Real Scottish People's League Week 20
There was no positional movement in this week's Real SPL, but Motherwell's season-long unbeaten away run was finally ended - and no surprise that it should end at Tynecastle, where Hearts have the country's best home record.
The Gorgie team's 2-0 win, alongside comfortable victories for St Johnstone and Dundee Utd against bottom pair Dunfermline and Hibs respectively, means that suddenly there's a title race on with three teams now within 10 points of leaders Well.
in the bottom half, Inverness continued their revival with a home victory over Aberdeen that gives the Highland club a four-point comfort buffer between them and the Pars, who themselves stay only a point above the RSPL's bottom club Hibernian.
Week 20 Results:
Saturday December 24th, 2011
Dundee Utd 3-1 Hibernian
Dunfermline 0-3 St Johnstone
Hearts 2-0 Motherwell
Inverness Caley Thistle 2-1 Aberdeen
Week 20 Table:
| Home | Away | |||||||||||||
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Motherwell | 16 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | +11 | 34 |
| 2 | St Johnstone | 16 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 25 |
| 3 | Dundee Utd | 16 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 13 | +5 | 25 |
| 4 | Hearts | 16 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | +9 | 24 |
| 5 | St Mirren | 16 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | +1 | 21 |
| 6 | Aberdeen | 16 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 20 |
| 7 | Kilmarnock | 15 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -1 | 19 |
| 8 | Inverness CT | 16 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -5 | 18 |
| 9 | Dunfermline | 16 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -17 | 14 |
| 10 | Hibernian | 15 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -10 | 13 |