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Rangers v Celtic, Scottish Premiership, Sun, 29 Aug 2021: statistics and head to head

2021-22. Sun, 29 Aug 2021

RangersHome
10Full time, half-time 0–0
CelticAway

Rangers won by 1 goal.

WDWWWLeague form, oldest to newestWDWDW

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

Stored context before this match

Before this match, Rangers have 1 scored home results and Celtic 1 scored away results stored in 2021-22. Statistical pre-kickoff PPG: Rangers at home: 3.00 points per match (1 measured matches); Celtic away: 0.00 points per match (1 measured matches). Observed points use 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss, before official adjustments. Rangers scored 3.00 per home match (1 measured match); Celtic scored 1.00 away (1). The competition's pooled scoring average was 1.48 per club appearance across 42 measured appearances. Both sides scored in 1 of 2 pooled club appearances (50.0%). A shared fixture counts once for each club's record. Earlier stored meetings: 10. Rangers: 6 wins; Celtic: 3 wins; draws: 1.

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 half00
Second half10

The match in numbers

RangersCeltic
  • 15Shots10
  • 4Shots on target3
  • 4Corners4
  • 9Fouls12
  • 0Yellow cards2
  • 0Red cards0

From shots to goals

Rangers

  • Shots15
  • On target4
  • Goals1

27% of shots on target, 25% of those scored.

Celtic

  • Shots10
  • On target3
  • Goals0

30% 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.

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.

6
Rangers wins
1
Draws
3
Celtic wins
Goals / meeting
2.20
22 goals in 10 meetings
Both scored
40%
4 of 10 meetings
Over 1.5
70%
7 of 10 meetings
Over 2.5
30%
3 of 10 meetings
Over 3.5
10%
1 of 10 meetings
Rangers clean sheets
40%
4 of 10 meetings
Celtic clean sheets
20%
2 of 10 meetings
Corners / meeting
12.90
10 with corner data
Cards / meeting
4.80
10 with card data
  1. Rangers v CelticSun, 2 May 2021 · Scottish Premiership 2020-214–1HT 2–1
  2. Celtic v RangersSun, 21 Mar 2021 · Scottish Premiership 2020-211–1HT 1–1
  3. Rangers v CelticSat, 2 Jan 2021 · Scottish Premiership 2020-211–0HT 0–0
  4. Celtic v RangersSat, 17 Oct 2020 · Scottish Premiership 2020-210–2HT 0–1
  5. Celtic v RangersSun, 29 Dec 2019 · Scottish Premiership 2019-201–2HT 1–1
  6. Rangers v CelticSun, 1 Sept 2019 · Scottish Premiership 2019-200–2HT 0–1
  7. Rangers v CelticSun, 12 May 2019 · Scottish Premiership 2018-192–0HT 1–0
  8. Celtic v RangersSun, 31 Mar 2019 · Scottish Premiership 2018-192–1HT 1–0
  9. Rangers v CelticSat, 29 Dec 2018 · Scottish Premiership 2018-191–0HT 1–0
  10. Celtic v RangersSun, 2 Sept 2018 · Scottish Premiership 2018-191–0HT 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
  • 50%
    Both teams scored
    League 49%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 95%
    Over 0.5 goals
    League 91%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 79%
    Over 1.5 goals
    League 71%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 55%
    Over 2.5 goals
    League 44%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 29%
    Over 3.5 goals
    League 24%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 13%
    Over 4.5 goals
    League 11%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 2.8
    Avg total goals
    League 2.47
    19 + 19 matches
  • 76%
    1st half over 0.5
    League 67%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 37%
    1st half over 1.5
    League 33%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 11.6
    Corners per match
    League 10.78
    19 + 19 matches
  • 76%
    Corners over 8.5
    League 72%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 71%
    Corners over 9.5
    League 60%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 63%
    Corners over 10.5
    League 51%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 3.9
    Cards per match
    League 4.05
    19 + 19 matches
  • 58%
    Cards over 3.5
    League 58%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 34%
    Cards over 4.5
    League 39%
    19 + 19 matches

Stored season context, 2021-22

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, 2021-22

Rangers at home, Celtic away
Rangers (home)Celtic (away)
2Position1
DWLWWLast 5, oldest to newestDWWWD
19Played19
2.42Points per match2.21
74%Win %68%
2.11Scored / match1.95
0.63Conceded / match0.84
2.74Avg total goals2.79
42%Both scored58%
58%Clean sheets32%
0%Failed to score21%
–xG for–
–xG against–

Half by half

RangersCeltic
  • 0.891st half scored / match1.21
  • 0.321st half conceded / match0.26
  • 1.212nd half scored / match0.74
  • 0.322nd half conceded / match0.58
  • 58%Leading at half-time68%
  • 74%1st half over 0.579%
  • 32%1st half over 1.542%
  • 90%2nd half over 0.574%
  • 42%2nd half over 1.542%
  • 42%Scored in both halves53%

Goals, shots, corners and cards

Rangers at home, Celtic away, this season.

Goals

RangersCeltic
  • 2.11Scored / match1.95
  • 0.63Conceded / match0.84
  • 2.74Match total / match2.79
  • 100%Scored 1+79%
  • 63%Scored 2+68%
  • 42%Conceded 1+68%
  • 21%Conceded 2+16%
  • 79%Match over 1.579%
  • 47%Match over 2.563%
  • 26%Match over 3.532%

Shots and xG

RangersCeltic
  • 21.74Shots for18.47
  • 5.47Shots against7.79
  • 6.89On target for6.32
  • 1.89On target against2.58
  • 10%Shot conversion11%

Corners

RangersCeltic
  • 8.58Corners for8.68
  • 2.63Corners against3.37
  • 11.21Match total12.05
  • 95%Over 7.595%
  • 68%Over 8.584%
  • 58%Over 9.584%
  • 42%Over 10.584%
  • 42%Over 11.568%

Cards

RangersCeltic
  • 1.32Cards for1.58
  • 2.95Cards against2.00
  • 4.26Match total3.58
  • 95%Over 2.568%
  • 68%Over 3.547%
  • 37%Over 4.532%
  • 11%Over 5.516%
  • 10.42Fouls committed12.32
Referee this season
K Clancy
Matches
17
Cards / match
5.06
17 matches
Over 3.5 cards
65%
17 matches
Over 4.5 cards
59%
17 matches
Fouls / match
25.18
17 matches

The table, 2021-22

#ClubPGDPts
1Celtic387093
2Rangers384989
3Hearts381061
4Livingston38-549
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