BBC Sportsound analyst Darren Murphy offers his thoughts and predictions for the outcomes of Thursday's traditional Boxing Day Irish Premiership matches.
All Aberdeen's excellent work in the first quarter of the season is in danger of unravelling. During this run, Celtic and Rangers have picked up 13 points more than the Dons, St Mirren nine more and Hibernian seven more. Errors that were going unpunished during the breathtaking opening to the campaign are being capitalised on now and a lot of it can be traced back to the League Cup semi-final humbling by Celtic at the start of last month.
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