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Rangers v Celtic : Premiership match betting preview, prediction and odds

Ibrox, Glasgow

Celtic pay Premiership rivals Rangers a visit on Thursday afternoon, as Brendan Rodgers guides his men into an away clash with Philippe Clement & co. at the Ibrox. We've analysed both clubs' last 20 Premiership matches, as well as baseline data within the competition and the betting market, to generate our match predictions. All the stats, including head to heads (H2H), are shown below, alongside odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers.

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Rangers's next match is v Hibernian at 12:00 on Sunday 5th January
Celtic's next match is v St. Mirren at 15:00 on Sunday 5th January
The last Scottish Premiership meeting between Rangers and Celtic was on Thursday 2nd January 2025
Scottish Premiership
January 2nd 2025
Rangers 3
0 Celtic
 
I. Hagi 7'
R. Pröpper 66'
D. Pereira da Silva 81'
 
RAN
CEL
Shots On
9
1
Shots Off
7
3
Corners
8
4
Possession
39%
61%
Fouls
11
13
Yellow/red cards
2/0
2/0
 
RangersCeltic
 
L. Kelly
R. Yılmaz
R. Pröpperfootball icon
J. da Silva Dias (R. Fraser 90')
D. Sterling
N. Bajrami (D. Pereira da Silva 80')
I. Hagifootball icon (O. Cortés Cortés 90')
M. Diomande
N. Raskin (C. Barron 90')
V. Černý
I. Hamza (C. Dessers 90')
K. Schmeichel
(?. Valle Gómez 64') G. Taylor
C. Carter-Vickers
L. Scales
A. Johnston
(L. McCowan 64') P. Gonçalves Bernardo
(A. Engels 75') R. Hatate
C. McGregor
N. Kühn
(A. Idah 64') K. Furuhashi
D. Maeda

Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

The statistics suggest we don't have an obvious winner here, but good reason to think Rangers and Celtic will score 2 or more goals between them. Goals have flowed freely when they've gone head-to-head in years gone by, and neither Philippe Clement or Brendan Rodgers has served up too many 0-0s of late either. The bookies are predicting over 1.5 goals too, with best odds of 1.25 equating to approximately a 77% probability.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 43% chance of Celtic coming away with a win.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Rangers
33%
11/5
23%
9/4
25%
Draw
25%
13/5
6%
11/4
10%
Celtic
43%
11/10
20%
21/20
22%
Draw 1-1
11%
13/2
15%
6/1
17%
Celtic 2-1
9%
8/1
10%
7/1
11%
Celtic 1-0
8%
10/1
10%
8/1
6%
Rangers 2-1
8%
10/1
10%
9/1
11%
Rangers 1-0
7%
12/1
37%
10/1
29%
Celtic 2-0
7%
11/1
8%
10/1
8%
Draw 2-2
6%
11/1
8%
9/1
9%
Draw 0-0
5%
16/1
42%
11/1
26%
Rangers 2-0
5%
18/1
46%
14/1
25%
Celtic 3-1
5%
14/1
29%
11/1
20%
Celtic 3-0
4%
20/1
19%
14/1
29%
Rangers 3-1
3%
22/1
10%
16/1
13%
Celtic 3-2
3%
20/1
19%
14/1
21%
Rangers 3-2
3%
25/118/1
Rangers 3-0
2%
33/1
31%
25/1
37%
Over 2.5 Goals
56%
4/7
13%
11/20
11%
Under 2.5 Goals
44%
11/8
19%
13/10
18%
Home 1st Goal
47%
5/4
23%
-
Away 1st Goal
50%
4/6
19%
-
No 1st Goal
3%
16/1
42%
-
BTTS - Yes
59%
8/15
8%
1/2
9%
BTTS - No
41%
11/8
13%
7/5
12%
BTTS - Home Win
17%
4/1
5%
19/5
9%
BTTS - Draw
19%
10/316/5
BTTS - Away Win
22%
13/5
28%
23/10
27%
Home/draw
57%
7/10
18%
8/11
17%
Away/draw
67%
4/11
9%
1/3
11%
Home/away
75%
2/7
1%
1/4
4%
Over 1.5 Goals
79%
1/6
6%
2/11
6%
Under 1.5 Goals
21%
4/1
25%
7/2
25%
Over 3.5 Goals
33%
11/8
26%
11/8
17%
Under 3.5 Goals
67%
4/7
15%
11/20
14%
Over 4.5 Goals
17%
10/3
21%
3/1
24%
Under 4.5 Goals
83%
2/9
7%
2/9
8%
Over 5.5 Goals
8%
7/1
27%
6/1
30%
Under 5.5 Goals
92%
1/12
3%
1/12
4%
Over 0.5 Goals
95%
1/33
1%
1/40
2%
Under 0.5 Goals
5%
14/1
25%
11/1
26%
Home DNB
50%
5/4
23%
11/8
30%
Away DNB
60%
4/7
14%
8/15
17%
Rangers win to nil
15%
11/2
44%
-
Celtic win to nil
21%
10/3
13%
-
Rangers / Rangers
15%
4/1
15%
4/1
25%
Rangers / Celtic
4%
20/1
19%
16/1
19%
Rangers / Draw
6%
12/111/1
Draw / Rangers
11%
13/2
25%
6/1
22%
Draw / Celtic
15%
9/2
8%
17/4
9%
Draw / Draw
13%
5/1
9%
19/4
15%
Celtic / Rangers
3%
25/120/1
Celtic / Celtic
25%
12/5
21%
21/10
26%
Celtic / Draw
6%
12/111/1
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Win / draw / win Premiership table

