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Scottish Premiership | Gameweek 36
May 11, 2024 at 12.30pm UK
Celtic Park
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Celtic
2 - 1
Rangers

O'Riley (35'), Lundstram (38' og.)
Maeda (39'), Hatate (45+4'), McGregor (71')
FT(HT: 2-1)
Dessers (40')
Lundstram (45+2')

The Match

Match Report

Celtic take a huge step towards winning this season's Scottish Premiership title with a 2-1 victory over 10-man Rangers in the Old Firm derby.

Preview

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

Form, Standings, Stats

Last Game: Celtic 3-0 Hearts
Saturday, May 4 at 3pm in Scottish Premiership

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 Celtic win with a probability of 50.13%. A win for Rangers had a probability of 27.35% and a draw had a probability of 22.5%.

The most likely scoreline for a Celtic win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.47%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (7.56%) and 2-0 (7.09%). The likeliest Rangers win was 1-2 (6.74%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (10.09%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with a 9.5% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted a 2-1 win for Celtic in this match.

Result
CelticDrawRangers
50.13% (-0.037999999999997 -0.04) 22.52% (0.010999999999999 0.01) 27.35% (0.029 0.03)
Both teams to score 62.4% (-0.023000000000003 -0.02)
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
62.24% (-0.037000000000006 -0.04)37.76% (0.036999999999999 0.04)
Over 3.5Under 3.5
39.99% (-0.039000000000001 -0.04)60.01% (0.039999999999999 0.04)
Celtic Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
84.67% (-0.027000000000001 -0.03)15.33% (0.026 0.03)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
55.92% (-0.050999999999995 -0.05)44.08% (0.051000000000002 0.05)
Rangers Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
73.69% (-0.0040000000000049 -0)26.31% (0.0030000000000001 0)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
38.57% (-0.00099999999999767 -0)61.43% (0.00099999999999767 0)
Score Analysis
    Celtic 50.13%
    Rangers 27.35%
    Draw 22.51%
CelticDrawRangers
2-1 @ 9.47% (-0.00099999999999945 -0)
1-0 @ 7.56% (0.0070000000000006 0.01)
2-0 @ 7.09%
3-1 @ 5.92% (-0.0060000000000002 -0.01)
3-0 @ 4.43% (-0.0040000000000004 -0)
3-2 @ 3.95% (-0.004 -0)
4-1 @ 2.78% (-0.0050000000000003 -0.01)
4-0 @ 2.08% (-0.0029999999999997 -0)
4-2 @ 1.85% (-0.004 -0)
5-1 @ 1.04% (-0.0030000000000001 -0)
Other @ 3.96%
Total : 50.13%
1-1 @ 10.09%
2-2 @ 6.32% (-0.00099999999999945 -0)
0-0 @ 4.03% (0.0069999999999997 0.01)
3-3 @ 1.76% (-0.002 -0)
Other @ 0.31%
Total : 22.51%
1-2 @ 6.74% (0.0049999999999999 0)
0-1 @ 5.38% (0.0090000000000003 0.01)
0-2 @ 3.6% (0.0060000000000002 0.01)
1-3 @ 3% (0.0029999999999997 0)
2-3 @ 2.82%
0-3 @ 1.6% (0.002 0)
1-4 @ 1% (0.0010000000000001 0)
2-4 @ 0.94%
Other @ 2.27%
Total : 27.35%

How you voted: Celtic vs Rangers

Celtic
71.1%
Draw
14.4%
Rangers
14.4%
90
Head to Head
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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')
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Celtic
2-1
Rangers
Bernardo (25'), Furuhashi (47')
Johnston (17'), Bernardo (27'), O'Riley (40'), Turnbull (80'), McGregor (85'), Nawrocki (87'), Oh (90+9')
Tavernier (88')
Clement (38'), Sterling (59'), Souttar (90+9'), Goldson (90+9')
Balogun (71')
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Gameweek 4
Rangers
0-1
Celtic

Cantwell (73')
Furuhashi (45+2')
Scales (78')
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Rangers
3-0
Celtic
Cantwell (5'), Souttar (34'), Sakala (70')
Lundstram (75')

McGregor (60')
Apr 30, 2023 1.30pm
Semi-Finals
Rangers
0-1
Celtic
Jota (42')
rhs 2.0
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Tables header RHS
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Celtic2017215574853
2RangersRangers20124437162140
3Dundee UnitedDundee Utd219753022834
4Aberdeen2110473230234
5Motherwell219392734-730
6St Mirren2283112737-1027
7Hibernian226883135-426
8Dundee2174103337-425
9Ross County226792238-1625
10Kilmarnock2266102537-1224
11Hearts2265112531-623
12St Johnstone2243152444-2015


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