Scottish Premiership

Scottish Premiership | Gameweek 21

Jan 2, 2025 at 3pm UK

Ibrox Stadium

Rangers
3 - 0
Celtic

Hagi (7'), Propper (66'), Danilo (81')
Jefte (45+2'), Raskin (45+6')

FT(HT: 1-0)

McGregor (33'), Kuhn (61')

The Match

Preview

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

Form, Standings, Stats

Rangers

All competitions

Scottish Premiership

Last Game: Motherwell 2-2 Rangers
Sunday, December 29 at 3pm in Scottish Premiership

Goals
for

Celtic

All competitions

Scottish Premiership

Last Game: Celtic 4-0 St Johnstone
Sunday, December 29 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 Rangers win with a probability of 40.95%. A win for Celtic had a probability of 35.9% and a draw had a probability of 23.2%.

The most likely scoreline for a Rangers win was 2-1 with a probability of 8.61%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (6.5%) and 2-0 (5.49%). The likeliest Celtic win was 1-2 (8%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (10.19%). The actual scoreline of 3-0 was predicted with a 3.1% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Rangers would win this match.

Result
Rangers	Draw	Celtic
40.95% ( -0.85)	23.15% ( 0)	35.9% ( 0.84)

Both teams to score 64.54% (

0.16)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

63.19% (

0.14)

36.81% (

-0.14)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

41.02% (

0.15)

58.98% (

-0.16)

Rangers Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

81.51% (

-0.3)

18.49% (

0.3)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

50.3% (

-0.51)

49.69% (

0.51)

Celtic Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

79.17% (

0.49)

20.83% (

-0.49)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

46.5% (

0.77)

53.5% (

-0.77)

Score Analysis

Rangers 40.95%

Celtic 35.9%

Draw 23.15%

Rangers	Draw	Celtic
2-1 @ 8.61% ( -0.1) 1-0 @ 6.5% ( -0.11) 2-0 @ 5.49% ( -0.15) 3-1 @ 4.84% ( -0.1) 3-2 @ 3.8% ( -0.02) 3-0 @ 3.09% ( -0.11) 4-1 @ 2.04% ( -0.06) 4-2 @ 1.6% ( -0.02) 4-0 @ 1.3% ( -0.06) Other @ 3.67% Total : 40.95%	1-1 @ 10.19% ( -0.02) 2-2 @ 6.75% ( 0.02) 0-0 @ 3.85% ( -0.03) 3-3 @ 1.99% ( 0.02) Other @ 0.37% Total : 23.15%	1-2 @ 8% ( 0.11) 0-1 @ 6.04% ( 0.05) 0-2 @ 4.74% ( 0.11) 1-3 @ 4.18% ( 0.12) 2-3 @ 3.53% ( 0.07) 0-3 @ 2.48% ( 0.09) 1-4 @ 1.64% ( 0.07) 2-4 @ 1.39% ( 0.05) 0-4 @ 0.97% ( 0.05) Other @ 2.93% Total : 35.9%