Scotland Premier League - statistics, picks

Scotland Premier League

date	hour	match	power	odds				1x x2		picks				res.

#	team	points	gd	total	strike	home	strike	away	strike
1	Rangers	84	53	25-9-3 (37)	1	15-4-0	1	10-5-3	1
2	Celtic	81	36	25-6-7 (38)	8	14-4-1	8	11-2-6	3
3	Dundee U.	60	7	16-12-9 (37)	1	7-4-7	3	9-8-2	1
4	Hibernian	54	4	15-9-13 (37)	1	9-4-6	4	6-5-7	1
5	Motherwell	53	-2	13-14-11 (38)	2	8-5-5	1	5-9-6	1
6	Hamilton	49	-6	13-10-14 (37)	1	6-7-5	1	7-3-9	3
7	St.Johnstone	47	-4	12-11-15 (38)	1	6-6-7	1	6-5-8	1
8	Hearts	45	-12	12-9-16 (37)	1	8-4-6	1	4-5-10	1
9	Aberdeen	41	-16	10-11-17 (38)	1	6-4-10	2	4-7-7	1
10	St. Mirren	34	-12	7-13-17 (37)	1	5-9-5	1	2-4-12	3
11	Kilmarnock	33	-22	8-9-21 (38)	1	5-6-8	1	3-3-13	1
12	Falkirk	31	-26	6-13-19 (38)	3	3-6-10	2	3-7-9	1

Soccer : Scotland : Premier League : Season 2008/2009

The Scottish Premier League (SPL, currently known as the Clydesdale Bank Premier League) is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top level of the Scottish football league system — above the Scottish Football League.

Per capita, more people in Scotland watch their domestic top level league than any other nation in Europe.The Scottish Premier League is currently ranked tenth in the UEFA rankings of European leagues, which are based on the performances of member clubs in European competitions.

There are currently twelve clubs in the Scottish Premier League.During the course of a season, which runs from August until May, each club plays the others at least three times, either once at home and twice away or vice-versa. After this first phase of matches, by which time all clubs will have played 33 games, the league splits into a 'top six' and a 'bottom six'. Each club then plays a further five matches against the other five teams in their own section. Points achieved during the first phase of 33 matches are carried forward to the second phase, but the teams will compete only within their own sections during the second phase. After the first phase has been completed, clubs cannot move outwith their own section in the league, even if they achieve more or fewer points than a higher or lower ranked team, respectively.

At the beginning of each season, the Scottish Premier League 'predicts' the likely positions of each club in order to produce a fixture schedule that will ensure the best possible chance of all clubs playing each other twice at home and twice away. These are known as the league seedings and are based on clubs' performance in previous years. However, should a club predicted to finish in the top six finish in the bottom six, it faces the possibility of playing more games away from home than at home or vice-versa. This, in turn, has a knock-on effect on the top-six with an imbalance of fixtures resulting; for example, one club may play one team three times at home and once away.

The Scottish Premier League is currently tenth in UEFA's co-efficient ranking, meaning that two SPL clubs currently qualify for the UEFA Champions League (the SPL champions, who progress directly to the group stage, and the runner-up, who enter the second qualifying round) as well as two qualifying for the UEFA Europa League (the third and fourth placed clubs). The winners of the Scottish Cup also qualify for the UEFA Europa League.

array(0) { }