Scottish PL Roundup, Aug. 22

Scottish PL Roundup, Aug. 22

Published Aug. 22, 2010 5:44 p.m. ET

Glasgow rivals Rangers and Celtic enjoyed comfortable wins on Sunday to maintain their 100 percent starts to the Scottish Premier League season and join Aberdeen on six points at the top of the table.

Scotland striker Kenny Miller scored a second-half hat trick as defending champion Rangers beat Hibernian 3-0 in a fiery match at Easter Road that saw both teams reduced to 10 men in the first half.

Celtic went above Rangers on goal difference after a 4-0 home victory over St Mirren, with Joe Ledley, Shaun Maloney, James Forrest and Ki Sung-yeung on target.

Aberdeen and Celtic have identical records after two matches.

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Also Sunday, Inverness routed Dundee United 4-0 and Kilmarnock lost 1-0 at home to Motherwell.

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