After 33 rounds the Scottish Premiership splits into top‑six and bottom‑six sections for the final five games. Hearts, Rangers, Motherwell and surprise challengers Falkirk have each logged 17 home fixtures, meaning they would normally host two matches and travel three after the split. Celtic and Hibernian, with one fewer home game, expect the opposite balance. This arrangement complicates scheduling now.

Balancing home‑away parity forces the league to shuffle traditional derbies. Hearts will likely travel to Easter Road and Celtic Park, while Rangers face away fixtures at Celtic and Hearts. Because Hearts have already hosted Falkirk and Motherwell twice, one of those clubs may be forced into a third trip to Tynecastle, unsettling the fixture list.

The bottom half faces a similar maze: Aberdeen, Dundee United, Kilmarnock, Livingston and St Mirren must avoid a fourth visit to opponents already traveled twice, with Dundee’s final Tayside clash likely at Tannadice. With Livingston eleven points adrift, relegation hangs on the unresolved schedule. The SPFL must now publish the post‑split programme before the two‑week Scottish Cup break.

Fans and clubs alike will scrutinise the final fixture matrix for fairness, as any imbalance could sway title hopes or relegation battles. With the calendar looming, the league’s ability to deliver an equitable schedule will test its organisational credibility.