Scottish Premiership: All you need to know

The Scottish Premiership season is upon us, and we’ve taken a look at all you need to know – from the important dates on the calendar to key fixtures, to which teams are the favourites for the upcoming campaign.

Read on below to find out more, including the latest football betting odds.

When will the 2022-23 Scottish Premiership start and finish?

The 2022-23 Scottish Premiership start date is on Saturday 30sth July as Livingston host Rangers in the opening game of the season, which takes place at 12:00 BST at the Tony Macaroni Arena, with the away side 2/5 favourites for victory.

The highlight of the opening weekend of the season takes on Sunday afternoon as Celtic welcome Aberdeen to Glasgow at 16:30 BST in what is set to be a thriller in Scotland’s footballing capital. The Hoops are 2/7 favourites to take all three points.

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Scottish Premiership fixtures released

The Scottish Premiership fixtures for the 2022-23 season have been released, with all 10 teams playing each other three times ahead of the annual season ‘fixture split’. This sees the top and bottom six teams divided into two groups as they play each side in their respective groups once more before the end of the campaign.

We have listed the fixture list of Scottish Premiership matches for the first month of the season below, with the stand-out fixture seeing last season’s champions Celtic hosting the third placed team in 2021-22, Hearts.

Dates and times are subject to change.

Saturday 30 July

12:00 Livingston v Rangers

15:00 Heart of Midlothian v Ross County

15:00 Kilmarnock v Dundee United

15:00 St Johnstone v Hibernian

Sunday 31st July

15:00 St. Mirren v Motherwell

16:30 Celtic v Aberdeen

Saturday 6th August

15:00 Aberdeen v St. Mirren

15:00 Motherwell v St. Johnstone

15:00 Rangers v Kilmarnock

15:00 Ross Country v Celtic

Sunday 7th August

12:00 Hibernian v Hearts

15:00 Dundee United v Livingston

Saturday 13th August

15:00 Aberdeen v Motherwell

15:00 Livingston v Hibernian

15:00 Rangers v St. Johnstone

15:00 St. Mirren v Ross County

Sunday 14th August

12:00 Kilmarnock v Celtic

15:00 Hearts v Dundee United

Saturday 20th August

15:00 Hibernian v Rangers

15:00 Celtic v Hearts

15:00 Dundee United v St. Mirren

15:00 Motherwell v Livingston

15:00 Ross County v Kilmarnock

15:00 St. Johnstone v Aberdeen

Saturday 27th August

15:00 Aberdeen v Livingston

15:00 Hearts v St. Johnstone

15:00 Kilmarnock v Motherwell

15:00 Rangers v Ross County

15:00 St. Mirren v Hibernian

Sunday 28th August

12:00 Dundee United v Celtic

Scottish Premiership favourites for 2022-23

After securing their first title under manager Ange Postecoglu last season, finishing four points ahead of what has been a dominant Rangers team in the previous season, Celtic are the favourites to secure back-to-back championships at 8/13. The Hoops have returned to winning ways in the league and will be seeking European success with a young talented squad and an ambitious manager they are more than capable of winning the league and making their presence known in Europe.

On the other side of Glasgow, Rangers experienced both a successful and frustrating season last term as they finished the season just four points behind arch rivals Celtic. And after their incredible Europa League run which ultimately ended in a Final defeat to Frankfurt, the club look to be braced for a transitional period this season with the sales of key players in attacking midfielder Joe Aribo to Southampton and talented young defender Calvin Bassey to Ajax. The Gers are 5/4 to bring the trophy back to Ibrox for the second time in three seasons.

Such is the Glasgow teams’ dominance in Scottish football, next in the betting to finish first are Aberdeen at 66/1. Without Celtic and Rangers, Hearts are frontrunners at 6/4, ahead of city rivals Hibernian at 10/3.

At the bottom end of the table, Ross County lead the betting at 3/1 to face the drop, closely followed by the Saints, with St. Mirren 10/3 and St. Johnstone 4/1 to head down to the Scottish Championship respectively.

Celtic striker Kyogo Furuhashi bagged 20 goals in all competitions last season whilst rotating with last season’s Golden Boot winner Giorgos Giakoumakis and while the Japanese forward is 3/1 to claim the top scorer this season, he could be strongly challenged for minutes by his Greek strike partner who is 5/1 joint second favourite for the Golden Boot. Rangers fiery Striker Alfredo Morelos is joint with the Celtic forward at 5/1 to secure his second Scottish Premiership Golden Boot.

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