Glasgow fight in Premiership: Action and drama expected in the Old Firm

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Competition: Sun 29.August
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ibrox Stadium (50817 seats)

Yet another engrossing match in the Premiership. Rangers is in the 5th place after participating in three matches. They greet Celtic who are placed 4th after three fixtures.

Insights:
  • Celtic have the most scored goals (13) 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 little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

This is a local derby, usually meaning more stress and significance.

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Rangers form and stats

The complete Premiership results playing at home this season for Rangers are 1-0-0 (wins-draws-losses).

An away draw last time out for Rangers, facing Alashkert in a game that ended 0-0.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Ross County and winning 4-2.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Rangers at home in the league. 3 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Celtic form and stats

0 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Celtic, who have the most scored goals (13) in Premiership, playing as the away team in the Premiership this season.

The Celtic goalkeeper Joe Hart is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 181 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Celtic, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus AZ Alkmaar.

That result followed a home victory 6-0 versus St. Mirren in the Premiership.

Celtic have the goal stats of 1-2 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - one - three (Rangers wins - draws - Celtic wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

CelticD. Turnbull
D. Turnbull
3 goals
CelticK. Furuhashi
K. Furuhashi
3 goals
CelticA. Ralston
A. Ralston
2 goals

Rangers missing players

Celtic missing players

Rangers Celtic
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 0 1 3
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 2
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
7 3 0 Scored S 0 1 13
3 0 0 Conceded C 0 2 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
67% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
67% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
33% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 67%
33% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 67%
33% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 33%
33% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 67%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
8.7 7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5 10.3
2.7 1 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6 3
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
18 17 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 18 27.7
6.3 8 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5 10
37% 38% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 20% 43%
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • Celtic have the most scored goals (13) in Premiership
  • Celtic have the most scored goals in the first half (6) in Premiership
  • Celtic have the most scored goals in the second half (7) in Premiership
  • Celtic have the the best goal difference (+11) in Premiership
Rangers Last season Celtic
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
32 19   Won W   9 22
6 0   Drew D   7 11
0 0   Lost L   3 5
92 57   Scored S   37 78
13 4   Conceded C   18 29
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 92%
76% 79%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   74% 79%
50% 63%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   58% 53%
29% 42%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   42% 32%
13% 21%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   21% 18%
32% 21%   BTTS BTTS   47% 42%
68% 79%   Clean Sheets C S   42% 50%
3% 0%   Failed to Score F T   21% 16%
 
6.5 7.4   Corners for (avg) C F   6.8 6.4
3.5 3.4   Corners against (avg) C A   3.7 3.9
1 0.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.2 0.9
0 0   Red cards R C   3 3
 
14.9 15.4   Shots (avg) S (   17.3 17.2
5.6 6.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   6.2 6.2
43% 46%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 33%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Hibernian 3 2 1 0 8 4 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 5 4 4 7
2 Aberdeen 3 2 1 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 7
3 Hearts 3 2 1 0 5 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 7
4 Celtic 3 2 0 1 13 2 2 2 0 0 12 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 11 6
5 Rangers 3 2 0 1 7 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 4 3 4 6
6 Dundee United 3 2 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 2 0 6
7 Motherwell 3 1 1 1 5 5 1 0 0 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 0 4
8 St. Johnstone 3 0 2 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 2
9 Dundee 3 0 2 1 4 10 2 0 2 0 4 4 1 0 0 1 0 6 -6 2
10 Ross County 3 0 1 2 2 7 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 -5 1
11 St. Mirren 3 0 1 2 3 10 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 2 8 -7 1
12 Livingston 3 0 0 3 2 7 2 0 0 2 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 -5 0

Read more about Premiership

The Scottish Premiership is the top division of football in Scotland, the Scottish Professional Football League. Twelve teams play 38 fixtures to top the league table in a season running from August to May. The teams first meet each other three times. Then the league splits in two for five more games.