A good day for Hibs, Aberdeen, Kilmarnock and Dundee...
We're back tomorrow for St Johnstone v Celtic (12:00 BST) and Hearts v Dundee United (14:30).
You can catch highlights of today's games on Sportscene, BBC Scotland at 19:15.
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."
Image source, SNSFT: Kilmarnock 2-0 Motherwell
Kilmarnock manager Derek McInnes 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 ed 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."
McInnes 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.
Image source, SNSFT: 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?
Image source, SNSJack 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."
Image source, SNSFT: 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."
Image source, SNSFT: 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)."
Image source, SNSFT: 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."
Image source, SNSFT: 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 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."
Image source, SNSFT: 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."
Image source, SNSFT: 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."
Image source, SNSMartin Boyle salutes the band of Hibs ers at Ibrox
FT: Kilmarnock 2-0 Motherwell
A big three points for Killie.
Manager Derek McInnes looks like he's been kicking every ball in this image.
The Ayrshire side are up to ninth, overtaking Ross County on goal difference.
Image source, SNSFT: 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.
Image source, SNSSimon 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 McCall
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.
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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.
Image source, SNSHibs players celebrate their second goal in front of their fans
Joe Wright's header sealed victory for Kilmarnock at Rugby Park
Derek McInnes was pleased his Kilmarnock side overcame "a lot of drama" as they grabbed a valuable Scottish Premiership win over 10-man Motherwell, whose top-six hopes are out of their hands.
The match turned on a four-minute spell in the first half when Fraser Murray put Kilmarnock in front, before Kofi Balmer was controversially sent off for a challenge on the goalscorer.
Joe Wright deftly headed in Danny Armstrong's corner eight minutes into the second half to bolster Kilmarnock's advantage, which they comfortably held on to.
"Sometimes Scottish football just needs you to be efficient," McInnes said. "Don't make mistakes.
"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."
Kilmarnock nudge up to ninth ahead of Ross County on goal difference, still one point from the relegation play-off spot but nine clear of bottom side St Johnstone.
The defeat means a victory for Hearts over Dundee United on Sunday would end Motherwell's chances of a top-six finish, before the Tynecastle side visit Fir Park next week.
At 2-0 down, Motherwell briefly thought they were down to nine men as Dominic Thompson was sent to the dressing room after a tangle off the ball with Danny Armstrong.
However, he was called back when referee Matthew MacDermid overturned his decision following an on-field review.
McInnes felt that incident merited a red card more than Balmer's challenge, though he did point out the Motherwell defender's actions "didn't look good" as he caught Murray around the knee.
The centre-back cleared the ball and caught Murray as he followed through, and VAR Andrew Dallas clearly felt there was enough force to deem it serious foul play.
However Motherwell manager Michael Wimmer told BBC Scotland he could not understand the decision.
"Kofi wants to the ball, this is one movement, one swing," he said. "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."
This was a valuable victory for Kilmarnock and Derek McInnes, who made five changes to his team in response to the 5-1 hammering by St Mirren last week - a fourth defeat in five games which set alarm bells ringing.
Such was the tension created after that loss, a smattering of fans held up a banner as the teams emerged at Rugby Park which read: 'Relegation Pending'.
But after a scrappy start it was Kilmarnock who got the crucial breakthrough.
They won the ball on the edge of the Motherwell box, Bobby Wales lashed a low shot which was tipped on to a post by Ellery Balcombe, and when the visitors panicked, they pounced.
Armstrong laid it across goal, and goalkeeper Ellery Balcombe parried the ball to Murray, who slotted home.
The red card for Balmer was a gift, but one Kilmarnock gleefully accepted as they pressed home their advantage.
The only disappointment is they did not score more goals, and that Dundee below them also ed a victory in the battle to avoid the drop.
The return of Stuart Findlay to the defence and captain and striker Kyle Vassell to the bench are big boosts for McInnes for the run in.
It is hard to analyse Motherwell's performance given the early red card which hurt their chances of a comeback.
However, a flat and messy opening 20 minutes will have done little to give fans belief they would have mounted a comeback, along with the fact they have won just once all season after conceding first.
Although they could still make the top six, in truth they have never looked like a team who deserve to be in the top half, given they have won three times since Christmas.
Wimmer is responsible for two of those after coming in and quickly implementing a high-energy and disciplined style which earned victories against Dundee and Rangers.
But those early signs of promise have evaporated and Motherwell look more like the team who toiled badly in the closing weeks of Stuart Kettlewell's tenure as they struggle to keep the ball.
With so many players out of contract in the summer, and highly-rated teenager Lennon Miller the subject of interest from bigger clubs, there is a danger their season starts to drift.
Given they are only four points clear of the relegation play-off spot, they cannot afford to lose their focus.
| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 31 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 92 | 20 | 72 | 78 |
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| 32 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 66 | 33 | 33 | 65 |
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| 32 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 50 | 41 | 9 | 50 |
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| 32 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 43 | 47 | -4 | 49 |
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| 31 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 39 | 40 | -1 | 44 |
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| 31 | 11 | 6 | 14 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 39 |
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| 32 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 42 | 52 | -10 | 38 |
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| 32 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 37 | 56 | -19 | 38 |
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| 32 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 37 | 53 | -16 | 35 |
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| 32 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 31 | 53 | -22 | 35 |
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| 32 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 50 | 67 | -17 | 34 |
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| 31 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 32 | 57 | -25 | 26 |
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Manager: Derek McInnes
Formation: 4 - 4 - 2
Manager: Michael Wimmer
Formation: 3 - 4 - 2 - 1
Manager: Derek McInnes
Formation: 4 - 4 - 2
Manager: Michael Wimmer
Formation: 3 - 4 - 2 - 1
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Since the start of 2024, all three league meetings between Kilmarnock and Motherwell have been drawn.
Motherwell are winless in their last five league visits to Kilmarnock (D2 L3) since a 1-0 victory in February 2021 under Graham Alexander.
Kilmarnock have lost four of their last five league games (D1), as many as their previous 13 beforehand (W5 D4 L4).
Only Kilmarnock (11) have lost more away games in the Scottish Premiership this season than Motherwell (10). The Steelmen have lost six of their last eight league games on the road (W1 D1).
Bruce Anderson has scored nine goals in the Scottish Premiership this season, and could become the first player to reach double figures in his debut top-flight campaign for Kilmarnock since 2011-12, when both Dean Shiels (13) and Paul Heffernan (11) did so.
