Glasgow fight in Premiership: Action and drama expected in the Old Firm

Competition: Scotland Premiership
Date: Sun 31.March
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Celtic Park

A key match in Premiership as both teams are battling for the top positions. With the home team in 1st position and the visitors placed 2nd, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

These teams both come from Glasgow, the biggest city in Scotland. The two teams are by far the most popular and successful in the country, and their rivalry is a classic in Scottish culture which also reflects political, social and religious differences. It’s called the Old Firm whenever these two meet, and the meetings are rarely without drama. We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Celtic form and stats

Celtic have been outstanding at home so far with 14 wins, 1 draw and only 0 losses.

Celtic are returning here after visiting Dundee in a Premiership game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Before that, Celtic drew at home versus Aberdeen.

A quite possible distraction for the home team is the Celtic - St. Mirren game in the Premiership only three days away. That match is played on a neutral venue.

Celtic are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Celtic Park, having scored an impressive 41 goals in 15 games. Celtic have showed great defending skills in their home games, allowing the opposition to score only 5 goals.

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Rangers form and stats

7 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Rangers playing as the away team this season. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Kilmarnock game have they lost an away game, meaning Rangers has taken points from seven away matches in a row.

Rangers delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Kilmarnock (placed 4th) in their previous match; a Premiership game. The game before that, in the Scottish Cup, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Aberdeen.

Rangers has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches this season, 29 goals from 15 games. As opposed to that, Rangers have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Rangers - Celtic 1-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Celtic-Rangers H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Celtic 7 wins, Rangers 1 win, 2 draws.

Top Goalscorers

A. Morelos
17 goals / 4 assists
O. Édouard
13 goals / 4 assists
J. Tavernier
11 goals / 12 assists

Celtic missing players

Rangers missing players

Celtic Rangers
Total Home Statistic Away Total
30 15 Played 15 30
90% 93% Over 0.5 93% 93%
67% 73% Over 1.5 73% 77%
50% 60% Over 2.5 47% 50%
30% 40% Over 3.5 40% 33%
23% 27% Over 4.5 13% 20%
27% 27% Both teams to score 40% 50%
63% 73% Clean Sheet 53% 40%
20% 7% Failed To Score 13% 17%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Celtic 30 22 4 4 67 16 15 14 1 0 41 5 15 8 3 4 26 11 51 70
2 Rangers 30 17 9 4 66 22 15 10 4 1 37 7 15 7 5 3 29 15 44 60
3 Aberdeen 30 15 7 8 46 34 16 7 4 5 28 22 14 8 3 3 18 12 12 52
4 Kilmarnock 30 14 9 7 39 28 14 8 2 4 22 12 16 6 7 3 17 16 11 51
5 Hearts 30 14 5 11 35 35 15 7 4 4 18 11 15 7 1 7 17 24 0 47
6 Hibernian 30 12 9 9 45 32 15 6 6 3 26 13 15 6 3 6 19 19 13 45
7 Motherwell 30 12 4 14 33 41 14 6 3 5 18 11 16 6 1 9 15 30 -8 40
8 Livingston 30 10 8 12 32 31 15 9 2 4 24 11 15 1 6 8 8 20 1 38
9 St. Johnstone 29 11 5 13 29 39 14 4 4 6 15 20 15 7 1 7 14 19 -10 38
10 Hamilton Academical 30 7 3 20 20 61 15 4 2 9 13 29 15 3 1 11 7 32 -41 24
11 Dundee 30 4 6 20 24 62 16 1 4 11 12 30 14 3 2 9 12 32 -38 18
12 St. Mirren 29 4 5 20 21 56 15 3 1 11 10 22 14 1 4 9 11 34 -35 17

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