Rangers vs Celtic Prediction, Betting Tips and Preview
Rangers take on Celtic in Scottish Premiership action this Sunday. Read the match predictions to find out why we’ve tipped an away win at Ibrox Stadium.
Glasgow Rangers FC v Celtic FC TIPS
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Rangers vs Celtic Preview
The biggest match of the Scottish Premiership season sees Rangers host Celtic in the Old Firm clash. It’s the biggest meeting these two sides have had in a few years since Rangers were demoted into the fourth tier of Scottish League football and have since climbed their way back up to the top to rival for the Premiership title.
Rangers have performed above expectations this term and if they succeed in taking all three points on Sunday, they will be within just three points of their rivals, albeit with a slightly poorer goal difference. Nevertheless, this is a huge game for the Gers and even if they don’t go on to win the title, they’ll be happy with taking down their rivals for the first time since 2012.
Rangers have won nine of their last ten in the league and have built a momentum that will give them confidence going into Sunday’s clash. The two sides will also meet in the Scottish Cup semi-finals where there will be another opportunity for one side to get one over on their rivals. Graeme Murty’s side currently have the best offensive record in the Scottish Premiership and have found the net an impressive 21 times in their last five games, averaging 4.2 goals per game. They will be confident of finding the net on Sunday despite the visitors boasting the best defensive record in the league.
Celtic are at home at the top of the table but are feeling the pressure from Sunday’s rivals. Victory on Sunday would widen the gap at the top to nine points which should be enough breathing space to see them retain their title.
Despite having the best defensive record in the league at home and on the road, the visitors have been leaking goals recently when not on home turf. Score-draws away to Motherwell and Hibernian as well as defeats at Hearts, Kilmarnock and Zenit St.Petersburg in the Europa League mean that Brendan Rodgers’s side have picked up just three wins in their last eight games across all competitions. Their inability to keep out goals will worry Rodgers given the scoring form the hosts are in and his back four will have to improve if they are going to contain them on Sunday.
Rangers vs Celtic Betting Tips
- Rangers have won 9 drawn 0 and lost 1 of their last 10 matches
- Celtic have won 7 drawn 1 and lost 2 of their last 10 matches
- Over the course of their previous 10 matches, Rangers have scored an average of 3.1 goals and conceded an average of 0.9 goals per game
- Over the course of their previous 10 matches, Celtic have scored an average of 1.5 goals and conceded an average of 0.8 goals per game
- There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 7 of Rangers’s previous 10 matches
- There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 5 of Celtic’s previous 10 matches
Rangers vs Celtic Predictions
This is the most exciting fixture we’ve had between these two sides in many years and a win for Rangers would see them just three points adrift of the hosts. The Gers have been scoring for fun lately and it would be unwise not to back them finding the net. However, Celtic have averaged exactly two goals per game this term and despite a blip in recent form on the road, we can see them also grabbing at least a goal. For betting, both teams to score seems to have the best value and with Rangers needing to pick up maximum points to keep the pressure on the visitors, we can see an open game with more than a goal from each side and so over 2.5 goals is expected. Celtic’s Moussa Dembele has picked up three goals in his last two games and we’re backing the visitors to make it 13 games unbeaten by Rangers with a tight win.
Team Lineups
| Rangers | Celtic |
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| 4-2-3-1 | 4-2-3-1 |
| Goalkeeper | |
| Wesley Foderingham |
Scott Bain |
| Defenders | |
| David Bates Bruno Alves Declan John James Tavernier |
Jozo Simunovic Kristoffer Vassbakk Ajer Kieran Tierney Dedryck Boyata |
| Midfielders | |
| Daniel Candeias Josh Windass Jamie Murphy Greg Docherty Sean Goss |
James Forrest Tom Rogic Callum McGregor Scott Brown Olivier Ntcham |
| Forwards | |
| Alfredo Morelos |
Moussa Dembele |
| Substitutes | |
| Fabio Cardoso Jak Alnwick Kenny Miller Jason Cummings Eduardo Herrera Andrew Halliday Jason Holt |
Jack Hendry Charly Musonda Patrick Roberts Ross Doohan Scott Sinclair Stuart Armstrong Odsonne Edouard |
| Coach | |
| Graeme Murty |
Brendan Rodgers |
RECENT Head To Head
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Head to Head Statistics
Last5 matches
| Rangers | Celtic |
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| Wins | |
| 0 | 3 |
| Corners | |
| 11 | 21 |
| Fouls | |
| 46 | 38 |
| Shots | |
| 26 | 45 |
| Shots on Target | |
| 14 | 21 |
| Yellow Cards | |
| 10 | 8 |
| Red Cards | |
| 0 | 0 |
The Old Firm clash has seen both sides dominate in different eras but it has been Celtic who have had the most success over the past few years. Rangers haven’t beaten Celtic over 90 minutes in their last 11 meetings and you have to go all the way back to 2012 to find the Gers last victory. However, Rangers’ demotion into the fourth tier of Scottish League Football in 2012 had a big impact on this and it seems they are close to getting back to where they once were.
