The Scottish Premiership is back for the 2024/25 season as Celtic look to fend off arch-rivals Rangers and win their third straight league title.
The Hoops are firm favourites to retain the trophy under manager Brendan Rodgers and open their campaign against Kilmarnock after an impressive pre-season.
Celtic travelled to the USA ahead of the new season and statement victories over Premier League giants Manchester City and Chelsea prove that the defending champions are the team to beat.
As always, their closest challengers are likely to be Rangers, who face a tough opening weekend test against Hearts.
The Gers are stepping up their summer recruitment in the hope of catching their rivals, but they failed to win any of their four pre-season games and still have a long way to go.
You can find Scottish Premiership odds on the Paddy Power website and Paddy Power app, otherwise, here’s everything you need to know ahead of the 2024/25 season.
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Scottish Premiership dates
The Scottish Premiership begins on Saturday, August 3 and runs until Sunday, May 18, 2025.
After 33 games, the league splits into two sections of six teams, with each team playing each other in that section. The first post-split fixtures are on Saturday, April 26.
Scottish Premiership teams
Aberdeen (7th last season)
Celtic (1st)
Dundee (6th)
Dundee United (Promoted from Scottish Championship)
Hearts (3rd)
Hibernian (8th)
Kilmarnock (4th)
Motherwell (9th)
Rangers (2nd)
Ross County (11th)
St Johnstone (10th)
St Mirren (5th)
Scottish Premiership format
During the post-season split, the top six teams compete against each other for the Scottish Premiership title and four European places.
The league winners qualify for the Champions League play-off round, with the runners-up going into the Champions League second qualifying round.
Third place earns a spot in the Europa League second qualifying round and the team in fourth enter the Europa Conference League in the second qualifying round.
The bottom six sides in the post-season split fight to avoid relegation, with the bottom-placed side relegated to the Scottish Championship.
The side finishing second to last competes in a play-off final against one of four teams from the Championship.
Scottish Premiership odds
Celtic are favourites to retain their Premiership title and are widely expected to overcome rivals Rangers once again.
Brendan Rodgers is putting together a strong squad, and there have been rumours of interest in Norwich City’s Adam Idah, who was on loan with the Hoops last season, as well as USA international Tanner Tessmann.
Star midfielder Matt O’Riley could depart Parkhead, however, if his £23million price tag is met by any interested club.
Rangers are still expected to be close behind and qualify for the Champions League but will face competition from Hearts who will be looking to mount a challenge themselves.
Old Firm fixtures
The first Old Firm clash of the season will arrive quickly with Celtic hosting Rangers on Sunday, September 1.
They will then meet at Ibrox on Tuesday, January 2, and their final fixture before the split will be on Saturday, March 15 at Parkhead.
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