Half-time leads

Rangers celebrate a 7-1 win at Dundee

Rangers stormed to a 5-0 interval lead against Inverness CT at Ibrox in November 2008 - with Kris Boyd helping himself himself to a hat-trick - to equal the biggest half-time advantage in the 10-year history of the Clydesdale Bank Premier League.

There have been two other occasions when a club were five goals ahead at the break - and Dundee were the team on the receiving end twice in the space of four days in 1999/00.

On Sunday February 27, 2000 Rangers romped to a 6-1 interval lead at Dens Park thanks to a Rod Wallace hat-trick and goals from Tony Vidmar, Jorg Albertz and Seb Rozental. Vidmar added the seventh late in a 7-1 victory.

Three days later, the Dark Blues travelled to Celtic Park and were 5-0 down after 45 minutes. Tommy Johnson and Mark Viduka weighed in with doubles and Stilian Petrov also netted. Johnson completed his hat-trick in the second half as Celtic won 6-2.

There have been 11 matches since the SPL began when a team have been 4-0 in front by half-time, most recently when Celtic made a great start at Motherwell in September of this year, eventually winning 4-2 at Fir Park.


Biggest half-time leads (Full-time score in brackets)

+ Dundee 1-6 Rangers (1-7) - 1999/00

+ Celtic 5-0 Dundee (6-2) - 1999/00

+ Rangers 5-0 Inverness CT (5-0) - 2008/09

+ Hearts 4-0 Dunfermline (7-1) - 2000/01

+ Hibernian 0-4 Celtic (1-4) - 2001/02

+ Celtic 4-0 Dunfermline (5-0) - 2001/02

+ Celtic 4-0 Livingston (5-1) - 2001/02

+ Hearts 0-4 Celtic (1-4) - 2002/03

+ Motherwell 4-0 Hearts (6-1) - 2002/03

+ Celtic 4-0 Hearts (5-0) - 2003/04

+ Dundee United 4-0 Kilmarnock (4-1) - 2003/04

+ Dunfermline 4-0 Dundee (5-0) - 2004/05

+ Motherwell 0-4 Hibernian (1-6) - 2006/07

+ Motherwell 0-4 Celtic (2-4) - 2008/09