Aberdeen defeated Hamilton comfortably at Pittodrie as Derek McInnes' side built on their League Cup win over Rangers.

With just seven minutes on the clock, Dons skipper Graeme Shinnie got on the end of Scott Wright's low corner kick to open the scoring.

James Wilson doubled the advantage on 25 minutes by smashing home a dipping effort from range.

The result was put beyond doubt on the hour mark when defender Mikey Devlin tried his luck from 30 yards out and Accies keeper Woods found the effort too hot to handle.

Celtic scored four first-half goals as they thrashed Dundee 5-0 at Dens Park.

Tom Rogic opened the scoring for the Hoops by curling in a trademark strike from the edge of the box.

Scott Sinclair converted his second penalty in two matches to double the lead on 20 minutes, with James Forrest adding a third soon after by finishing off Kieran Tierney's driven cross.

It was 4-0 before half-time. Odsonne Edouard put the final touch on a flowing team move as Brendan Rodgers' men ran riot.

Just after the interval Celtic made it five when Ryan Christie latched onto Edouard's pass and finished.

Events off the field took centre-stage as Hearts and Hibs played out a goalless draw.

Hearts goalkeeper Zdenek Zlamal looked to be struck by a fan behind his goal, before Hibs head coach Neil Lennon was hit with an object thrown from the stand.

On the park, neither side was able to force a breakthrough, with the Jam Tarts denied a winner in the dying moments due to offside.

Hibs ended the match with ten men after Flo Kamberi saw red.

St Johnstone inflicted Gary Holt's first defeat as Livingston boss thanks to Matty Kennedy's early strike.

Tony Watt's shot across goal found Kennedy in space at the back post to prod home what proved to be the winner after just five minutes.

Greg Stewart cancelled out Alfredo Morelos' early strike as Kilmarnock grabbed a point at Ibrox.

Steven Gerrard warned his players to step up after their League Cup loss to Aberdeen and his words elicited a response when Morelos scored after just

But Killie silenced the home crowd shortly after when Greg Stewart found room inside the box and curled a terrific effort past Wes Foderingham.

Motherwell continued Oran Kearney's wait for victory as St Mirren boss by winning 2-0 in Paisley.

David Turnbull broke the deadlock on the half-hour mark by driving an effort past Craig Samson from 25 yards out.

The Steelmen doubled their lead just after half-time when Chris Cadden played a one-two with target man Curtis Main before curling the ball into the net.