Scottish roundup: Adam Rooney scores two as Aberdeen defeat Dundee

Hearts collected a fifth straight Scottish Premiership victory with a comfortable 3-0 victory over Partick Thistle to maintain their perfect start to the season. The hosts went ahead through Osman Sow in the 29th minute before Sam Nicholson added a second after Juanma Delgado’s penalty was saved. Delgado made up for his miss from 12 yards to put the contest beyond doubt.

The result keeps Hearts two points clear at the top.

Aberdeen preserved their 100% record in the league as Adam Rooney’s double delivered a 2-0 home win over Dundee. A header midway through the second half and his injury-time penalty saw off a Dundee side who were distinctly second best.

The Dons were in control of the contest from the start, but struggled to test Dundee goalkeeper Scott Bain during an otherwise dominant first-half performance. Dundee rallied after the interval but they failed to seriously test the opposition goalkeeper and Rooney’s goals, added to the late red card Gary Harkins received in conceding the spot-kick, proved a painful lesson for the visitors.

Inverness are still waiting for a first victory of the season after sliding to a 2-0 defeat against Hamilton. Carlton Morris’s confident 18th-minute strike gave Accies the advantage at the Caledonian Stadium. With Inverness struggling to find a killer touch in front of goal they conceded a second to Louis Longridge in the late stages to put the game to bed.

Two goals from Steven MacLean helped St Johnstone to come from behind and beat Motherwell 2-1 at McDiarmid Park for their first league win of the season . Controlled possession in the first period and took the lead through Louis Moult’s first goal for the club. The Saints turned the contest around in the second half and MacLean’s two close-range strikes ended a poor start to the season with an exit the Europa League and failure to find a win in their first four league matches. The away side’s bad day was compounded when Jake Taylor was shown a second yellow card for simulation with four minutes left.

Kilmarnock are still searching for their first win of the season as they conceded four first-half goals in a 4-0 defeat at home to Ross County. Once again Killie fell behind to early goals at Rugby Park with the visitors scoring through Liam Boyce and Jonathan Franks within five minutes. Boyce then struck again before Andrew Davies completed the haul in what was a perfect first half from the Highlanders.