Scottish Premiership

Scottish Premiership | Gameweek 21

Dec 30, 2023 at 12.30pm UK

Celtic Park

Celtic
2 - 1
Rangers

Bernardo (25'), Furuhashi (47')
Johnston (17'), Bernardo (27'), O'Riley (40'), Turnbull (80'), McGregor (85'), Nawrocki (87'), Oh (90+9')

FT(HT: 1-0)

Tavernier (88')
Clement (38'), Sterling (59'), Souttar (90+9'), Goldson (90+9')
Balogun (71')

Reaction

Celtic's Alistair Johnston in action with Rangers' Abdallah Sima on December 30, 2023

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The Match

Match Report

Philippe Clement's unbeaten start to life in the Rangers hotseat ends at the 17-game mark as Celtic best their bitter foes 2-1 in the Old Firm derby at Celtic Park.

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday'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: Dundee 0-3 Celtic
Tuesday, December 26 at 3pm in Scottish Premiership

Goals
for

Top scorers

Rangers

All competitions

Scottish Premiership

Last Game: Motherwell 0-2 Rangers
Sunday, December 24 at 12pm in Scottish Premiership

Goals
for

Top scorers

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 49.92%. A win for Rangers had a probability of 27.71% and a draw had a probability of 22.4%.

The most likely scoreline for a Celtic win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.41%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (7.27%) and 2-0 (6.89%). The likeliest Rangers win was 1-2 (6.78%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (9.93%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with a 9.4% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted a 2-1 win for Celtic in this match.

Result
Celtic	Draw	Rangers
49.92% ( -2.65)	22.37% ( 0.82)	27.71% ( 1.84)

Both teams to score 63.29% (

-1.26)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

63.27% (

-2.38)

36.73% (

2.39)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

41.11% (

-2.64)

58.89% (

2.65)

Celtic Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

84.97% (

-1.7)

15.03% (

1.71)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

56.49% (

-3.33)

43.51% (

3.33)

Rangers Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

74.48% (

0.01)

25.52% (

-0.01)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

39.63% (

0.02)

60.37% (

-0.01)

Score Analysis

Celtic 49.92%

Rangers 27.72%

Draw 22.37%

Celtic	Draw	Rangers
2-1 @ 9.41% ( -0.03) 1-0 @ 7.27% ( 0.41) 2-0 @ 6.89% ( -0.02) 3-1 @ 5.94% ( -0.4) 3-0 @ 4.35% ( -0.29) 3-2 @ 4.06% ( -0.27) 4-1 @ 2.82% ( -0.38) 4-0 @ 2.06% ( -0.28) 4-2 @ 1.92% ( -0.26) 5-1 @ 1.07% ( -0.22) Other @ 4.14% Total : 49.92%	1-1 @ 9.93% ( 0.57) 2-2 @ 6.42% ( -0.02) 0-0 @ 3.84% ( 0.43) 3-3 @ 1.85% ( -0.12) Other @ 0.33% Total : 22.37%	1-2 @ 6.78% ( 0.39) 0-1 @ 5.24% ( 0.59) 0-2 @ 3.58% ( 0.41) 1-3 @ 3.09% ( 0.18) 2-3 @ 2.92% ( -0.01) 0-3 @ 1.63% ( 0.19) 1-4 @ 1.05% ( 0.06) 2-4 @ 1% ( -0) Other @ 2.43% Total : 27.72%