Hearts go top after Halkett stoppage-time winner against Hibs

Hearts moved to the top of the Scottish Premiership after a stoppage time winner from defender Craig Halkett secured a 1-0 victory over city rivals Hibernian at Tynecastle on Saturday night. Halkett's header in the 91st minute extended Hearts' unbeaten start to the season to seven matches and left them five points clear of champions Celtic as the league pauses for the international break.

The match was cagey for long spells, with Hibernian creating some of the better openings, but it was a late set-piece that decided the Edinburgh derby. Sabah Kerjota delivered a deep cross and Halkett met it at the back post, producing a first-time finish that sent the home crowd into celebration. The win was Hearts' sixth of the campaign alongside one draw. Hibernian, who entered the game unbeaten in the league, suffered their first domestic defeat of the season and slipped out of the top six.

Manager Derek McInnes cautioned against reading too much into the early-season table and urged perspective. "We're only seven games in, the league's in its infancy, whether teams are doing poorly at the minute, or whether teams are doing well ... it's far too early to be making any judgments on how a...