Scottish Premiership

Scottish Premiership | Gameweek 6

Sep 3, 2022 at 12.30pm UK

Celtic Park

Celtic
4 - 0
Rangers

Abada (8', 40'), Jota (32'), Turnbull (78')
Carter-Vickers (44'), Starfelt (55'), Giakoumakis (90')

FT(HT: 3-0)

Barisic (19'), Tillman (34'), Goldson (90')

Reaction

Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou celebrates after the match on September 3, 2022

Ange Postecoglou, Giovanni van Bronckhorst react as Celtic hit four past Rangers

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The Match

Match Report

Celtic hammer Rangers 4-0 in the first Old Firm derby of the season to move six points clear at the top of the Scottish Premiership.

Preview

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

Form, Standings, Stats

Rangers

Last Six:

Last Game: Rangers 3-1 QotS
Tuesday, August 30 at 7.45pm in Scottish League Cup

Current League Standings		P	GD	PTS
1	Celtic	5	20	15
2	Rangers	5	11	13
3	Hearts	5	3	10

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 65.15%. A draw had a probability of 20.4% and a win for Rangers had a probability of 14.42%.

The most likely scoreline for a Celtic win was 2-0 with a probability of 11.89%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (11.81%) and 2-1 (9.78%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (9.72%), while for a Rangers win it was 0-1 (4.83%). The actual scoreline of 4-0 was predicted with a 4% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Celtic would win this match.

Result
Celtic	Draw	Rangers
65.15% ( -0.72)	20.43% ( 0.01)	14.42% ( 0.7)

Both teams to score 48.57% (

1.77)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

53.89% (

1.4)

46.11% (

-1.41)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

31.59% (

1.31)

68.41% (

-1.31)

Celtic Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

86.64% (

0.22)

13.36% (

-0.22)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

59.75% (

0.45)

40.25% (

-0.45)

Rangers Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

56.06% (

1.9)

43.94% (

-1.9)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

19.93% (

1.53)

80.07% (

-1.53)

Score Analysis

Celtic 65.14%

Rangers 14.42%

Draw 20.43%

Celtic	Draw	Rangers
2-0 @ 11.89% ( -0.51) 1-0 @ 11.81% ( -0.62) 2-1 @ 9.78% ( 0.1) 3-0 @ 7.98% ( -0.28) 3-1 @ 6.56% ( 0.12) 4-0 @ 4.02% ( -0.11) 4-1 @ 3.3% ( 0.09) 3-2 @ 2.7% ( 0.19) 5-0 @ 1.62% ( -0.03) 4-2 @ 1.36% ( 0.1) 5-1 @ 1.33% ( 0.05) Other @ 2.8% Total : 65.14%	1-1 @ 9.72% ( 0.02) 0-0 @ 5.87% ( -0.36) 2-2 @ 4.02% ( 0.25) Other @ 0.82% Total : 20.43%	0-1 @ 4.83% ( -0.03) 1-2 @ 4% ( 0.22) 0-2 @ 1.99% ( 0.09) 2-3 @ 1.1% ( 0.12) 1-3 @ 1.1% ( 0.11) Other @ 1.41% Total : 14.42%