Celtic and Rangers are both riding high in the Premiership with their 2nd and 1st positions respectively. Expect a great game!
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!
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
Celtic form and stats
When playing at home in the Premiership, Celtic, who have the most scored goals (25) in Premiership, have managed 4 wins, 0 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 4 games. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Celtic has won seven games in a row. The Kilmarnock match was the last time out without a victory.
The Celtic goalkeeper Vasileios Barkas is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 192 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premiership.
A good away victory last time out for Celtic, who won 2-0 against St. Johnstone (placed 12th). In the game before, an away victory in the Europa League match versus Sarajevo with a 1-0 scoreline.
Celtic always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Celtic Park with 14 goals in 4 league games. Celtic are not conceding a lot of goals here at Celtic Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 4 matches.
Rangers form and stats
The visitors, who have the fewest conceded goals (3) in Premiership, are W3-D2-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Premiership.
Rangers had fun at their own home (Celtic Park) last time out, beating Ross County 2-0. James Tavernier and Brandon Barker scored. Before that, Rangers secured a home win against Galatasaray with the score 2-1.
The Rangers manager S. Gerrard has got the team scoring on the road, with 10 away goals in 5 league matches. Rangers are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 3 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Celtic-Rangers H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Celtic seven wins, Rangers three wins, zero draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  A. Ajeti 5 goals |   J. Tavernier 5 goals |  O. Édouard 4 goals |
Celtic missing players
Rangers missing players
| Celtic | Rangers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | 14 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 24 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 90% |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | 80% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | 50% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | 30% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| 44% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | 20% |
| 56% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 60% | 80% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.1 | 0.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 173 | 82 | 19 | Total Shots | T S | 34 | 92 | 192 |
| 67 | 34 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 26 | 64 |
| 37% | 41% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 38% | 38% |
- All of Celtic's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Celtic has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in Premiership
- Celtic has the most points from losing position (6) in Premiership
- Celtic has the most scored goals (25) in Premiership
- Celtic has the most scored goals in the second half (13) in Premiership
- Celtic have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Celtic have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Celtic have scored in all their matches so far.
- Celtic have won all their matches at home so far.
- Celtic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Celtic is in the best form (6-0-0)
- Rangers has the fewest conceded goals (3) in Premiership
- Rangers has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Premiership
- Rangers has the most clean sheets (8) in Premiership
- Rangers has the most scored goals in the first half (13) in Premiership
- Rangers has the the best goal difference (+21) in Premiership
- Rangers have not yet lost a game.
- Rangers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| 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 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 21 | 26 |
| 2 | Celtic | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 20 | 25 |
| 3 | Hibernian | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 20 |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 18 |
| 5 | Kilmarnock | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 11 |
| 6 | Livingston | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -3 | 11 |
| 7 | Dundee United | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -8 | 11 |
| 8 | Ross County | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -9 | 11 |
| 9 | Motherwell | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -6 | 8 |
| 10 | Hamilton Academical | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -8 | 7 |
| 11 | St. Mirren | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -9 | 7 |
| 12 | St. Johnstone | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -9 | 7 |