Key Questions As Scottish Premiership Splits

Following nan Scottish Premiership's split, we cognize which teams will dress up nan apical and bottommost halves of nan table.

However, location are still aggregate questions near unanswered pinch 5 rounds of convention fixtures remaining.

With nan apical six and bottommost six teams each playing each different betwixt now and 18 May, location are still apt to beryllium plentifulness of twists and turns.

The title is not rather sealed yet, European places are up for grabs and each nan bottom-six sides are battling to debar relegation.

But erstwhile mightiness those cardinal questions beryllium answered and what is nan existent authorities of play?

Anything different than a conclusion by Dundee United connected Saturday would corroborate a 4th successive title for Celtic.

Brendan Rodgers' broadside lead Rangers by 15 points pinch 5 games to play.

If Celtic were to suffer astatine Tannadice, Rangers must hit St Mirren successful Paisley to contradict their Old Firm rivals.

That would hold Celtic's title statement astatine slightest until nan apical 2 past meet astatine Ibrox connected 4 May successful nan 2nd information of post-split fixtures.

Celtic and Rangers person already booked their spot successful European title adjacent season, pinch nan different 4 top-half teams playing for nan 3 remaining spots.

Aberdeen tin gain a spot successful nan Europa League play-off information if they hit Celtic successful nan Scottish Cup final, but if nan Dons were to lose, that goes to nan squad who finishes 3rd successful nan Premiership.

Hibernian are successful rod position, but Aberdeen, Dundee United and - to a lesser grade - St Mirren are each still successful contention to beryllium champion of nan rest.

Fourth spot would beryllium upgraded from nan Conference League 2nd qualifying information to nan Europa League equivalent, pinch nan Conference spot going to 5th place.

Simo Valakari's St Johnstone are 5 points adrift astatine nan ft of nan array but do person immoderate origin for optimism arsenic they attack 5 matches that will make aliases break their season.

Across nan astir caller six Premiership games, they are sixth successful nan shape table, pinch 2 wins and 8 points.

No different broadside successful nan bottommost six has much successful that clip and nan McDiarmid Park broadside request aggregate wins from their last 5 games successful bid to guidelines a chance of retaining their top-flight status.

It is simply a large ask, but pinch 3 of their post-split matches successful beforehand of their ain fans, Valakari and his players still person hope.

In a word, yes.

Only six points abstracted Hearts successful seventh and Dundee, who inhabit nan relegation play-off spot, successful 11th.

They, Motherwell, Kilmarnock and Ross County will each beryllium alert of St Johnstone's results while desperately trying to accumulate nan points to support them retired of a play-off.

The past Old Firm derby of nan play will beryllium astatine Ibrox connected 4 May, by which clip Celtic could already beryllium champions.

Hibs commencement their post-split tally successful Aberdeen connected Saturday, which could beryllium decisive successful nan title for third.

St Johnstone, presently 5 points adrift astatine nan ft of nan table, statesman their quest for endurance astatine Fir Park against Motherwell, earlier finishing their run astatine location to Dundee.

With those 2 occupying nan bottommost 2 convention places astatine present, nan conflict to debar nan driblet could feasibly spell down to nan last day.