Rangers have played 18 matches so far this season and are in 2nd position in the league. Rangers have a shocking record against teams above them in the league, they have lost all 1 matches and failed to score in 1 of those games. Rangers are unbeaten at home after 9 games and have kept 6 clean sheets in those matches.

Performance against teams above them in the league

1 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 1 game, drawn zero and won zero. Rangers have conceded 3 goals, scored none, failed to score in 1 match and kept no clean sheets.

Home league performance

Rangers have played 9 games at home, winning 8, drawing 1 and losing 0 fixtures. They have scored 22 goals, conceded 3 goals, kept 6 clean sheets and scored in every home league game.

Celtic lay in 1st place on 50 points in the Premiership league table having played 18 matches. Celtic are unbeaten in 18 games against teams below them in the league and kept 15 clean sheets out of 18 games. Celtic are unbeaten away after 9 games and have kept 7 clean sheets in those matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 18 games against teams below them in the table, winning 16, drawing 2 and losing 0 games. They have scored 52 goals and kept 15 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Celtic have conceded 4 goals and have failed to score in 1 match.

Away league performance

Celtic have played 9 away games, winning 8, drawing 1 and losing 0 games. They have scored an average of 2.6 goals per away game and conceded an average 0.2 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Rangers
Celtic
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Celtic A194550 
w
 
3-0F
l
 
3-0A
-
Mar 15
-
-
-
-
2
Rangers H192139 
-
-
-
-
w
 
3-0F
l
 
3-0A
Mar 15
-
3
Dundee Utd20934 
d
 
1-1A
w
 
0-1F
-
Jan 26
Jan 8
d
 
0-00-0
Feb 15
-
4
Aberdeen20434 
Jan 15
l
 
2-1A
-
Apr 12
d
 
2-2F
w
 
0-1F
Feb 26
-
5
St. Mirren21-727 
w
 
2-1F
l
 
2-1A
Feb 22
-
Jan 5
w
 
0-3F
-
Mar 1
6
Motherwell20-927 
w
 
2-1F
d
 
2-2A
Mar 1
-
w
 
4-0F
w
 
0-3F
-
Feb 2
7
Hibernian21-425 
w
 
1-0F
Jan 5
Apr 5
-
w
 
3-0F
w
 
0-2F
-
Feb 22
8
Kilmarnock21-1124 
w
 
6-0F
l
 
1-0A
-
Feb 26
w
 
4-0F
w
 
0-2F
Apr 12
-
9
Dundee20-622 
w
 
1-0F
Jan 9
-
Mar 29
w
 
2-0F
Jan 14
Jan 25
-
10
Ross County21-1722 
w
 
6-0F
w
 
0-3F
Feb 2
-
w
 
5-0F
w
 
1-2A
-
Jan 11
11
Hearts21-720 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
0-00-0
-
Feb 16
w
 
