Hat-trick hero Mark Stowe secures Spartans bragging rights
Spartans secured the city bragging rights and a five-point lead at the summit of SPFL League Two with a 3-1 victory over Edinburgh City.
Mark Stowe netted a hat-trick for Dougie Samuel's men at Meadowbank with Innes Lawson on target for the hosts.
It was Spartans' tenth win of the campaign while City remain at the foot of the division, six points behind ninth-placed Dumbarton.
"We scored a really good goal to get back in the game but three really poor mistakes cost us goals," City assistant boss Kirk Crichton said. "We keep doing it so that's something we've got to fix. Away from home we've got the most points out of anyone in the league, but we're bottom of the league for points won at home.
"That record has to change. We cannot continue to concede the goals that we are because you wouldn't see it down the park from a Sunday amateur side."