By CALUM CROWE

Published: 22:08, 6 April 2026 | Updated: 22:08, 6 April 2026

Of all the many theories regarding this season’s Premiership title race, the notion that any of the three contenders might win all of their remaining matches is perhaps the most fallacious.

It is an argument that has been advanced most often on behalf of Rangers and Celtic over recent weeks. In their efforts to catch Hearts, they would need to be flawless from now until the end of the campaign.

With six matches left to play, it still stands to reason that neither of the Old Firm teams are good enough to fulfil that remit. But, then again, neither are Hearts.

The belief that any of these three teams could win all six games, especially with the pressure cranking up each week, is fanciful in the extreme.

It was Hearts and Derek McInnes who blinked at the weekend, labouring to a 2-2 draw at Livingston on Sunday afternoon.

That allowed Rangers and Celtic to close the gap on the leaders. With the finish line now in sight, the...