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That's all the reaction in from this afternoon's three Premiership games, so we're taking a wee break at the moment. We'll be back shortly with the build-up to the 20: 00 kick-off between Dundee United and Premiership leaders Hearts. But you can keep listening to the build-up to the Tannadice game as Sportsound continues on BBC Radio Scotland. Press the link at the top of the page. Meantime, you can catch up on the match reports from today's top-flight games. Kilmarnock stunned Aberdeen to secure their first win under Neil Mc Cann. A Tawanda Maswanhise double brings Motherwell closer to the Old Firm and deepens bottom side Livingston's woes. Meanwhile, a no-score bore draw between St Mirren and Dundee means they are both closer to second-bottom Kilmarnock. FT: Livingston 0-2 Motherwell Livingston manager David Martindale tells BBC Scotland: "Motherwell, they've got a right good chance this year. They're brilliant, they're a really, really good team. "I enjoy watching them - they've got some really good players. The wee boy Just, Maswanhise, a handful at the top end of the park. "Defensively, it's again shambolic from us. Really, really poor, defensively. It's from an area of the park that shouldn't cause us any real problems. Jerome [Prior] and Joshua Brenet's got to do better together. "It gets a wee bit chaotic. We just lose a wee bit of any control we had in the game for probably about 20-25 minutes. They score a second. Set plays, we look as though we've never worked on them and we get a wee bit lucky to go in at 2-0 half time. "We're in big trouble the way we're defending, that's me being honest. " FT: St Mirren 0-0 Dundee St Mirren manager Stephen Robinson is happy with the points against Dundee. "Another game unbeaten, that's three now, so we have to take the positives, " he tells BBC Scotland. "Game was a bit scrappy, but we had the best chances. " Recent signing Jake Young was sent off just after the hour mark. "The boys' reaction to the red card was brilliant, " he adds. "I thought it was an unjustified decision. "But we stayed disciplined and my goalkeeper didn't have a save to make. " Robinson hopes to have one more signing in before the transfer window closes. FT: Livingston 0-2 Motherwell Livingston are not only now six points adrift but have gone 24 matches without a victory, losing 17 of them. With 22 without a win in the Premiership, that equals the worst, by Hamilton Academical - from November 2010 to April 2011 - in the top flight in the 21st century. In contrast, after a first away win in five games, fourth-top Motherwell have lost once in 15 outings, are unbeaten in six, and have beaten Livi in their latest six meetings. FT: Kilmarnock 3-0 Aberdeen On whether he should have taken captain Graeme Shinnie off at the break given he was on a booking and went on to be sent off, Aberdeen interim boss Peter Leven says: "Yeah, that's my bad, it's on me. "I just thought at the end of the first half we had a bit of momentum and a few chances. "I thought I would leave it five or 10 minutes, but it came back to bite us in the bum. I should have done it at half-time. " Leven adds that he thinks Aberdeen will bring in one more player before Monday's transfer deadline. FT: Kilmarnock 3-0 Aberdeen Aberdeen interim manager Peter Leven confirms Matt Knoester is conscious and they are waiting for more details on the injury that forced the defender off in the first half at Rugby Park. On the performance, the Aberdeen interim manager says: "Nowhere near good enough. "I thought they won first and second balls, they wanted it more. "We weren't up for the fight today. That's really disappointing because we said all week it's a tough place to come. You've got to run and fight and we were nowhere near it. "It's the season so far. It's been really inconsistent. It's really poor, it's probably the biggest I've seen in terms of away fans. So I apologise to them. " FT: Kilmarnock 3-0 Aberdeen Ending a run of three straight defeats by Aberdeen, Kilmarnock ended a run of 17 games overall without a win, including eight at home. It leaves managerless Aberdeen without a victory in six on the road, the latest four without scoring. Dundee United v Heart of Midlothian (20: 00) Remember there's still one more Premiership game to come tonight. Leaders Hearts visit Dundee United with a 20: 00 kick-off. That means tonight's Sportscene highlights show will not start until 22: 25 on BBC One Scotland and i Player. There will also be a link here on the BBC Sport website. FT: Kilmarnock 3-0 Aberdeen More from happy Kilmarnock boss Neil Mc Cann. "I couldn't pick a standout from the team, " he tells BBC Scotland. "From the first minute to the last, everybody who took to the pitch today had belief about them, which is what we've been missing. "There was a real snap about us and aggression about our play and some of the football we played was so good. "I want us to catch fire. I want it to be a catalyst, a platform we can launch from. We've got a really tough