2-0F
w
 
1-4F
Mar 29
-
12
St. Johnstone21-1815 
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-1F
Jan 12
-
w
 
4-0F
w
 
0-6F
-
Apr 5
Championship Round
Relegation Round
Win / draw / win form
Rangers 2ND
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
56
Conceded
15
Games: Scored
20 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
0 / 20
Won
17
D
2
L
1
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Rangers1 - 0Dundee
Rangers6 - 0Kilmarnock
Rangers1 - 1Dundee Utd
Rangers1 - 0Hearts
Rangers2 - 1St. Mirren
Rangers2 - 0St. Johnstone
Rangers1 - 0Hibernian
Rangers6 - 0Ross County
Rangers2 - 1Motherwell
Rangers5 - 2Dundee
Rangers4 - 1Kilmarnock
Rangers3 - 3Celtic
Rangers3 - 1Hibernian
Rangers1 - 2Motherwell
Rangers5 - 0Hearts
Rangers3 - 1Ross County
Rangers2 - 1Aberdeen
Rangers3 - 0Livingston
Rangers3 - 1Kilmarnock
Rangers2 - 0St. Johnstone
Goals: Scored
39
Conceded
18
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
12
D
4
L
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ARangers2 - 2Motherwell
ARangers1 - 2St. Mirren
HRangers1 - 0Dundee
ARangers3 - 0Ross County
HRangers6 - 0Kilmarnock
ARangers1 - 0St. Johnstone
HRangers1 - 1Dundee Utd
HRangers1 - 0Hearts
ARangers1 - 2Aberdeen
HRangers2 - 1St. Mirren
ARangers0 - 1Kilmarnock
HRangers2 - 0St. Johnstone
HRangers1 - 0Hibernian
ARangers1 - 0Dundee Utd
ARangers0 - 3Celtic
HRangers6 - 0Ross County
HRangers2 - 1Motherwell
ARangers0 - 0Hearts
ARangers3 - 3Hearts
HRangers5 - 2Dundee
Celtic 1ST
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
49
Conceded
13
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
9 / 20
Clean sheets
11 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
15
D
3
L
2
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Dundee Utd0 - 0Celtic
Aberdeen0 - 1Celtic
Hearts1 - 4Celtic
Kilmarnock0 - 2Celtic
Motherwell0 - 3Celtic
Ross County1 - 2Celtic
St. Johnstone0 - 6Celtic
St. Mirren0 - 3Celtic
Hibernian0 - 2Celtic
Kilmarnock0 - 5Celtic
Dundee1 - 2Celtic
Rangers3 - 3Celtic
Livingston0 - 3Celtic
Hearts2 - 0Celtic
Motherwell1 - 3Celtic
Hibernian1 - 2Celtic
Aberdeen1 - 1Celtic
St. Mirren0 - 3Celtic
Dundee0 - 3Celtic
Kilmarnock2 - 1Celtic
Goals: Scored
60
Conceded
6
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
4 / 20
Clean sheets
16 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
18
D
2
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HCeltic4 - 0St. Johnstone
HCeltic4 - 0Motherwell
ACeltic0 - 0Dundee Utd
HCeltic3 - 0Hibernian
ACeltic1 - 0Aberdeen
HCeltic5 - 0Ross County
ACeltic4 - 1Hearts
ACeltic2 - 0Kilmarnock
HCeltic2 - 0Dundee
ACeltic3 - 0Motherwell
HCeltic2 - 2Aberdeen
ACeltic2 - 1Ross County
ACeltic6 - 0St. Johnstone
HCeltic2 - 0Hearts
HCeltic3 - 0Rangers
ACeltic3 - 0St. Mirren
ACeltic2 - 0Hibernian
HCeltic4 - 0Kilmarnock
HCeltic3 - 2St. Mirren
ACeltic5 - 0Kilmarnock
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Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
5
Celtic have not lost to Rangers in 5 consecutive league meetings
League games at Rangers since 2016
Rangers
Celtic
Goals: Scored
22
23
Games: Scored
12 / 15
10 / 15
Clean sheets
5 / 15
3 / 15
RAN
6
D
2
CEL
7
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Rangers
Draw3 - 3Draw
0 - 1Celtic
Rangers3 - 0
Draw2 - 2Draw
1 - 2Celtic
Rangers1 - 0
Rangers4 - 1
Rangers1 - 0
0 - 2Celtic
Rangers2 - 0
Rangers1 - 0
2 - 3Celtic
0 - 2Celtic
1 - 5Celtic
1 - 2Celtic
League games at Celtic since 2016
Celtic
Rangers
Goals: Scored
34
13
Games: Scored
14 / 16
10 / 16
Clean sheets
6 / 16
2 / 16
RAN
2
D
4
CEL
10
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Celtic
Celtic3 - 0
Celtic2 - 1
Celtic2 - 1
Celtic3 - 2
Celtic4 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Celtic3 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 2Rangers
1 - 2Rangers
Celtic2 - 1
Celtic1 - 0
Celtic5 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Celtic5 - 1
Goal Statistics

