A crucial match in Premiership as both squads are challenging for the top positions. With Celtic in 2nd position and Rangers at 1st, this is almost guaranteed to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!
- Celtic have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Premiership
- Rangers have the most scored goals (48) in Premiership
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.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
It's no vacation for neither Celtic nor Rangers as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Celtic form and stats
This stadium, Celtic Park, has been a fortress for Celtic in the Premiership so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 9-2-0. In general it's been a long time since Celtic tasted defeat here at Celtic Park, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games in the league.
A nice win for Celtic last time playing, versus Dundee United. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Abada scoring for the victors. O'Riley (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.6/10. O'Riley hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 50 successful passes (of 55 total).
Before that match, a win away at Hearts.The manager Postecoglou will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Motherwell in only four days.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (25 in 11 games), Celtic's attacking play is working. Celtic have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 2 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Rangers form and stats
Rangers's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Rangers collect 26 points from their 11 away matches in the Premiership. 8 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat). Things are running smoothly for Rangers who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 13 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Hibernian.
Rangers are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 3-3 draw at Ross County (placed 10th). Tavernier was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.13. The defender Tavernier scored one goal, hit two key passes and won 8 of 9 duels.
Before that, Rangers secured a home win against Livingston with the score 1-0.After this away game Rangers return home for a Premiership game against Hearts. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The Rangers manager Bronckhorst has got the team scoring on the road, with 25 away goals in 11 league matches.
Head 2 Head
The squads have faced each other before in this season, with the final score Rangers - Celtic 1-0 entered in the official records. Celtic-Rangers H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Celtic two wins, Rangers seven wins, one draw. two of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The matches between these teams have sometimes been brutal, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.Top Goalscorers
  K. Furuhashi 8 goals |   A. Morelos Aviléz 8 goals |  L. Abada 7 goals |
Celtic missing players
Rangers missing players
| Celtic | Rangers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 23 |
| 17 | 9 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 47 | 25 | 2 | Scored | S | 8 | 25 | 48 |
| 13 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 11 | 18 |
| 91% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 70% | 64% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 73% | 74% |
| 52% | 36% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 55% | 48% |
| 22% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 36% | 26% |
| 13% | 18% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 27% | 17% |
| 39% | 18% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 64% | 52% |
| 52% | 82% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 27% | 43% |
| 17% | 9% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 9% | 4% |
| 9.7 | 10.4 | 11.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 7.5 | 8.3 |
| 3 | 2.3 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.8 | 3.6 |
| 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.1 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21.5 | 23.4 | 25.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 21 | 17.5 | 19.4 |
| 6.4 | 6.6 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 9 | 6.5 | 6.8 |
| 32% | 34% | 15% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 35% | 31% |
| 7 | 6 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 7.7 | 6.2 |
| 2 | 1.1 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.4 | 2.6 |
- Celtic have not yet lost a game at home.
- Celtic have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Celtic have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Premiership
- Celtic have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in Premiership
- Celtic have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Premiership
- Celtic have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Premiership
- Celtic have the most clean sheets (12) in Premiership
- Celtic have the most clean sheets (9) at home in Premiership
- Celtic have the most scored goals (25) at home in Premiership
- Celtic have the most scored goals in the first half (27) in Premiership
- Celtic have the the best goal difference (+23) at home in Premiership
- Celtic have the the best goal difference (+34) in Premiership
- Celtic have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Celtic is in the best form (5-1-0) in Premiership
- Rangers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Rangers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Rangers have the most points (26) away in Premiership
- Rangers have the most points from losing position (17) in Premiership
- Rangers have the most scored goals (25) away in Premiership
- Rangers have the most scored goals (48) in Premiership
- Rangers have the most scored goals in the second half (25) in Premiership
- Rangers have the the best goal difference (+14) away in Premiership
- Rangers have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Rangers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rangers | 23 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 48 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 30 | 56 |
| 2 | Celtic | 23 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 47 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 34 | 54 |
| 3 | Hearts | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 42 |
| 4 | Motherwell | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -6 | 32 |
| 5 | Hibernian | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | -1 | 30 |
| 6 | Aberdeen | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 28 |
| 7 | Dundee United | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -8 | 28 |
| 8 | Livingston | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -8 | 26 |
| 9 | St. Mirren | 22 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 23 | -11 | 25 |
| 10 | Ross County | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 34 | 41 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 20 | -7 | 22 |
| 11 | Dundee | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 39 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 23 | -21 | 17 |
| 12 | St. Johnstone | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 27 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | -16 | 15 |
