Perseverance rewarded Dundee United as Mario Bilate struck the winning goal against Motherwell at Tannadice. Inverness Caledonian Thistle and Dundee shared the points in a closely fought encounter in the Highland capital. Last season's success story Peter Pawlett picked up from where he left off to get Aberdeen's new campaign back on the rails at Rugby Park. Partick Thistle won their first game of the season with an emphatic defeat of Premiership rivals Ross County. Celtic got their Scottish Premiership title defence off to a winning start with victory over St Johnstone.