game midweek at Rangers, which we need to recover for. "But the boys deserve to let loose tonight and just enjoy that victory because it has been such a long time. " FT: Kilmarnock 3-0 Aberdeen Kilmarnock manager Neil Mc Cann tells BBC Scotland: "The fans have waited a long time for this. It was so important the boys got a win today because, since I've come in with Billy [Dodds] and joined the club, their attitude has been first class. "I could feel there was something coming, the turn coming. I just felt today was a right good opportunity. "Playing at home today, could we get that elusive result and I'm so happy for everyone concerned with the club we managed to do that. And do it in style as well. " FT: St Mirren 0-0 Dundee Dundee head coach Steven Pressley tells BBC Scotland: "Kind of similar to last week where we had a lot of possession and got into good positions in the final third but couldn't find the breakthrough. "It's an area we need to improve, but I think we've come a long way. It's a good point. "Them going down to 10 men, you hope you take the impetus and go win it, but they are also fighting for their lives right now. " FT: Livingston 0-2 Motherwell Motherwell manager Jens Berthel Askou tells BBC Scotland: "We got a big scare in the beginning, before we really got started. It took [goalkeeper] Calum [Ward] to get us out of trouble, but from then on we had control of the game. "They are a hard team to play against because they're good on the ball, hard to press, good in the build up. There were some really good moments in the first half from us and we could have scored another goal or two. "Second half, we didn't find out best level, but we stayed in control throughout, which was important. " As for Livingston, Askou adds: "If they keep going, keep believing in themselves, they're going to get some wins eventually. " FT: Kilmarnock 3-0 Aberdeen Aberdeen are an absolute embarrassment. Massive changes needed yet again to this squad. We can’t knock six past Livi one week then turn this dross out. No heart, no fight, no chance! George Up there with one of the worst Aberdeen performances in years - and that's saying something. There is something fundamentally wrong within the club. New manager isn't changing the rot. Graeme FT: St Mirren 0-0 Dundee Dundee have failed to score in their latest three games in the Premiership. That is a run of 347 minutes without a goal. FT: St Mirren 0-0 Dundee Kheredine Idessane BBC Sport Scotland at the SMISA After saying St Mirren and Dundee two wouldn't play out only the second goalless stalemate between them in 20 years, sure enough we got only the second goalless draw in two decades. Just the four shots on target between them. The two lowest scoring sides in the division living down to that reputation. It will feel a better point to St Mirren given they played the last half hour with 10 men after Jake Young's early bath for "serious foul play" on Brad Halliday. Dundee's decent recent run continues: four wins and a draw from their last seven matches in all competitions. A big chance missed, they may feel, to create a six-point security blanket from the bottom three. Scottish League 2 Spartans find their lead at the top of the fourth tier reduced to six points after their draw with Elgin. East Kilbride recover from their midweek thrashing by the leaders by beating Forfar, while Clyde and Stranraer lose ground on the new town side after both drew away from home. Scottish League 1 It is as we were at the top of the third tier. Caley Thistle's draw with third-top Queen of the South keeps them top on goal difference after Stenhousemuir were held at home by Peterhead. It is the same at the bottom, with Kelty still four behind Cove after they also both drew. A first win in 17 league games for a rejuvenated Kilmarnock! It could have been seven or eight in the end after a thoroughly comprehensive win. Brad Lyons and Bruce Anderson scored twice in two first-half minutes in a vibrant performance. Graeme Shinnie's sending off helped them further, but they didn't really need any extra aid. A sorry performance and result for Aberdeen. Killie move six clear of bottom spot. Bruce Anderson score D to make it 2-0 Scottish Championship Arbroath miss a chance to narrow the gap on the top two in the second tier after the third-top side suffer defeat to a Queen's Park side who lift themselves off the bottom. Ross County drop to the foot of the table after their loss in Greenock. Ayr move up to fourth after beating Raith Rovers, overtaking a Dunfermline side who suffer a surprise home defeat by Airdrieonians. That is that. A goalless draw that will surely be last on Sportscene's highlights programme tonight. Tawanda Maswanhise has 18 goals in all competitions this season At a glance Motherwell comfortably coast past Livingston thanks to double from Tawanda Maswanhise Jens Berthel Askou's side move to within two points of third-placed Celtic Livingston fall further behind relegation rivals Kilmarnock Motherwell cruised to a completely dominant victory over Livingston