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Celtic v Rangers, Scottish Premiership, Sat, 30 Dec 2023: statistics and head to head

2023-24. Sat, 30 Dec 2023

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

Celtic won by 1 goal.

WWWWWLeague form, oldest to newestWWLWD

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 9 scored away results stored in 2023-24. Statistical pre-kickoff PPG: Celtic at home: 2.30 points per match (10 measured matches); Rangers away: 2.44 points per match (9 measured matches). Observed points use 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss, before official adjustments. Celtic scored 2.50 per home match (10 measured matches); Rangers scored 2.00 away (9). The competition's pooled scoring average was 1.20 per club appearance across 224 measured appearances. Both sides scored in 6 of 19 pooled club appearances (31.6%). A shared fixture counts once for each club's record. Earlier stored meetings: 10. Celtic: 5 wins; Rangers: 3 wins; draws: 2.

Only scored source results before the recorded kickoff enter this statistical brief; same-day records with unknown kickoff order are excluded.

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
  • 12Shots14
  • 5Shots on target3
  • 4Corners2
  • 18Fouls14
  • 7Yellow cards3
  • 0Red cards1

From shots to goals

Celtic

  • Shots12
  • On target5
  • Goals2

42% of shots on target, 40% of those scored.

Rangers

  • Shots14
  • On target3
  • Goals1

21% of shots on target, 33% 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.

10 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.

5
Celtic wins
2
Draws
3
Rangers wins
Goals / meeting
3.10
31 goals in 10 meetings
Both scored
50%
5 of 10 meetings
Over 1.5
80%
8 of 10 meetings
Over 2.5
70%
7 of 10 meetings
Over 3.5
40%
4 of 10 meetings
Celtic clean sheets
30%
3 of 10 meetings
Rangers clean sheets
20%
2 of 10 meetings
Corners / meeting
9.20
10 with corner data
Cards / meeting
4.00
10 with card data
  1. Rangers v CelticSun, 3 Sept 2023 · Scottish Premiership 2023-240–1HT 0–1
  2. Rangers v CelticSat, 13 May 2023 · Scottish Premiership 2022-233–0HT 2–0
  3. Celtic v RangersSat, 8 Apr 2023 · Scottish Premiership 2022-233–2HT 1–1
  4. Rangers v CelticMon, 2 Jan 2023 · Scottish Premiership 2022-232–2HT 0–1
  5. Celtic v RangersSat, 3 Sept 2022 · Scottish Premiership 2022-234–0HT 3–0
  6. Celtic v RangersSun, 1 May 2022 · Scottish Premiership 2021-221–1HT 1–0
  7. Rangers v CelticSun, 3 Apr 2022 · Scottish Premiership 2021-221–2HT 1–2
  8. Celtic v RangersWed, 2 Feb 2022 · Scottish Premiership 2021-223–0HT 3–0
  9. Rangers v CelticSun, 29 Aug 2021 · Scottish Premiership 2021-221–0HT 0–0
  10. Rangers v CelticSun, 2 May 2021 · Scottish Premiership 2020-214–1HT 2–1

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 50%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 95%
    Over 0.5 goals
    League 93%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 84%
    Over 1.5 goals
    League 77%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 61%
    Over 2.5 goals
    League 54%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 26%
    Over 3.5 goals
    League 31%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 21%
    Over 4.5 goals
    League 14%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 3.0
    Avg total goals
    League 2.76
    19 + 19 matches
  • 82%
    1st half over 0.5
    League 71%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 39%
    1st half over 1.5
    League 31%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 12.3
    Corners per match
    League 10.95
    19 + 19 matches
  • 79%
    Corners over 8.5
    League 70%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 79%
    Corners over 9.5
    League 64%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 71%
    Corners over 10.5
    League 53%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 3.4
    Cards per match
    League 3.72
    19 + 19 matches
  • 53%
    Cards over 3.5
    League 54%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 18%
    Cards over 4.5
    League 30%
    19 + 19 matches

Stored season context, 2023-24

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, 2023-24

Home and awayOverall
Celtic at home, Rangers away
Celtic (home)Rangers (away)
1Position2
WWWWWLast 5, oldest to newestLDWLD
19Played19
2.53Points per match2.05
79%Win %63%
2.63Scored / match1.89
0.79Conceded / match0.74
3.42Avg total goals2.63
58%Both scored37%
37%Clean sheets58%
11%Failed to score11%
–xG for–
–xG against–

Half by half

CelticRangers
  • 1.371st half scored / match0.84
  • 0.321st half conceded / match0.37
  • 1.262nd half scored / match1.05
  • 0.472nd half conceded / match0.37
  • 58%Leading at half-time58%
  • 74%1st half over 0.590%
  • 53%1st half over 1.526%
  • 79%2nd half over 0.568%
  • 58%2nd half over 1.537%
  • 53%Scored in both halves42%

Goals, shots, corners and cards

Celtic at home, Rangers away, this season.

Goals

CelticRangers
  • 2.63Scored / match1.89
  • 0.79Conceded / match0.74
  • 3.42Match total / match2.63
  • 90%Scored 1+90%
  • 74%Scored 2+63%
  • 63%Conceded 1+42%
  • 16%Conceded 2+21%
  • 90%Match over 1.579%
  • 68%Match over 2.553%
  • 37%Match over 3.516%

Shots and xG

CelticRangers
  • 19.42Shots for18.58
  • 6.37Shots against8.95
  • 7.63On target for6.16
  • 1.89On target against2.84
  • 14%Shot conversion10%

Corners

CelticRangers
  • 10.79Corners for6.79
  • 3.11Corners against3.89
  • 13.89Match total10.68
  • 95%Over 7.579%
  • 95%Over 8.563%
  • 95%Over 9.563%
  • 84%Over 10.558%
  • 79%Over 11.547%

Cards

CelticRangers
  • 1.16Cards for1.16
  • 2.05Cards against2.53
  • 3.21Match total3.68
  • 63%Over 2.563%
  • 47%Over 3.558%
  • 11%Over 4.526%
  • 5%Over 5.511%
  • 9.21Fouls committed10.89
Referee this season
N Walsh
Matches
20
Cards / match
4.80
20 matches
Over 3.5 cards
75%
20 matches
Over 4.5 cards
50%
20 matches
Fouls / match
26.30
20 matches

The table, 2023-24

#ClubPGDPts
1Celtic386593
2Rangers385585
3Hearts381268
4Kilmarnock38256
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