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PA Sports Staff

SPFL round-up: Stenhousemuir extend lead at top of Championship to five points

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Stenhousemuir moved five points clear of Raith at the top of the Scottish Championship after Lewis O’Donnell’s 34th-minute strike was enough to earn the Warriors a 1-0 win over Arbroath.

Rovers played out a goalless draw at Partick Thistle, who clung on to third position with 12 points, two fewer than their opponents.

Morton remain rooted at the bottom of the pile, suffering their third consecutive defeat after they were beaten by fourth-placed Dunfermline, whose lone goal came courtesy of Dylan Lobban two minutes after the hour mark.

Robbie Muirhead secured a 2-2 draw for Livingston against Inverness by scoring a 79th-minute equaliser.

Brooklyn Kabongolo opened the scoring for the hosts in the 24th minute, but it was cancelled out by Layton Stewart two minutes before the hour.

Alfie Bavidge thought he had scored a 76th-minute winner before Muirhead replied three minutes later.

Ross County are level on 19 points with Hamilton in League One but lead the way on goal difference.


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Connor Randall’s long-range strike and Ricco Diack’s penalty lifted the Staggies to a 2-0 victory at Cove Rangers, while Andy Ryan scored a hat-trick for second-placed Hamilton, who beat bottom side Queen of the South 4-1.

Third-placed Montrose beat East Fife 2-1, East Kilbride sit fourth after a 2-1 win over Alloa and Airdrieonians beat Peterhead by the same score.

Clyde remain top of League Two, despite managing only a point in 1-1 draw at Stirling Albion.

They have just one point more than second-placed Stranraer, who trounced Elgin City 5-1 after Seb Mason and Daniel McManus both bagged braces.

Third-placed Spartans fell 3-0 to Dumbarton, leaving them just one point clear of Elgin, who are level on 11 points with Forfar.

Forfar secured a 1-0 win over Annan and Edinburgh City beat Kelty Hearts 3-1.

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