Celtic 3-2 Rangers: result and report

Premiership · Sunday 27 April 2008

Result

Celtic 3-2 Rangers

Premiership · Sunday 27 April 2008, 11:30 UTC · half-time 2-2

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Celtic 3-2 Rangers: match report

Celtic beat Rangers 3-2 in the Premiership on Sunday 27 April 2008. It was 2-2 at half-time.

S. McDonald opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Celtic's goals came from S. McDonald (4'), S. McDonald (43') and B. Robson (70'). Rangers scored through D. Weir (17') and Daniel Cousin (29').

Discipline: Celtic received 4 yellow cards; Rangers received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Celtic were 1st on 77 points from 33 and Rangers 2nd on 75 points from 31. 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 4 Celtic wins, 2 draws and 4 for Rangers.

Going into the match Celtic's last five read W-W-W-L-W and Rangers's L-D-W-W-W.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · S. McDonaldCeltic · 1-0
  • 17'Goal · D. WeirRangers · 1-1
  • 18'Yellow card · B. RobsonCeltic
  • 29'Goal · Daniel CousinRangers · 1-2
  • 34'Yellow card · P. HartleyCeltic
  • 43'Goal · S. McDonaldCeltic · 2-2
  • 55'Yellow card · Lee NaylorCeltic
  • 58'Yellow card · Jan Vennegoor of HesselinkCeltic
  • 69'Yellow card · Stefano CeciRangers
  • 70'Goal · B. RobsonCeltic · 3-2
  • 80'Yellow card · Steven WhittakerRangers
  • 90'Second yellow · Steven WhittakerRangers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Celtic 4, draws 2, Rangers 4.

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