A new attendance record will be set for the Scottish Premiership on Wednesday night with crowd figures hitting the highest ever mark for a top flight season since the inception of the SPFL nearly a decade ago.

A total of 3,629,874 supporters have already attended matches this campaign meaning only 9,458 fans would need to attend the six matches on the full midweek card to surpass the previous record of 3,639,331 set in season 2108/19.

With plenty on the line in the race for Europe and in the battle to avoid relegation, another well attended set of fixtures is expected, with the biggest crowds of the night expected at Rangers v Hearts and Hibs v Celtic.

The average attendance per round in this season's Premiership sta

Scottish Premiership attendance record to be broken as Neil Doncaster hails 'hugely encouraging' figures