The Celtic & Rangers managers J. Kennedy and S. Gerrard are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Premiership league table.
- Celtic have the most points from losing position (13) in Premiership
- Rangers have the most scored goals (77) 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.
Rangers could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Europa League game only three sleeps ago.
These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
Celtic form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Celtic Park as Celtic have scored 30 goals to get 36 points from 16 games. The overall stats in the Premiership are 11-3-2 (wins-draws-losses). It’s been three wins in a row for Celtic here at Celtic Park, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
The Celtic goalkeeper Scott Bain is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 199 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premiership.
Celtic manager J. Kennedy and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Dundee United (placed 8th) in the Premiership. Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Aberdeen.
Celtic have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Celtic Park with 30 goals in 16 league matches. Celtic are not conceding a lot of goals here at Celtic Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 16 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Rangers form and stats
Rangers, who have the most scored goals (77) in Premiership, have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 40 points collected from 16 Premiership games. 12 wins, 4 draws and 0 defeats is the record so far. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Rangers hope to make it five in this match.
Rangers have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Allan McGregor. It's been 183 minutes since they last conceded in Premiership.
Before that, Rangers travelled to Slavia Praha and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.
Rangers are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 30 times in 16 away games so far. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Rangers are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 7 away goals have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Rangers - Celtic 1-0, played this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - zero - five (Celtic wins - draws - Rangers wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  O. Édouard 16 goals |   J. Tavernier 11 goals |  A. Morelos Aviléz 10 goals |
Celtic missing players
Rangers missing players
| Celtic | Rangers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 32 |
| 20 | 11 | 3 | Won | W | 3 | 12 | 28 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 65 | 30 | 6 | Scored | S | 6 | 30 | 77 |
| 23 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 7 | 9 |
| 94% | 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 97% |
| 78% | 81% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 69% | 72% |
| 53% | 44% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 38% | 47% |
| 28% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 19% | 28% |
| 16% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 6% | 12% |
| 41% | 38% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 38% | 25% |
| 50% | 56% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 62% | 75% |
| 16% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 6% | 3% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1 | 0.8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17.3 | 16.9 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.5 | 15.4 | 15.8 |
| 6.2 | 5.9 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.9 | 5.8 |
| 33% | 32% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 38% | 41% |
- Celtic have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Celtic have the most points from losing position (13) in Premiership
- Celtic have the most scored goals in the second half (39) in Premiership
- Rangers have not yet lost a game.
- Rangers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Rangers have the fewest conceded goals (7) away in Premiership
- Rangers have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Premiership
- Rangers have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Premiership
- Rangers have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Premiership
- Rangers have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Premiership
- Rangers have the most clean sheets (10) away in Premiership
- Rangers have the most clean sheets (24) in Premiership
- Rangers have the most points (40) away in Premiership
- Rangers have the most scored goals (77) in Premiership
- Rangers have the most scored goals in the first half (40) in Premiership
- Rangers have the the best goal difference (+23) away in Premiership
- Rangers have the the best goal difference (+68) in Premiership
- Rangers is in the best form (5-1-0)
| 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 | 32 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 77 | 9 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 7 | 68 | 88 |
| 2 | Celtic | 32 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 65 | 23 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 35 | 13 | 42 | 68 |
| 3 | Hibernian | 32 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 43 | 30 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 55 |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 32 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 32 | 30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 49 |
| 5 | Livingston | 32 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 39 | 40 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 21 | -1 | 43 |
| 6 | St. Mirren | 32 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 29 | 37 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 16 | -8 | 39 |
| 7 | St. Johnstone | 32 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 33 | 40 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 27 | -7 | 37 |
| 8 | Dundee United | 32 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 28 | 43 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 23 | -15 | 36 |
| 9 | Motherwell | 32 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 31 | 47 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 29 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 18 | -16 | 35 |
| 10 | Ross County | 32 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 26 | 58 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 31 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 27 | -32 | 29 |
| 11 | Hamilton Academical | 32 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 30 | 59 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 35 | -29 | 26 |
| 12 | Kilmarnock | 32 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 29 | 46 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 25 | -17 | 25 |