Hearts recovered from their two-point deduction by thrashing ten-man Cowdenbeath 5-0.

Martin Scott saw red for a late tackle on Jam Tarts skipper Christophe Berra before the interval.

Hearts took full advantage of the extra man after the break as summer signing Steven MacLean chested the ball into the net to open the floodgates.

Fellow new recruit Uche Ikpeazu doubled Hearts' advantage soon after with a powerful effort, before Peter Haring made it three by heading in from a corner.

Steven Naismith added a fourth from the penalty spot following a foul on Anthony McDonald.

Defender Michael Smith completed the rout by coolly rolling the ball into the corner after clever wing play by Jake Mulraney.

Mikel Miller became the first Hamilton player to score a hat-trick for four years as Accies won 4-0 at Berwick.

Miller opened the scoring with a header after 15 minutes. Accies' January signing claimed his second before the break when he got on the end of Scott McMann's tempting cross.

The youngster completed his hat-trick when he stepped up to convert from the penalty spot after being brought down in the box.

Rakish Bingham made it four with five minutes left after Dougie Imrie's effort from range deflected in off the forward.

New recruit Connor Sammon hit a first-half double as Motherwell defeated Queen of the South.

The Irish forward scored his first goal since signing for the Steelmen on loan from Hearts when he tapped home Chris Cadden's through ball on 12 minutes.

Sammon grabbed his second before the interval when he found the bottom corner of the net from Ryan Bowman's cross.

The result leaves qualification in Motherwell's hands when Stephen Robinson's side face Clyde on Saturday.

Substitute Mikael Ndjoli scored twice as Kilmarnock defeated Spartans 3-0.

After failing to break down a resolute home defence in the first half, Lee Erwin finally made Killie's pressure pay by opening the scoring with a neat finish.

Ndjoli entered the fray with 20 minutes remaining and quickly stamped his authority on proceedings by tapping in Stephen O'Donnell's cutback.

The Bournemouth loanee grabbed his second in the dying moments when he pounced on Kris Boyd's knock down to convert.