Scottish Premiership

Scottish Premiership | Gameweek 30

Mar 16, 2025 at 12.30pm UK

Celtic Park

Celtic
2 - 3
Rangers

Maeda (49'), Hatate (74')

FT(HT: 0-2)

Raskin (4'), Diomande (37'), Hamza (88')
Sterling (34'), Propper (74'), Hagi (77')

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Rangers head coach Barry Ferguson celebrates on March 16, 2025

Celtic 2-3 Rangers: Champions-elect denied Old Firm record as Barry Ferguson ends 34-year streak in stunning Gers win

Rangers boss Barry Ferguson ends a 34-year streak and Celtic miss the chance to make Old Firm history as the Gers claim victory in a five-goal epic in the Scottish Premiership at Celtic Park.

Mar 16, 15:23

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: Celtic 2-0 Hibernian
Sunday, March 9 at 3pm in Scottish Cup

Goals
for

Rangers

All competitions

Scottish Premiership

Last Game: Rangers 0-2 Fenerbahce (3-2 pen.)
Thursday, March 13 at 8pm in Europa League

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 70.95%. A draw had a probability of 16% and a win for Rangers had a probability of 13%.

The most likely scoreline for a Celtic win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.12%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (8.55%) and 3-1 (8.04%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (6.91%), while for a Rangers win it was 1-2 (3.68%). The actual scoreline of 2-3 was predicted with a 1.7% likelihood.

Result
Celtic	Draw	Rangers
70.95% ( 5.51)	16.05% ( -1.96)	13% ( -3.56)

Both teams to score 60.91% (

-1.9)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

71.6% (

1.76)

28.39% (

-1.77)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

50.77% (

2.15)

49.23% (

-2.15)

Celtic Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

92.87% (

1.58)

7.12% (

-1.58)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

74.06% (

25.93% (

-4.01)

Rangers Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

65.58% (

-3.21)

34.41% (

3.21)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

28.87% (

-3.58)

71.12% (

3.58)

Score Analysis

Celtic 70.95%

Rangers 13%

Draw 16.05%

Celtic	Draw	Rangers
2-1 @ 9.12% ( -0.3) 2-0 @ 8.55% ( 0.46) 3-1 @ 8.04% ( 0.36) 3-0 @ 7.53% ( 0.95) 1-0 @ 6.47% ( -0.15) 4-1 @ 5.31% ( 0.63) 4-0 @ 4.98% ( 0.96) 3-2 @ 4.29% ( -0.18) 4-2 @ 2.83% ( 0.1) 5-1 @ 2.81% ( 0.52) 5-0 @ 2.63% ( 0.67) 5-2 @ 1.5% ( 0.16) 6-1 @ 1.24% ( 0.3) 6-0 @ 1.16% ( 0.36) 4-3 @ 1.01% ( -0.05) Other @ 3.5% Total : 70.95%	1-1 @ 6.91% ( -0.81) 2-2 @ 4.87% ( -0.62) 0-0 @ 2.45% ( -0.26) 3-3 @ 1.52% ( -0.21) Other @ 0.3% Total : 16.05%	1-2 @ 3.68% ( -0.81) 0-1 @ 2.61% ( -0.55) 2-3 @ 1.73% ( -0.4) 0-2 @ 1.39% ( -0.45) 1-3 @ 1.31% ( -0.44) Other @ 2.27% Total : 13%