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Celtic v Rangers, Scottish Premiership, Sun, 31 Mar 2019: statistics and head to head

2018-19. Sun, 31 Mar 2019

CelticHome
21Full time, half-time 1–0
RangersAway

Celtic won by 1 goal.

DWWLWLeague form, oldest to newestWWWWL

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 15 scored home results and Rangers 15 scored away results stored in 2018-19. Statistical pre-kickoff PPG: Celtic at home: 2.87 points per match (15 measured matches); Rangers away: 1.73 points per match (15 measured matches). Observed points use 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss, before official adjustments. Celtic scored 2.73 per home match (15 measured matches); Rangers scored 1.93 away (15). The competition's pooled scoring average was 1.28 per club appearance across 370 measured appearances. Both sides scored in 13 of 30 pooled club appearances (43.3%). A shared fixture counts once for each club's record. Earlier stored meetings: 6. Celtic: 4 wins; Rangers: 1 wins; draws: 1.

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 half10
Second half11

The match in numbers

CelticRangers
  • 12Shots6
  • 7Shots on target1
  • 10Corners5
  • 8Fouls16
  • 3Yellow cards2
  • 0Red cards1

From shots to goals

Celtic

  • Shots12
  • On target7
  • Goals2

58% of shots on target, 29% of those scored.

Rangers

  • Shots6
  • On target1
  • Goals1

17% of shots on target, 100% 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.

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

4
Celtic wins
1
Draws
1
Rangers wins
Goals / meeting
2.33
14 goals in 6 meetings
Both scored
17%
1 of 6 meetings
Over 1.5
50%
3 of 6 meetings
Over 2.5
33%
2 of 6 meetings
Over 3.5
33%
2 of 6 meetings
Celtic clean sheets
67%
4 of 6 meetings
Rangers clean sheets
33%
2 of 6 meetings
Corners / meeting
13.00
6 with corner data
Cards / meeting
5.17
6 with card data
  1. Rangers v CelticSat, 29 Dec 2018 · Scottish Premiership 2018-191–0HT 1–0
  2. Celtic v RangersSun, 2 Sept 2018 · Scottish Premiership 2018-191–0HT 0–0
  3. Celtic v RangersSun, 29 Apr 2018 · Scottish Premiership 2017-185–0HT 3–0
  4. Rangers v CelticSun, 11 Mar 2018 · Scottish Premiership 2017-182–3HT 2–2
  5. Celtic v RangersSat, 30 Dec 2017 · Scottish Premiership 2017-180–0HT 0–0
  6. 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
  • 47%
    Both teams scored
    League 42%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 92%
    Over 0.5 goals
    League 93%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 76%
    Over 1.5 goals
    League 72%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 61%
    Over 2.5 goals
    League 47%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 29%
    Over 3.5 goals
    League 22%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 21%
    Over 4.5 goals
    League 12%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 2.9
    Avg total goals
    League 2.53
    19 + 19 matches
  • 74%
    1st half over 0.5
    League 68%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 42%
    1st half over 1.5
    League 36%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 10.8
    Corners per match
    League 9.69
    19 + 19 matches
  • 71%
    Corners over 8.5
    League 62%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 63%
    Corners over 9.5
    League 49%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 53%
    Corners over 10.5
    League 38%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 3.9
    Cards per match
    League 3.75
    19 + 19 matches
  • 53%
    Cards over 3.5
    League 53%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 37%
    Cards over 4.5
    League 32%
    19 + 19 matches

Stored season context, 2018-19

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, 2018-19

Home and awayOverall
Celtic at home, Rangers away
Celtic (home)Rangers (away)
1Position2
DWDWWLast 5, oldest to newestDLWWL
19Played19
2.79Points per match1.68
89%Win %47%
2.42Scored / match1.95
0.37Conceded / match1.05
2.79Avg total goals3.00
32%Both scored63%
68%Clean sheets26%
11%Failed to score16%
–xG for–
–xG against–

Half by half

CelticRangers
  • 1.211st half scored / match1.16
  • 0.051st half conceded / match0.53
  • 1.212nd half scored / match0.79
  • 0.322nd half conceded / match0.53
  • 58%Leading at half-time53%
  • 63%1st half over 0.584%
  • 42%1st half over 1.542%
  • 84%2nd half over 0.579%
  • 53%2nd half over 1.542%
  • 58%Scored in both halves32%

Goals, shots, corners and cards

Celtic at home, Rangers away, this season.

Goals

CelticRangers
  • 2.42Scored / match1.95
  • 0.37Conceded / match1.05
  • 2.79Match total / match3.00
  • 90%Scored 1+84%
  • 68%Scored 2+53%
  • 32%Conceded 1+74%
  • 5%Conceded 2+26%
  • 68%Match over 1.584%
  • 58%Match over 2.563%
  • 32%Match over 3.526%

Shots and xG

CelticRangers
  • 18.37Shots for12.05
  • 5.16Shots against8.68
  • 8.21On target for5.00
  • 1.79On target against3.47
  • 13%Shot conversion16%

Corners

CelticRangers
  • 8.00Corners for5.74
  • 3.11Corners against4.68
  • 11.11Match total10.42
  • 90%Over 7.579%
  • 74%Over 8.568%
  • 68%Over 9.558%
  • 58%Over 10.547%
  • 42%Over 11.537%

Cards

CelticRangers
  • 1.05Cards for2.11
  • 2.26Cards against2.42
  • 3.32Match total4.53
  • 58%Over 2.574%
  • 42%Over 3.563%
  • 21%Over 4.553%
  • 16%Over 5.542%
  • 9.84Fouls committed11.68
Referee this season
B Madden
Matches
23
Cards / match
3.26
23 matches
Over 3.5 cards
30%
23 matches
Over 4.5 cards
17%
23 matches
Fouls / match
24.96
23 matches

The table, 2018-19

#ClubPGDPts
1Celtic385787
2Rangers385578
3Kilmarnock381967
4Aberdeen381367
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