Champions Celtic knocked Rangers off the top of the table with a 5-0 win over Inverness Caledonian Thistle, helped by a double strike from Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, on Saturday.
Celtic took the lead through Vennegoor of Hesselink in 15 minutes when he used his knee to divert a ball from Scott Brown into the bottom left-hand corner of the net.
Just before the break Italian midfielder Massimo Donati fired in a second goal. Shunsuke Nakamura crashed a 25-metre shot into the top corner of the net for 3-0 in 56 minutes before Vennegoor of Hesselink headed the fourth.
Scott McDonald whipped in a low shot which was deflected past his own goalkeeper by Phil McGuire for number five after 71 minutes.
The results was a boost for Gordon Strachan's ahead of their opening Group D Champions League in the Ukraine against Shakhtar Donetsk on Tuesday.
The Ukrainian champions also won at the weekend, 2-1 away to ChornomoretsIt, to maintain top position in their domestic lead.
Rangers crashed to their first SPL defeat of the season earlier on Saturday as Hearts claimed a 4-2 victory at Tynecastle.
Rangers striker Kris Boyd went off with a bad head cut, making him doubtful for the Champions League clash against Vfb Stuttgart at Ibrox on Wednesday.
Former Shamrock Rovers striker Noel Hunt scored the first goal as Dundee United beat St Mirren 2-0 at Tannadice in yesterday's game.
