Celtic 1-1 Rangers: result and report

Premiership · Sunday 3 January 2010

Result

Celtic 1-1 Rangers

Premiership · Sunday 3 January 2010, 12:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Celtic 1-1 Rangers: match report

Celtic drew with Rangers 1-1 in the Premiership on Sunday 3 January 2010. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Scott McDonald opened the scoring in the 79th minute. Celtic's goal came from Scott McDonald (79'). Rangers scored through Lee McCulloch (81').

Discipline: Celtic received no yellow cards; Rangers received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Celtic were 2nd on 34 points from 17 and Rangers 1st on 37 points from 18. Celtic went on to finish that season 1st with 79 points, and Rangers 2nd with 75.

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-W-W and Rangers's W-W-W-W-W.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 31'Yellow card · Kyle LaffertyRangers
  • 54'Yellow card · Kris BoydRangers
  • 62'Yellow card · Steven WhittakerRangers
  • 72'Yellow card · David WeirRangers
  • 79'Goal · Scott McDonaldCeltic · 1-0
  • 81'Goal · Lee McCullochRangers · 1-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Celtic 3, draws 2, Rangers 5.

Team news

Celtic line-up

Danny Fox, Glenn Loovens, Landry N'Guemo, Marc Crosas, Barry Robson, Aiden McGeady, Georgios Samaras, Marc-Antoine Fortune, Artur Boruc, Andreas Hinkel, G. Caldwell

Rangers expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Allan McGregor, Sasa Papac, Steven Whittaker, Steven Davis, Kevin Thomson, Steven Naismith, David Weir, Lee McCulloch, Kenny Miller, Madjid Bougherra