Premiership: A pair of teams who have performed fine so far. Prepare for Rangers - Celtic with this complete guide!
- Rangers have the most points from losing position (21) in Premiership
- Celtic have the most scored goals (69) 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 two teams close to each other, usually meaning added motivation and importance.
This could be an absorbing match with lots of fun and energy as both contenders are well recovered since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's start!
Rangers form and stats
Rangers have been outstanding at home so far in the Premiership with 12 wins, 4 draws and only 0 losses.
A good away victory last time out for Rangers, who won 2-1 against Dundee (placed 12th). Midfielder Ramsey was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.6 (out of ten) in that game. Ramsey scored one goal.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Rangers have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won three, drawn one and lost one.
Rangers are traveling soon after this match as the Europa League match at Sporting Braga awaits in four days.
Goals decide football matches and Rangers are scoring many of them at home; 33 on target from 16 league matches. From these home matches, Rangers have conceded only 9 goals.
Celtic form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 11 wins, 2 draws and only 3 losses in the Premiership. Things are running smoothly for Celtic who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 25 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Livingston.
Maeda and Giakoumakis (3) scored in Celtic's previous match, the home game against Ross County that ended 4-0. Attacker Giakoumakis got a player rating of 9.44 in the game. "Man of the match" Giakoumakis scored three goals, served one assist and hit one key pass.
hometeam won So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Celtic playing away and similar expectations, we found four relevant matches. Results were zero Celtic wins, zero draws and four defeats.
Celtic are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 14 times in 16 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
These opponents have played before this season: Celtic - Rangers 3-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Rangers six wins, one draw and Celtic three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less. The games between these sides sometimes lean towards being rough and physical, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.Top Goalscorers
  A. Morelos Aviléz 12 goals |   L. Abada 9 goals |  K. Furuhashi 8 goals |
Rangers missing players
Celtic missing players
| Rangers | Celtic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 16 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 16 | 31 |
| 22 | 12 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 11 | 24 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 62 | 33 | 7 | Scored | S | 6 | 32 | 69 |
| 25 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 14 | 18 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 90% |
| 74% | 75% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 74% |
| 48% | 44% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 69% | 58% |
| 26% | 25% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 38% | 32% |
| 16% | 12% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 16% |
| 48% | 38% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 56% | 39% |
| 45% | 62% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 31% | 55% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 16% |
| 8 | 9 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9 | 8.7 | 9.6 |
| 3.7 | 2.7 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.6 | 2.9 |
| 1.7 | 1.4 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 19.5 | 21.7 | 21.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 21.7 | 18.9 | 20.2 |
| 6.5 | 7.1 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 8 | 6.1 | 6.4 |
| 31% | 29% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 33% | 35% |
| 6.3 | 5.4 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 7.4 | 6.5 |
| 2.6 | 2 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2.7 | 1.9 |
- 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 (14) away in Premiership
- Celtic have the fewest conceded goals (18) in Premiership
- Celtic have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in Premiership
- Celtic have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Premiership
- Celtic have the most clean sheets (17) in Premiership
- Celtic have the most matches over the total-line (13) in Premiership
- Celtic have the most points (35) away in Premiership
- Celtic have the most scored goals (32) away in Premiership
- Celtic have the most scored goals (69) in Premiership
- Celtic have the most scored goals in the first half (41) in Premiership
- Celtic have the the best goal difference (+18) away in Premiership
- Celtic have the the best goal difference (+51) 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 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 in the second half (10) in Premiership
- Rangers have the most points from losing position (21) in Premiership
- Rangers have the most scored goals in the second half (34) 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 | 31 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 69 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 14 | 51 | 76 |
| 2 | Rangers | 31 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 62 | 25 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 16 | 37 | 73 |
| 3 | Hearts | 31 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 44 | 31 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 13 | 53 |
| 4 | Dundee United | 31 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 28 | 34 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 17 | -6 | 39 |
| 5 | Hibernian | 31 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 29 | 33 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 19 | -4 | 37 |
| 6 | Livingston | 31 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 33 | 40 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 21 | -7 | 37 |
| 7 | Ross County | 31 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 43 | 51 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 24 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 27 | -8 | 36 |
| 8 | Motherwell | 31 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 32 | 46 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 24 | -14 | 36 |
| 9 | St. Mirren | 31 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 28 | 42 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 27 | -14 | 36 |
| 10 | Aberdeen | 31 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 36 | 39 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 23 | -3 | 35 |
| 11 | St. Johnstone | 31 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 20 | 37 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 17 | -17 | 27 |
| 12 | Dundee | 31 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 53 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 28 | -28 | 23 |
