What have we learned from first round of Premiership?

With every team having now faced one another in the Scottish Premiership, BBC Sport Scotland assesses the key things we have learned so far. Hearts are aiming to challenge the Old Firm duopoly again this season It's a common answer from managers – they do not look at the league table until at least every team has faced one another. That point is now here in the Scottish Premiership after Wednesday's dramatic full card marked the first circuit of games in Scotland's top flight. Plenty of managers, whether their team is going well or not, are still saying how early it is in the 38-game campaign and they are right.

But nonetheless where the league table sits after 11 matches can instructive of how it ends up in May. In two of the last three seasons for example, the teams sitting in the top six at this stage ended up staying there. So what has the season so far taught us about what might lie ahead? Hearts were one of the major stories of European football last season when they came within minutes of being the first non-Old Firm side to win the league since 1985. Wouter Vrancken's new-look team have made a strong start as they sit third, eight points behind Celtic and four behind Rangers despite a big