Celtic's defensive record is very strong, Brendan Rodgers's men having conceded 1 or less in 10 consecutive Premiership outings. An underwhelming PG rating of 1.3 for Rangers makes sense in this context.

Rangers 2nd Celtic 1st
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.3
goals
1.6
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
26%
1
35%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 61% probability that Rangers will score no more than 1 goal
0
21%
1
33%
2
26%
3
13%
4+
8%
There is a 79% probability that Celtic will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+15
Rangers have scored 15% more goals at home than predicted
+10
Celtic’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
2.8
average goals scored
2.5
average goals scored
0.8
conceded
0.7
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Premiership - 2024/2025 season
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Rangers
PG (predicted goals)
Celtic
1.3
1.6
Attack rating
RAN
CEL
34%
better
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Games scored15
17
Failed to score3
1
Scored first11
16
Goals scored31
52
Avg. goals scored1.7
2.9
Avg. shots per game13
15
Avg. shots per goal8
5
Conversion rate for13
20
Avg. XG for2.1
2.9
KickOff rating
+34%
Defence rating
RAN
CEL
57%
better
view stats
Games conceded8
3
Clean sheets10
15
Conceded first6
1
Goals conceded13
4
Avg. goals conceded0.7
0.2
Avg. shots/game conceded6
5
Avg. shots/goal conceded8
24
Conversion rate against13%
4%
Avg. XG against0.9
0.7
KickOff rating
+57%

Rangers v Celtic Premiership lLine ups will show here when available.

Rangers Premiership squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
15746
J DiasV CernyI Hagi N Raskin
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
L Kelly GLK2
-
D Sterling DEF15
4
-
R Pröpper DEF131
5
-
R Yilmaz  DEF91
1
-
J Dias DEF162
5
-
M Diomande MID1712
4
-
N Raskin MID163
6
-
V Cerny MID1771
3
-
N Bajrami MID151
1
-
I Hagi  MID914
1
1
I. Hamza FWD154
1
-
Subs
M. Munn GLK
-
L King DEF
-
R Fraser DEF2
-
C Barron MID16
-
K Dowell MID11
1
-
O Cortés FWD3
-
C Dessers FWD1762
2
-
R Matondo FWD522
-
Danilo FWD1052
-
Celtic Premiership squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
19864
K SchmeichelK FuruhashiN KühnN Kühn
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
K Schmeichel GLK19
-
A Johnston DEF1744
3
-
C Carter-Vickers DEF13
-
L Scales DEF1722
1
-
G Taylor DEF154
3
-
R Hatate MID1951
2
-
C McGregor MID1761
2
-
P Bernardo MID1823
1
-
N Kühn FWD1676
4
-
K Furuhashi FWD1883
-
D Maeda FWD1743
3
-
Subs
V Sinisalo GLK
-
A Ralston DEF1011
-
A Trusty DEF9
1
-
Álex Valle DEF93
1
-
L McCowan MID1533
-
A Engels MID1641
2
-
L Palma FWD5
-
A Idah FWD165
1
-
Y Hyun-Jun FWD9
-