The Scottish Premiership, known for sponsorship reasons as the Ladbrokes Premiership,is the top division of the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL), the league competition for men's professional football clubs in Scotland. The Scottish Premiership was established in July 2013, after the SPFL was formed by a merger of the Scottish Premier League and Scottish Football League.
The 2017–18 Scottish Premiership is the fifth and current season of the Scottish Premiership, the highest division of Scottish football. The fixtures were published on 23 June 2017. The season began on 5 August 2017.
Twelve teams contest the league:
In the initial phase of the season, the 12 teams will play a round-robin tournament whereby each team plays each one of the other teams three times. After 33 games, the league splits into two sections of six teams, with each team playing each other in that section. The league attempts to balance the fixture list so that teams in the same section play each other twice at home and twice away, but sometimes this is impossible. A total of 228 matches will be played, with 38 matches played by each team.
Matches 1-22: Teams play each other twice, once at home and once away.
Matches 23-33: Teams play every other team once (either at home or away).
Premiership Play-Offs
The quarter-finals will be contested between the 3rd and 4th placed teams in the Scottish Championship. The winners will advance to the semi-finals to face the 2nd placed team in the Championship, and the winners of that tie will advance to the final to play-off against the 11th placed team in the Premiership, with the winners securing a place in the 2018–19 Scottish Premiership.
Celtic are the defending champions
Hibs players celebrate promotion and a return to the top flight of Scottish football
Source: https://spfl.co.uk
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