to move two points behind third-placed Celtic in the Scottish Premiership courtesy of a Tawanda Maswanhise double. The Zimbabwe international is now the league's top scorer with 13 goals after his double against lowly Livingston, who barely threw a punch all afternoon. That said, it was the hosts in West Lothian who should have scored first. Connor Mc Lennan was put clear through after a lovely move down the left, but Calum Ward made an important save. With the game still only a few minutes old, Motherwell struck. A long cross from Elijah Just picked out Maswanhise in the box, and his header looped over a stranded Jerome Prior. Livingston kept it to a one-goal deficit for a while. Paul Mc Ginn had a header cleared off the line, Just hit the post when he should have scored, and Prior saved a venomous Maswanhise effort. He didn't get near the second. This time, Callum Slattery played the on-form forward in and he opened his body to curl into the far corner. It's no surprise he's been linked with numerous clubs during this window. Motherwell remain fourth, but are certainly on the coattails of Celtic and Rangers before they play tomorrow. Livingston meanwhile, are now six adrift at the bottom, after Kilmarnock's thumping win over Aberdeen. There's been plenty of plaudits for this Motherwell side, and rightly so. As any fan or pundit will tell you, they are a joy to watch. Today was another controlled victory to add to Jens Berthel Askou's portfolio. They were leagues above their opponents, cutting them to ribbons in attack and rarely looking flustered in defence - apart from the opening minute. Perhaps that slight scare gave them the jolt they needed. Pre-match, Askou spoke about confidence without overconfidence, composure without relaxation. Following that blip, that's what he got. Motherwell fans will be enjoying it while things last. It won't just be Maswanhise winning admirers. It'll be Just, Slattery and Ibrahim Said, as well as the manager himself. When Just went off, Motherwell's tempo slowed. When Maswanhise went off, their goal threat diminished. But the game was won by then, and there's a busy schedule to come. Pre-match, David Martindale said his side are not thinking about the threat of regelation. "If you start worrying about league position, you play with fear and you don't play good football. " His side must be looking at the table when Martindale's back is turned, because they did not play good football for 89 minutes of this one. Any chances after Mc Lennan's early miss came from Motherwell getting a little too confident with the ball at the back, and having it pinched. They tried to attack down the flanks, chucking in numerous crosses, but the quality of them was poor. They had just four shots to Motherwell's 14. At the back, as it was against Aberdeen last week, Livingston's defending was non-existent at times. Failing to pick up runners, standing statuesque at set-pieces. Yes, they were up against a free-flowing Motherwell, but they looked unbelievably fragile. The manager may want to deny the reality of the situation, but the outlook is bleak. Winless in 23 league matches, they're setting unwanted records and only heading one way. Livingston host Falkirk on Wednesday night, while Motherwell head to Dundee (both 19: 45 GMT). After the opportunity to rate players has closed, the score displayed represents the average from all the submissions by BBC Sport users. Last Updated 31st January 2026 at 17: 04 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. Manager: David Martindale Formation: 4 - 3 - 3 Manager: Jens Berthel Askou Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: David Martindale Formation: 4 - 3 - 3 Manager: Jens Berthel Askou Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Scottish Premiership All competitions All competitions All competitions Livingston have lost each of their last five Scottish Premiership games against Motherwell – their longest ever top-flight losing run against the Steelmen. Motherwell have won both of their last two league visits to Livingston, never before winning three in a row in the top-flight. Livingston remain winless in 21 league matches (D7 L14); the only side to go 22 games without a win in the Scottish top-flight in the 21st century are Hamilton Academical, who did so from November 2010 to April 2011 (D7 L15). Motherwell have only lost one of their last 15 league games (W9 D5), a 0-1 defeat at Rangers in December. Indeed, since the start of this period on October 25th (which was a 2-1 win at Livingston), only Rangers have more points in the Scottish Premiership (38) than the Steelmen (32). Tawanda Maswanhise has scored in each of his last three league appearances, while a goal here would make him the youngest player to score in four successive Scottish Premiership appearances (23y 72d) since Malik Tillman for Rangers in April 2023 (20y 308d), and youngest for Motherwell in the top-flight since Nick Blackman in November 2010 (21y 9d). Copyright © 2026 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.