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Celtic v Rangers, Scottish Premiership, Sat, 30 Dec 2017: statistics and head to head

2017-18. Sat, 30 Dec 2017

CelticHome
00Full time, half-time 0–0
RangersAway

Draw. Goal margin: 0.

LWWDLLeague form, oldest to newestWLWDD

Restored from the 11 October backup. Current updates are not connected.

Celtic Park. Photo: Zhi Yong Lee from Glasgow, UK, CC BY 2.0, cropped and resized.

Stored context before this match

Before this match, Celtic have 10 scored home results and Rangers 10 scored away results stored in 2017-18. Statistical pre-kickoff PPG: Celtic at home: 2.40 points per match (10 measured matches); Rangers away: 2.20 points per match (10 measured matches). Observed points use 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss, before official adjustments. Celtic scored 2.60 per home match (10 measured matches); Rangers scored 2.30 away (10). The competition's pooled scoring average was 1.33 per club appearance across 248 measured appearances. Both sides scored in 15 of 20 pooled club appearances (75.0%). A shared fixture counts once for each club's record. Earlier stored meetings: 1. Celtic: 1 wins; Rangers: 0 wins; draws: 0.

This fixture has no recorded kickoff time. All results on its calendar date are excluded from this statistical brief.

A plain reading of the stored figures. No verified written preview is current for this match.

How the goals came

No timeline: goal minutes, cards and substitutions are not stored for this match. The goals are shown by half instead.

First half00
Second half00

The match in numbers

CelticRangers
  • 11Shots8
  • 4Shots on target3
  • 7Corners4
  • 10Fouls13
  • 3Yellow cards3
  • 0Red cards0

From shots to goals

Celtic

  • Shots11
  • On target4
  • Goals0

36% of shots on target, 0% of those scored.

Rangers

  • Shots8
  • On target3
  • Goals0

38% of shots on target, 0% of those scored.

Counts only. Shot positions are not stored, so no shot map is drawn.

Prediction

Prototype model, not yet validated

No prediction is shown for a finished match. The model keeps no figure from before kick-off, so showing one now would be written with the result already known.

How the model works

Head to head

Meetings before this match. Same-day meetings qualify only when both recorded kickoff times establish an earlier start. This match has no recorded kickoff time, so meetings on its date are excluded.

1 valid scored meetings from a bounded window of up to 10 stored meetings, any competition. Too few to read much into. Clean sheets count each named club separately; a 0–0 gives both clubs a clean sheet.

1
Celtic wins
0
Draws
0
Rangers wins
Goals / meeting
2.00
2 goals in 1 meeting · small sample
Both scored
0%
0 of 1 meeting · small sample
Over 1.5
100%
1 of 1 meeting · small sample
Over 2.5
0%
0 of 1 meeting · small sample
Over 3.5
0%
0 of 1 meeting · small sample
Celtic clean sheets
100%
1 of 1 meeting · small sample
Rangers clean sheets
0%
0 of 1 meeting · small sample
Corners / meeting
13.00
1 with corner data · small sample
Cards / meeting
3.00
1 with card data · small sample
  1. Rangers v CelticSat, 23 Sept 2017 · Scottish Premiership 2017-180–2HT 0–0

Latest stored form

These are the clubs’ latest stored results across competitions, independent of this fixture’s date.

Home and awayAll matches
Celtic at homeWWWWLL
Rangers awayDLLWWW

Any competition, newest first. The form chips read oldest to newest. C = corners, Y = cards (for and against).

Stored season rate grid

Arithmetic averages of both clubs' stored whole-season rates, with each source sample shown. These aggregates can include results after this fixture.

Home and awayOverall
Celtic at home, Rangers away
  • 58%
    Both teams scored
    League 51%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 87%
    Over 0.5 goals
    League 92%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 79%
    Over 1.5 goals
    League 76%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 66%
    Over 2.5 goals
    League 49%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 42%
    Over 3.5 goals
    League 25%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 21%
    Over 4.5 goals
    League 11%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 3.2
    Avg total goals
    League 2.61
    19 + 19 matches
  • 79%
    1st half over 0.5
    League 72%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 39%
    1st half over 1.5
    League 31%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 10.4
    Corners per match
    League 10.31
    19 + 19 matches
  • 82%
    Corners over 8.5
    League 68%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 66%
    Corners over 9.5
    League 57%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 45%
    Corners over 10.5
    League 46%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 4.1
    Cards per match
    League 3.90
    19 + 19 matches
  • 63%
    Cards over 3.5
    League 55%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 45%
    Cards over 4.5
    League 35%
    19 + 19 matches

Stored season context, 2017-18

Season figures include all stored results in this competition-season. Ratings use the latest stored calculation; these sections can include information after this fixture.

Season comparison, 2017-18

Home and awayOverall
Celtic at home, Rangers away
Celtic (home)Rangers (away)
1Position3
WDWDLLast 5, oldest to newestWDLDD
19Played19
2.11Points per match2.00
58%Win %58%
2.00Scored / match2.32
0.47Conceded / match1.58
2.47Avg total goals3.89
37%Both scored79%
58%Clean sheets16%
26%Failed to score11%
–xG for–
–xG against–

Half by half

CelticRangers
  • 1.051st half scored / match1.32
  • 0.111st half conceded / match0.79
  • 0.952nd half scored / match1.00
  • 0.372nd half conceded / match0.79
  • 63%Leading at half-time58%
  • 68%1st half over 0.590%
  • 26%1st half over 1.553%
  • 68%2nd half over 0.590%
  • 37%2nd half over 1.568%
  • 42%Scored in both halves63%

Goals, shots, corners and cards

Celtic at home, Rangers away, this season.

Goals

CelticRangers
  • 2.00Scored / match2.32
  • 0.47Conceded / match1.58
  • 2.47Match total / match3.89
  • 74%Scored 1+90%
  • 53%Scored 2+74%
  • 42%Conceded 1+84%
  • 5%Conceded 2+37%
  • 63%Match over 1.595%
  • 47%Match over 2.584%
  • 37%Match over 3.547%

Shots and xG

CelticRangers
  • 18.79Shots for11.68
  • 5.68Shots against9.42
  • 7.21On target for5.00
  • 2.21On target against4.21
  • 11%Shot conversion20%

Corners

CelticRangers
  • 7.37Corners for4.37
  • 3.42Corners against5.68
  • 10.79Match total10.05
  • 95%Over 7.579%
  • 95%Over 8.568%
  • 68%Over 9.563%
  • 47%Over 10.542%
  • 42%Over 11.526%

Cards

CelticRangers
  • 1.16Cards for2.21
  • 2.58Cards against2.21
  • 3.74Match total4.42
  • 74%Over 2.579%
  • 63%Over 3.563%
  • 42%Over 4.547%
  • 16%Over 5.526%
  • 9.00Fouls committed13.68
Referee this season
B Madden
Matches
24
Cards / match
3.42
24 matches
Over 3.5 cards
33%
24 matches
Over 4.5 cards
21%
24 matches
Fouls / match
23.67
24 matches

The table, 2017-18

#ClubPGDPts
1Celtic384882
2Aberdeen381973
3Rangers382670
4Hibernian381667
5Kilmarnock38259
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