The Rangers & Celtic head coaches Beale and Postecoglou are both dreading and looking forward to this key game in the upper part of the Premiership table.
- Rangers have the most points from losing position (14) in Premiership
- Celtic have the most scored goals (61) 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.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Rangers and Celtic should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Rangers form and stats
This stadium, Ibrox Stadium, has been a fortress for Rangers in the Premiership so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 9-1-0. Rangers has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Ibrox Stadium. We remember; it was Livingston.
The Rangers goalkeeper Allan McGregor is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 217 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premiership.
The Rangers regulars enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Motherwell and win 3-0. Defender Barišić got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.61/10. Barišić signed up for two assists, hit three key passes and won 4 of 7 duels.
Before that match, a win away at Ross County.Lots of goals and action? We don't know the future, but we do know that 13 of the 17 latest league matches with this team has had three or more goals.
Rangers are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (28 goals in 10 games). Rangers are not conceding a lot of goals here at Ibrox Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 10 matches.
Celtic form and stats
The strength of Celtic on their travels this season is incredible with 27 points collected from 10 Premiership away games. Celtic has 9-0-1 on the road, with 33 goals scored and 8 conceded. In general it has been a productive period now for Celtic as they haven't lost any of their last twelve games.
Celtic play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 4-0 victory visiting Hibernian (placed 8th). As you can tell from the results above, Celtic was very dominant against Hibernian, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Mooy (2), Maeda and Furuhashi providing the goals. Which player has bagged at least one goal three games in a row for the away side? The answer is Furuhashi and that is impressive! Midfield player Mooy was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.9/10. Mooy scored two goals, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 62 successful passes (of 76 total).
That result followed a home victory 4-1 versus St. Johnstone.Goal hungry football fans should note that 11 of this side's 12 most recent league matches have ended with three goals or more.
The Celtic manager Postecoglou has seen his team go crazy on the road this season, having scored 33 goals in 10 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Celtic as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The previous H2H match ended Celtic - Rangers 4-0, played this season. Head to head data (for the former ten meetings): Rangers won five games, two matches ended in a draw and Celtic have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Furuhashi 14 goals |   A. Čolak 11 goals |  L. Abada 7 goals |
Rangers missing players
Celtic missing players
| Rangers | Celtic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 19 |
| 14 | 9 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 44 | 28 | 5 | Scored | S | 5 | 33 | 61 |
| 18 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 89% | 90% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 90% | 95% |
| 74% | 70% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 80% | 79% |
| 47% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 47% |
| 16% | 20% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 30% | 32% |
| 53% | 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | 53% |
| 42% | 60% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 42% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 10% | 5% |
| 7.7 | 8.8 | 10 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 8.6 | 8.2 |
| 3.2 | 3.5 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.5 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
| 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1.4 | 1.5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 18.2 | 22.1 | 25 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 21.5 | 19.8 | 20.2 |
| 6.2 | 7.3 | 7.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 8 | 6.8 | 7.6 |
| 38% | 38% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 49% | 42% |
| 7.2 | 6.6 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 7.1 | 6.6 |
| 2.4 | 2.1 | 0.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 2.4 | 2.2 |
- Celtic have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Celtic have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Celtic have the fewest conceded goals (15) in Premiership
- Celtic have the fewest conceded goals (8) away in Premiership
- Celtic have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Premiership
- Celtic have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premiership
- Celtic have the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in Premiership
- Celtic have the most clean sheets (5) away in Premiership
- Celtic have the most matches over the total-line (15) in Premiership
- Celtic have the most points (27) away in Premiership
- Celtic have the most scored goals (33) away in Premiership
- Celtic have the most scored goals (61) in Premiership
- Celtic have the most scored goals in the first half (29) in Premiership
- Celtic have the most scored goals in the second half (32) in Premiership
- Celtic have the the best goal difference (+25) away in Premiership
- Celtic have the the best goal difference (+46) in Premiership
- Celtic have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Celtic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Celtic is in the best form (6-0-0) in Premiership
- Rangers have not yet lost a game at home.
- Rangers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Rangers have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Rangers have the fewest conceded goals (5) at home in Premiership
- Rangers have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Premiership
- Rangers have the most clean sheets (6) at home in Premiership
- Rangers have the most points (28) at home in Premiership
- Rangers have the most points from losing position (14) in Premiership
- Rangers have the the best goal difference (+23) at home 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 | Celtic | 19 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 8 | 46 | 54 |
| 2 | Rangers | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 44 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 26 | 45 |
| 3 | Hearts | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 19 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 33 | 32 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 1 | 25 |
| 5 | St. Mirren | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -4 | 25 |
| 6 | St. Johnstone | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 24 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 20 | -5 | 24 |
| 7 | Livingston | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -10 | 24 |
| 8 | Hibernian | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 18 | -6 | 23 |
| 9 | Kilmarnock | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 33 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 19 | -16 | 19 |
| 10 | Motherwell | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 14 | -5 | 18 |
| 11 | Dundee United | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -11 | 16 |
| 12 | Ross County | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 13 | -18 | 15 |
