Celtic 2-1 Rangers: result and report
Premiership · Wednesday 16 April 2008
Result
Celtic 2-1 Rangers
Premiership · Wednesday 16 April 2008, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Celtic 2-1 Rangers: match report
Celtic beat Rangers 2-1 in the Premiership on Wednesday 16 April 2008. The half-time score was 1-0.
Shunsuke Nakamura opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Celtic's goals came from Shunsuke Nakamura (20') and Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink (90+3'). Rangers scored through Nacho Novo (55').
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Celtic were 2nd on 71 points from 31 and Rangers 1st on 75 points from 30. Celtic went on to finish that season 1st with 89 points, and Rangers 2nd with 86.
Celtic lined up in a 4-5-1 and Rangers in a 4-5-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Celtic wins, 2 draws and 5 for Rangers.
Going into the match Celtic's last five read W-L-W-D-W and Rangers's D-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 20'Goal · Shunsuke Nakamura
- 55'Goal · Nacho Novo
- 90+3'Goal · Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink
Head-to-head
Team news
Celtic expected line-up (4-5-1)
Stephen McManus, Lee Naylor, Aiden McGeady, Massimo Donati, Scott McDonald, Artur Boruc, Jirí Jarosík, G. Caldwell, Paul Hartley, Scott Brown
Rangers expected line-up (4-5-1)
Ronald Waterreus, Alan Hutton, Sotirios Kyrgiakos, Julien Rodriguez, Fernando Ricksen, Hamed Namouchi, Peter Rosenkrands Løvenkrands, Barry Ferguson, Brahim Hemdani, C. Burke, Ian Murray