Hearts fire four past Dundee United in the Scottish Premiership as head coach Wouter Vrancken earns his first victory at the fifth attempt.

Already it is looking like the Scottish title might be won again by the best of a bad bunch, but what can we look forward to this weekend?

Derek McInnes' era as Rangers manager got off to an underwhelming start as Dundee United hold them to an opening Scottish Premiership draw.

BBC Scotland takes a look at the top talking points going into the new Scottish Premiership season.

Holders St Mirren are drawn away to Rangers in the last 16 of the Premier Sports Cup, while Celtic visit Dundee United.

St Johnstone crash out the Premier Sports Cup thanks to East Fife's dramatic stoppage-time equaliser, but Premiership rivals Dundee United squeeze through after Montrose blow their chance.

Dundee United and fellow Premiership side Falkirk’s hopes of progressing from the Scottish League Cup group stage are in the balance after they were beaten by lower-league opponents.

Four top-flight clubs open their competitive season in the group stages of the Scottish League Cup on Saturday.

Find out your team's schedule for this season's Scottish Premiership pre-split campaign.