Scottish Premiership

Scottish Premiership | Gameweek 36

May 11, 2024 at 12.30pm UK

Celtic Park

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

Celtic

All competitions

Scottish Premiership

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

Goals
for

Top scorers

Rangers

All competitions

Scottish Premiership

Last Game: Rangers 4-1 Kilmarnock
Sunday, May 5 at 1pm 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 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
Celtic	Draw	Rangers
50.13% ( -0.04)	22.52% ( 0.01)	27.35% ( 0.03)

Both teams to score 62.4% (

-0.02)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

62.24% (

-0.04)

37.76% (

0.04)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

39.99% (

-0.04)

60.01% (

0.04)

Celtic Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

84.67% (

-0.03)

15.33% (

0.03)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

55.92% (

-0.05)

44.08% (

0.05)

Rangers Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

73.69% (

-0)

26.31% (

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

38.57% (

-0)

61.43% (

Score Analysis

Celtic 50.13%

Rangers 27.35%

Draw 22.51%

Celtic	Draw	Rangers
2-1 @ 9.47% ( -0) 1-0 @ 7.56% ( 0.01) 2-0 @ 7.09% 3-1 @ 5.92% ( -0.01) 3-0 @ 4.43% ( -0) 3-2 @ 3.95% ( -0) 4-1 @ 2.78% ( -0.01) 4-0 @ 2.08% ( -0) 4-2 @ 1.85% ( -0) 5-1 @ 1.04% ( -0) Other @ 3.96% Total : 50.13%	1-1 @ 10.09% 2-2 @ 6.32% ( -0) 0-0 @ 4.03% ( 0.01) 3-3 @ 1.76% ( -0) Other @ 0.31% Total : 22.51%	1-2 @ 6.74% ( 0) 0-1 @ 5.38% ( 0.01) 0-2 @ 3.6% ( 0.01) 1-3 @ 3% ( 0) 2-3 @ 2.82% 0-3 @ 1.6% ( 0) 1-4 @ 1% ( 0) 2-4 @ 0.94% Other @ 2.27% Total : 27.35%