indeed go off, meaning Shayden Morris makes his Aberdeen debut.