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Scottish Premiership | Gameweek 4
Sep 1, 2024 at 12.30pm UK
Celtic Park
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Celtic
3 - 0
Rangers

Maeda (17'), Furuhashi (40'), McGregor (75')
Johnston (21'), Kuhn (72'), Taylor (89'), Engels (90+3')
FT(HT: 2-0)

Jefte (19'), Diomande (21'), Sterling (37'), Dessers (68'), Lawrence (69')

The Match

Preview

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

Form, Standings, Stats

Celtic

All competitions
Scottish Premiership
Last Game: St Mirren 0-3 Celtic
Sunday, August 25 at 12pm in Scottish Premiership

Rangers

All competitions
Scottish Premiership
Last Game: Rangers 6-0 Ross County
Saturday, August 24 at 3pm in Scottish Premiership

We said: Celtic 2-1 Rangers

 Celtic have had an incredible start to the new season and remain unbeaten in 20 matches across all competitions, as well as avoiding defeat against Rangers in the last five meetings, suggesting a victory for the hosts. 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 Celtic win with a probability of 65.74%. A draw had a probability of 18% and a win for Rangers had a probability of 16.26%.

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 2-0 (8.28%) and 3-1 (7.68%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (7.78%), while for a Rangers win it was 1-2 (4.45%). The actual scoreline of 3-0 was predicted with a 6.7% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Celtic would win this match.

Result
CelticDrawRangers
65.74% (-1.195 -1.2) 17.99% (0.699 0.7) 16.26% (0.488 0.49)
Both teams to score 62.13% (-1.658 -1.66)
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
69.29% (-2.543 -2.54)30.7% (2.535 2.54)
Over 3.5Under 3.5
47.96% (-3.093 -3.09)52.03% (3.083 3.08)
Celtic Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
91.21% (-0.931 -0.93)8.78% (0.922 0.92)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
69.85% (-2.3 -2.3)30.14% (2.292 2.29)
Rangers Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
68.11% (-1.116 -1.12)31.88% (1.108 1.11)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
31.67% (-1.292 -1.29)68.32% (1.283 1.28)
Score Analysis
    Celtic 65.74%
    Rangers 16.26%
    Draw 17.99%
CelticDrawRangers
2-1 @ 9.47% (0.249 0.25)
2-0 @ 8.28% (0.46 0.46)
3-1 @ 7.68% (-0.139 -0.14)
1-0 @ 6.81% (0.659 0.66)
3-0 @ 6.72% (0.084000000000001 0.08)
4-1 @ 4.67% (-0.302 -0.3)
3-2 @ 4.39% (-0.218 -0.22)
4-0 @ 4.09% (-0.132 -0.13)
4-2 @ 2.67% (-0.26 -0.26)
5-1 @ 2.27% (-0.257 -0.26)
5-0 @ 1.99% (-0.159 -0.16)
5-2 @ 1.3% (-0.191 -0.19)
4-3 @ 1.02% (-0.134 -0.13)
6-1 @ 0.92% (-0.151 -0.15)
Other @ 3.48%
Total : 65.74%
1-1 @ 7.78% (0.535 0.54)
2-2 @ 5.41% (-0.021 -0.02)
0-0 @ 2.8% (0.381 0.38)
3-3 @ 1.67% (-0.138 -0.14)
Other @ 0.33%
Total : 17.99%
1-2 @ 4.45% (0.178 0.18)
0-1 @ 3.2% (0.35 0.35)
2-3 @ 2.06% (-0.073 -0.07)
0-2 @ 1.83% (0.15 0.15)
1-3 @ 1.7% (0.018 0.02)
Other @ 3.03%
Total : 16.26%

How you voted: Celtic vs Rangers

Celtic
71.1%
Draw
12.4%
Rangers
16.5%
121
Head to Head
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')
> Match Report
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')
> Match Report
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')
> Match Report
Dec 30, 2023 12.30pm
Gameweek 21
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')
> Match Report
Sep 3, 2023 12pm
Gameweek 4
Rangers
0-1
Celtic

Cantwell (73')
Furuhashi (45+2')
Scales (78')
> Preview
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Tables header RHS
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Celtic1514104444043
2Aberdeen16104230181234
3RangersRangers1510232791832
4Motherwell168172226-425
5Dundee UnitedDundee Utd166642519624
6St Mirren176382228-621
7Dundee165472729-219
8Kilmarnock174581834-1617
9Hibernian173682129-815
10Ross County173681333-2015
11St Johnstone1742112032-1214
12Hearts1734101826-813
> Scottish Premiership Full Table


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