⚽ The Kick-Off - Thursday 5th March 2026
Celtic beat Aberdeen 2-1. A busy night in the Highland League. The Scottish Premiership is averaging more headers per game than other European Leagues. 100 days until Scotland v Haiti.
📒 Random Scottish Football Fact #264: Livingston are the only SPFL club not to have won away from home in the league this season.
LATEST SCOTTISH FOOTBALL RESULTS
➡️ William Hill Premiership
Aberdeen 1 - 2 Celtic
➡️ Breedon Highland League
Banks o’ Dee 1 - 3 Buckie Thistle
Brechin City 3 - 0 Deveronvale
Brora Rangers 3 - 0 Turriff United
Huntly 3 - 1 Lossiemouth
Keith 2 - 1 Formartine United
Rothes 2 - 6 Inverurie Loco Works
Strathspey Thistle 0 - 3 Clachnacuddin
plus matches in the West of Scotland Football League and North Caledonian League. View all results on the Scottish Football Fixtures website.
NEWS
➡️ Celtic have moved into second, five points behind Hearts, after beating Aberdeen 2-1. Kieran Tierney opened the scoring after five minutes before the Dons equalised through a Kevin Nisbet penalty.
Benjamin Nygren got the winner in the second half. Both sides are in Scottish Cup action this weekend. - view the Premiership table here
➡️ Formartine United suffered a blow in their Breedon Highland League title challenge. They lost 2-1 away to Keith as both Brora Rangers and Brechin City recorded 3-0 home wins.
Brora remain three points clear of Brechin and six clear of Formartine, although they have played two games more than both of them. Clachnacuddin are five back but have played the same number of games as Brora. - view the Highland League table here
⚽️ New data indicates that the Scottish Premiership averages far more headers per game than the majority of Europe’s leading leagues. - Chris McLaughlin, BBC
👏 Scott McTominay’s goal for Napoli against Genoa has been named Serie A Goal of the Month for February.
🆕 With just 100 days until Scotland face Haiti at the World Cup, what better time to see Nutmeg Magazine announce their World Cup special? One to get and help ramp up the excitement. - order yours here
🤕 Brazil will be without winger Rodrygo when they face Scotland at the World Cup. The Real Madrid star will miss the tournament due to an ACL injury. - Mark Walker, The Herald
⚽️ Former Scotland international James Morrison has been named interim head coach of West Bromwich Albion until the end of the season. He will be assisted by former Rangers assistant coach Matt Gill. - West Bromwich Albion website
🌎 Days until Haiti v Scotland at the World Cup: 100
SCOTTISH FOOTBALL FIXTURES TODAY
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