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Scottish Premiership | Gameweek 21
Jan 2, 2025 at 3pm UK
Ibrox Stadium
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Rangers
3 - 0
Celtic

Hagi (7'), Propper (66'), Danilo (81')
Jefte (45+2'), Raskin (45+6')
FT(HT: 1-0)

McGregor (33'), Kuhn (61')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Thursday's Scottish Premiership clash between Rangers and Celtic, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Last Game: Motherwell 2-2 Rangers
Sunday, December 29 at 3pm in Scottish Premiership
Last Game: Celtic 4-0 St Johnstone
Sunday, December 29 at 3pm in Scottish Premiership

We said: Rangers 1-2 Celtic

In front of 50,000 raucous Rangers supporters, it will be no simple ask for Celtic to get the better of their rivals here despite the huge disparity in recent form. Rangers have not shown the bottle in this fixture in recent years though, and a run of one win in 17 versus Celtic is set to go on. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Rangers win with a probability of 40.95%. A win for Celtic had a probability of 35.9% and a draw had a probability of 23.2%.

The most likely scoreline for a Rangers win was 2-1 with a probability of 8.61%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (6.5%) and 2-0 (5.49%). The likeliest Celtic win was 1-2 (8%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (10.19%). The actual scoreline of 3-0 was predicted with a 3.1% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Rangers would win this match.

Result
RangersDrawCeltic
40.95% (-0.84699999999999 -0.85) 23.15% (0.004999999999999 0) 35.9% (0.83900000000001 0.84)
Both teams to score 64.54% (0.161 0.16)
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
63.19% (0.14 0.14)36.81% (-0.143 -0.14)
Over 3.5Under 3.5
41.02% (0.153 0.15)58.98% (-0.156 -0.16)
Rangers Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
81.51% (-0.304 -0.3)18.49% (0.301 0.3)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
50.3% (-0.513 -0.51)49.69% (0.509 0.51)
Celtic Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
79.17% (0.48899999999999 0.49)20.83% (-0.492 -0.49)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
46.5% (0.765 0.77)53.5% (-0.768 -0.77)
Score Analysis
    Rangers 40.95%
    Celtic 35.9%
    Draw 23.15%
RangersDrawCeltic
2-1 @ 8.61% (-0.098000000000001 -0.1)
1-0 @ 6.5% (-0.109 -0.11)
2-0 @ 5.49% (-0.146 -0.15)
3-1 @ 4.84% (-0.103 -0.1)
3-2 @ 3.8% (-0.022 -0.02)
3-0 @ 3.09% (-0.113 -0.11)
4-1 @ 2.04% (-0.064 -0.06)
4-2 @ 1.6% (-0.025 -0.02)
4-0 @ 1.3% (-0.061 -0.06)
Other @ 3.67%
Total : 40.95%
1-1 @ 10.19% (-0.020000000000001 -0.02)
2-2 @ 6.75% (0.024999999999999 0.02)
0-0 @ 3.85% (-0.027 -0.03)
3-3 @ 1.99% (0.018 0.02)
Other @ 0.37%
Total : 23.15%
1-2 @ 8% (0.106 0.11)
0-1 @ 6.04% (0.048 0.05)
0-2 @ 4.74% (0.108 0.11)
1-3 @ 4.18% (0.117 0.12)
2-3 @ 3.53% (0.065 0.07)
0-3 @ 2.48% (0.092 0.09)
1-4 @ 1.64% (0.07 0.07)
2-4 @ 1.39% (0.046 0.05)
0-4 @ 0.97% (0.05 0.05)
Other @ 2.93%
Total : 35.9%

How you voted: Rangers vs Celtic

Rangers
17.4%
Draw
11.6%
Celtic
71.1%
121
Head to Head
Dec 15, 2024 3.30pm
Final
Celtic
3-3
Rangers
(Aggregate 3-3 | Celtic win 4-4 on penalties)
Taylor (56'), Maeda (60'), Kuhn (87')
Furuhashi (67'), Carter-Vickers (90+2'), Scales (93')
Bajrami (41'), Diomande (75'), Danilo (88')
Balogun (24'), Jefte (44'), Raskin (90+1'), Tavernier (90+4'), Hamza (95'), Dessers (102'), Sterling (107'), Hagi (111')
Sep 1, 2024 12.30pm
Gameweek 4
Celtic
3-0
Rangers
Maeda (17'), Furuhashi (40'), McGregor (75')
Johnston (21'), Kuhn (72'), Taylor (89'), Engels (90+3')

Jefte (19'), Diomande (21'), Sterling (37'), Dessers (68'), Lawrence (69')
May 25, 2024 3pm
Final
Celtic
1-0
Rangers
Idah (90')
McGregor (41'), Hart (59'), Idah (64'), Forrest (68'), Taylor (73'), Raskin (90+2')

Sima (54'), Sterling (63'), Cantwell (74'), Yilmaz (84'), Kuhn (90+1'), Maeda (90+4')
May 11, 2024 12.30pm
Gameweek 36
Celtic
2-1
Rangers
O'Riley (35'), Lundstram (38' og.)
Maeda (39'), Hatate (45+4'), McGregor (71')
Dessers (40')
Lundstram (45+2')
Apr 7, 2024 12pm
Gameweek 32
Rangers
3-3
Celtic
Tavernier (55' pen.), Sima (86'), Matondo (90+3')
Maeda (1'), O'Riley (34' pen.), Idah (87')
Kuhn (20'), Johnston (40'), O'Riley (42'), Maeda (71')
rhs 2.0
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Tables header RHS
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Celtic23193164115360
2RangersRangers23145444182647
3Dundee UnitedDundee Utd2310763124737
4Aberdeen2310583233-135
5Motherwell2394102837-931
6Hibernian237883436-229
7Dundee2376103741-427
8St Mirren2383122738-1127
9Kilmarnock2367102537-1225
10Ross County2367102342-1925
11Hearts2366112531-624
12St Johnstone2343162547-2215


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