Scottish Premiership

Scottish Premiership | Gameweek 4

Sep 1, 2024 at 12.30pm UK

Celtic Park

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

Goals
for

Rangers

All competitions

Scottish Premiership

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

Goals
for

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
Celtic	Draw	Rangers
65.74% ( -1.2)	17.99% ( 0.7)	16.26% ( 0.49)

Both teams to score 62.13% (

-1.66)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

69.29% (

-2.54)

30.7% (

2.54)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

47.96% (

-3.09)

52.03% (

3.08)

Celtic Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

91.21% (

-0.93)

8.78% (

0.92)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

69.85% (

-2.3)

30.14% (

2.29)

Rangers Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

68.11% (

-1.12)

31.88% (

1.11)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

31.67% (

-1.29)

68.32% (

1.28)

Score Analysis

Celtic 65.74%

Rangers 16.26%

Draw 17.99%

Celtic	Draw	Rangers
2-1 @ 9.47% ( 0.25) 2-0 @ 8.28% ( 0.46) 3-1 @ 7.68% ( -0.14) 1-0 @ 6.81% ( 0.66) 3-0 @ 6.72% ( 0.08) 4-1 @ 4.67% ( -0.3) 3-2 @ 4.39% ( -0.22) 4-0 @ 4.09% ( -0.13) 4-2 @ 2.67% ( -0.26) 5-1 @ 2.27% ( -0.26) 5-0 @ 1.99% ( -0.16) 5-2 @ 1.3% ( -0.19) 4-3 @ 1.02% ( -0.13) 6-1 @ 0.92% ( -0.15) Other @ 3.48% Total : 65.74%	1-1 @ 7.78% ( 0.54) 2-2 @ 5.41% ( -0.02) 0-0 @ 2.8% ( 0.38) 3-3 @ 1.67% ( -0.14) Other @ 0.33% Total : 17.99%	1-2 @ 4.45% ( 0.18) 0-1 @ 3.2% ( 0.35) 2-3 @ 2.06% ( -0.07) 0-2 @ 1.83% ( 0.15) 1-3 @ 1.7% ( 0.02) Other @ 3.03% Total : 16.26%