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Rangers v Celtic, Scottish Premiership, Sun, 11 Mar 2018: statistics and head to head

2017-18. Sun, 11 Mar 2018

RangersHome
23Full time, half-time 2–2
CelticAway

Celtic won by 1 goal.

WLWDDLeague form, oldest to newestLWWDL

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

Stored context before this match

Before this match, Rangers have 14 scored home results and Celtic 14 scored away results stored in 2017-18. Statistical pre-kickoff PPG: Rangers at home: 1.64 points per match (14 measured matches); Celtic away: 2.29 points per match (14 measured matches). Observed points use 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss, before official adjustments. Rangers scored 1.64 per home match (14 measured matches); Celtic scored 1.86 away (14). The competition's pooled scoring average was 1.32 per club appearance across 346 measured appearances. Both sides scored in 10 of 28 pooled club appearances (35.7%). A shared fixture counts once for each club's record. Earlier stored meetings: 2. Rangers: 0 wins; Celtic: 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 half22
Second half01

The match in numbers

RangersCeltic
  • 13Shots11
  • 5Shots on target6
  • 3Corners8
  • 14Fouls16
  • 3Yellow cards3
  • 0Red cards1

From shots to goals

Rangers

  • Shots13
  • On target5
  • Goals2

38% of shots on target, 40% of those scored.

Celtic

  • Shots11
  • On target6
  • Goals3

55% of shots on target, 50% 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.

2 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.

0
Rangers wins
1
Draws
1
Celtic wins
Goals / meeting
1.00
2 goals in 2 meetings · small sample
Both scored
0%
0 of 2 meetings · small sample
Over 1.5
50%
1 of 2 meetings · small sample
Over 2.5
0%
0 of 2 meetings · small sample
Over 3.5
0%
0 of 2 meetings · small sample
Rangers clean sheets
50%
1 of 2 meetings · small sample
Celtic clean sheets
100%
2 of 2 meetings · small sample
Corners / meeting
12.00
2 with corner data · small sample
Cards / meeting
4.50
2 with card data · small sample
  1. Celtic v RangersSat, 30 Dec 2017 · Scottish Premiership 2017-180–0HT 0–0
  2. 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.

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.

Rangers at home, Celtic away
  • 42%
    Both teams scored
    League 51%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 95%
    Over 0.5 goals
    League 92%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 82%
    Over 1.5 goals
    League 76%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 53%
    Over 2.5 goals
    League 49%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 29%
    Over 3.5 goals
    League 25%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 13%
    Over 4.5 goals
    League 11%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 2.7
    Avg total goals
    League 2.61
    19 + 19 matches
  • 66%
    1st half over 0.5
    League 72%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 32%
    1st half over 1.5
    League 31%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 10.6
    Corners per match
    League 10.31
    19 + 19 matches
  • 68%
    Corners over 8.5
    League 68%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 61%
    Corners over 9.5
    League 57%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 47%
    Corners over 10.5
    League 46%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 4.1
    Cards per match
    League 3.90
    19 + 19 matches
  • 47%
    Cards over 3.5
    League 55%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 40%
    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

Rangers at home, Celtic away
Rangers (home)Celtic (away)
3Position1
LLWWWLast 5, oldest to newestWDWLW
19Played19
1.68Points per match2.21
53%Win %68%
1.68Scored / match1.84
1.05Conceded / match0.84
2.74Avg total goals2.68
42%Both scored42%
42%Clean sheets47%
21%Failed to score16%
–xG for–
–xG against–

Half by half

RangersCeltic
  • 0.681st half scored / match0.79
  • 0.371st half conceded / match0.42
  • 1.002nd half scored / match1.05
  • 0.682nd half conceded / match0.42
  • 37%Leading at half-time37%
  • 63%1st half over 0.568%
  • 26%1st half over 1.537%
  • 95%2nd half over 0.584%
  • 53%2nd half over 1.547%
  • 37%Scored in both halves42%

Goals, shots, corners and cards

Rangers at home, Celtic away, this season.

Goals

RangersCeltic
  • 1.68Scored / match1.84
  • 1.05Conceded / match0.84
  • 2.74Match total / match2.68
  • 79%Scored 1+84%
  • 58%Scored 2+63%
  • 58%Conceded 1+53%
  • 32%Conceded 2+21%
  • 84%Match over 1.579%
  • 53%Match over 2.553%
  • 26%Match over 3.532%

Shots and xG

RangersCeltic
  • 14.26Shots for17.26
  • 8.58Shots against7.21
  • 4.89On target for6.47
  • 3.16On target against2.89
  • 12%Shot conversion11%

Corners

RangersCeltic
  • 8.00Corners for6.58
  • 3.53Corners against3.16
  • 11.53Match total9.74
  • 95%Over 7.574%
  • 79%Over 8.558%
  • 74%Over 9.547%
  • 58%Over 10.537%
  • 42%Over 11.526%

Cards

RangersCeltic
  • 1.84Cards for1.26
  • 2.68Cards against2.42
  • 4.53Match total3.68
  • 79%Over 2.574%
  • 53%Over 3.542%
  • 47%Over 4.532%
  • 32%Over 5.516%
  • 12.16Fouls committed9.42
Referee this season
W Collum
Matches
23
Cards / match
4.17
23 matches
Over 3.5 cards
61%
23 matches
Over 4.5 cards
39%
23 matches
Fouls / match
22.13
23 matches

The table, 2017-18

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