Champions Celtic visit rivals Rangers on Sunday, although there is little at stake, with the top two positions in the Scottish Premiership settled.

There may be a guard of honour hoo-ha, while Rangers head coach Barry Ferguson will want to maintain his 100% managerial record in the famous fixture and Brendan Rodgers will be out for revenge after losing the past two derbies, but the league offers more intrigue elsewhere at this stage of the season.

The three-way fight for third place is heating up nicely - and then we have the scrap to avoid the play-off, which also looks like a three-team tussle since St Johnstone are running out of games to save themselves from the drop.

However, that three could become four if Heart of Midlothian don't watch out.

A first Premiership defeat of 2025 for Hibernian at Pittodrie last weekend has opened the door for Aberdeen and Dundee United in the race to finish best of the rest.

With four games remaining, just three points cover the trio, so this is a biggie at Easter Road.

Did the pressure of extending their unbeaten league run to a club record 18 games get to Hibs last time, or was it overconfidence in their game management?

Either way, David Gray's side appeared cautious away to the Dons and were undone by a special goal from Kevin Nisbet.

Expect the approach to change this time as Hibs aim for a seventh successive home league victory, something they haven't done in more than seven years.

Those six previous matches on their own turf have yielded 16 goals, with a mere three against.

A highly dubious VAR-awarded penalty late in the game earned Jim Goodwin's side a third consecutive draw at Easter Road in November and United have lost just one of their past 14 top-flight trips to EH7, winning five of those.

A forensic VAR intervention at Tannadice in February denied United a second goal, with Hibs making the most of that lucky escape with two late goals in a 3-1 win, so maybe it's true what they say about decisions levelling out across the season.

United's thumping by Celtic has extended Hibs' handsome goal difference advantage, so a home win here could leave the visitors with too much ground to make up.

Goodwin's side are seeking a third away win on the bounce and kept three successive clean sheets before the champions turned it on for their title party.

The visitors have already exceeded the expectations of a promoted side and much of that success has come from a defensive stodginess.

United may be guarded after shipping five goals to Celtic, but that doesn't mean they can't mix it.

And, with five of the 11 goals these two have dished up in this season's three prior matches coming on or after 90 minutes, don't even think about leaving early to beat the traffic.

Opening the scoring in last weekend's 2-0 win over Ross County, Bruce Anderson became the first Kilmarnock player to reach 10 goals in a Premiership campaign since Eamonn Brophy's 11 in 2018-19.

Not bad for a forward who has only made 11 league starts.

Back-to-back home wins have come at the right time for Killie, who have two more matches to come at Rugby Park, but the Ayrshire side have eked out a mere nine points on the road all season - the lowest points tally in the division.

They have lost six in a row on the road, last losing seven in 2021, when they went down.

Six points adrift, St Johnstone are deep into 'must win' territory and can take heart from beating Kilmarnock in five of the past six league games played in Perth.

Anderson tends to get overlooked against teams in the top half of the table, so he should be licking his lips at the prospect of more time on the pitch in these post-split games.

He could also do with improving his record against Saints, since he has managed to hit the net just twice in 16 appearances, only scoring fewer against Celtic (0) and Hearts (1) among sides he has faced six+ times.

Liam Fox begins his second stint as caretaker boss at Hearts with a mission to steer the club away from a nervous end to a hugely disappointing campaign.

His fourth game in charge this season will be his second against Ross County.

The first came in the wake of Steven Naismith's sacking, with Lawrence Shankland grabbing a stoppage-time equaliser at Tynecastle in late September.

Now Fox is stepping in to replace Neil Critchley, who steadied the ship only to let a top-six finish slip away.

A run of five successive defeats has taken County to second bottom of the table and they risk a third play-off final in as many years to preserve their top-flight status.

The Staggies are five points behind the visitors and a home victory would drag Fox's team well and truly into the mire.

However, County's form has been abject, scoring just twice in their winless streak, and they can boast one single success against Hearts in the past 18 league meetings.

Hearts have gone four league games without a goal since beating County in Edinburgh and, if Fox can find a way to solve that problem and deliver three points in Dingwall, the Tynecastle board members seeking yet another new boss will be able to breathe easier with the spectre of relegation all but lifted.