| 3 | Rangers | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 23 |
| 4 | Dundee United | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 |
| 5 | Motherwell | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 19 |
| 6 | St Mirren | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 18 |
| 7 | Dundee | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 15 |
Curtis Main is enjoying the continued hard work going on in training, despite the break from action for internationals.
The Englishman, who is desperate for the fixtures to keep on coming, says there has been no let up at Fir Park, despite the lack of a weekend fixture.
“It’s been an intense week and the manager is driving that,” he said. “He doesn’t want us to take our foot off the gas even though there’s a break.”
This week’s Friday quiz calls on your knowledge of players who’ve picked up international caps while on the books at Fir Park.
Can you name the top 20 who have amassed appearances for their countries while plying their club trade in claret and amber?
Chris Cadden and Allan Campbell were in action for Scotland Under 21s on Thursday night, as the youngsters defeated Andorra 3-0.
Cadden started the match at Tynecastle Park, setting up the third goal as he played the full 90 minutes in the UEFA European Under 21 Championship qualifier.
The Motherwell man beat two for pace down the right before swinging the ball in for Fraser Hornby, who completed his hat-trick with the goal.
Allan Campbell was on the bench and got the last 18 minutes for Scot Gemmill’s side, who now face the Netherlands on Tuesday.
Danny Johnson sat down for a coffee and a chat following Saturday’s 3-1 win over Dundee.
With the international break approaching, the in-form forward discusses how he’s settled in to life at Fir Park so far.
Our interview was filmed at the Windmills Cafe in Motherwell.
Windmills is a social enterprise cafe in the heart of Motherwell which is committed to ensuring young people with learning disabilities have equal access to meaningful work experience opportunities. For more information, visit Windmills Cafe’s website.
Both Motherwell and Dundee went into their weekend fixture seeking their first win of the Ladbrokes Premiership season.
Thanks to Danny Johnson, Gaël Bigirimana and Allan Campbell, the Steelmen came out with the points. This is the Story of the Match.
Danny Johnson, Gael Bigirimana and Allan Campbell netted the goals that gave Motherwell their maiden league win of the 2018/19 season.
The 3-1 win at Dens Park lifted the Steelmen up the table, with their usual gutsy performance backed up by stylish play.
Allan Campbell, Danny Johnson and Richard Tait speak after the 3-1 Ladbrokes Premiership win at Dundee.
The Steelmen picked up their first league victory of the campaign with the victory at Dens Park, building on last week’s 3-3 draw with Rangers.
Stephen Robinson believes his side showed more to their game than just physicality as they picked up a 3-1 win over Dundee.
Goals from Danny Johnson, Gaël Bigirimana and Allan Campbell capped an impressive showing for the Steelmen.
And a pleased manager reflected on his side’s first league win of the campaign.
“It was a terrific performance,” he said. “We are a difficult team to play against but with some very, very good footballers. If I was a fan, I’d be proud of them.”
Motherwell notched their first league victory of the 2018/19 Ladbrokes Premiership campaign with a convincing 3-1 win over Dundee.
Goals from Danny Johnson, Gaël Bigirimana and Allan Campbell capped an impressive claret and amber performance at Dens Park.
It was an unchanged side which started proceedings against bottom of the table Dee, and despite a goalless first half it was an entertaining encounter.
And it was one largely dominated by the Fir Park side, going close through Andy Rose and Curtis Main but failing to find the breakthrough in the opening 45.
In form Johnson made no mistake though, when the hard work of substitute Elliott Frear teed up the forward to finish neatly beyond Jack Hamilton just 10 minutes after the restart.
Another player hot in form doubled the deficit, and it was the cleverness of Bigirimana which looked to have put the game to bed in the 68th minute.
Conceding a freekick on the edge of their box, Dundee watched on helplessly as the Burundi midfielder reversed his freekick cleverly in to the bottom left corner.
That sparked a revival from the hosts though, who pulled one back from a corner just three minutes later. Benjamin Kallman rose highest to nod last Trevor Carson, at the start of a period of Dundee attacks.
But they were met with a resolute defence, and a scintillating Carson between the sticks, who denied the hosts with two instinctive saves to hold on to the scoreline.
And in brilliant fashion, Motherwell broke up the park and scored a third, with another well worked freekick falling for young midfielder Campbell to lash home and wrap up all three points.
After the dramatics of last weekend’s draw with Rangers, the Steelmen head for Dens Park on Saturday.
Despite Neil McCann’s side failing to notch a point on the board yet this season, ‘Well face a tricky encounter against Dundee.
With Dundee sitting bottom of the table, just one point separates the hosts from Stephen Robinson’s side in 11th.
And it will make for an extremely tricky encounter for the Fir Park side, who will face a side determined to get up and running on their own patch.
Former Livingston boss Kenny Miller signed a two-year deal with the Dens Park side this summer, after a brief spell as player-manager at Livingston.
The 38-year-old bolsters the striking options for Neil McCann, and certainly brings bags of experience.
In their eight games this season, Dundee have kept three clean sheets and look to have tightened up defensively.
Even in the games they’ve lost this term, it’s been by narrow margins, including two 1-0 defeats against Aberdeen and St Johnstone.