Celtic won this fixture at Ibrox Stadium earlier in the season 2-0. Two goals in the second half by Tom Rogic and Leigh Griffiths gave the visitors victory and all three points against their rivals.
LiveRangers vCeltic Updates
| Josh Windass | 3' |
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| 11' | Tom Rogic | |
| in Fabio Cardoso out David Bates | 15' |
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| Daniel Candeias | 26' |
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| 45' | Moussa Dembele | |
| Sean Goss | 45' |
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| Daniel Candeias | 45' |
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| Fabio Cardoso | 52' |
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| 57' | Jozo Simunovic | |
| 60' | in Jack Hendry out Tom Rogic | |
| 67' | out James Forrest in Odsonne Edouard | |
| 69' | Odsonne Edouard | |
| out Sean Goss in Jason Cummings | 74' |
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| 78' | Moussa Dembele | |
| 80' | Scott Bain | |
| 86' | in Stuart Armstrong out Moussa Dembele | |
| 90' | Olivier Ntcham |
Compare Odds
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| Over 3.5 | 3 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.88 | 3 | ||
| Under 0.5 | 12 | 8.25 | 12 | 12 | 9 | ||||
| Over 4.5 | 6 | 5.25 | 5.8 | 6 | 6.2 | 5.5 | |||
| Under 6.5 | 1.01 | 1.02 | 1 | 1.01 | |||||
| Over 6.5 | 26 | 34 | 35.97 | 15 | |||||
| Under 7.5 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Over 5.5 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 14.01 | 10 | 2 | ||
| Under 5.5 | 1.04 | 1.03 | 1.05 | 1.02 | 1.04 | 1.04 | 1.73 | ||
| Under 4.5 | 1.12 | 1.13 | 1.13 | 1.11 | 1.14 | 1.14 | |||
| Over 7.5 | 81 | 81 | |||||||
| Over 0.5 | 1.05 | 1.04 | 1.06 | 1.02 | 1.05 | ||||
| Under 3.5 | 1.36 | 1.36 | 1.36 | 1.35 | 1.39 | 1.4 | 1.36 | ||
| Under 2.5 | 2 | 1.9 | 1.95 | 1.95 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Over 1.5 | 1.25 | 1.26 | 1.29 | 1.25 | 1.27 | 1.25 | 1.25 | ||
| Under 1.5 | 3.75 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.75 | 3.95 | 3.75 | 3.75 | ||
| Over 2.5 | 1.85 | 1.8 | 1.83 | 1.8 | 1.84 | 1.8 | 1.73 | ||
| Under 8.5 | 1 | ||||||||
| Over 8.5 | 201 |
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| Yes | 1.66 | 1.65 | 1.67 | 1.65 | 1.59 | 1.67 | 1.62 | ||
| No | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.15 | 2.18 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
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| Draw - Glasgow Rangers FC | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7.5 | 8.5 | ||||
| Glasgow Rangers FC - Glasgow Rangers FC | 5 | 5.75 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 5.5 | ||||
| Draw - Celtic FC | 5.5 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.5 | ||||
| Draw - Draw | 5.5 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.5 | ||||
| Celtic FC - Celtic FC | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.5 | ||||
| Celtic FC - Draw | 15 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 15 | ||||
| Celtic FC - Glasgow Rangers FC | 29 | 34 | 23.98 | 26 | 34 | ||||
| Glasgow Rangers FC - Draw | 15 | 15 | 13.5 | 13 | 15 | ||||
| Glasgow Rangers FC - Celtic FC | 23 | 26 | 21.01 | 21 | 26 |
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| Glasgow Rangers FC | 3.25 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.3 | ||
| Draw | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.35 | 3.4 | 3.4 | ||
| Celtic FC | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.25 | 2.25 | 2.26 | 2.15 | 2.15 |
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