Celtic 5-1 Rangers: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 10 September 2016

Result

Celtic 5-1 Rangers

Premiership · Saturday 10 September 2016, 11:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Celtic 5-1 Rangers: match report

Celtic beat Rangers 5-1 in the Premiership on Saturday 10 September 2016. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Moussa Dembélé opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Celtic's goals came from Moussa Dembélé (33'), Moussa Dembélé (42'), Scott Sinclair (61'), Moussa Dembélé (83') and Stuart Armstrong (90+2'). Rangers scored through Joe Garner (44').

Discipline: Celtic received 4 yellow cards; Rangers received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Celtic were 4th on 6 points from 3 and Rangers 1st on 10 points from 4. Celtic went on to finish that season 1st with 103 points, and Rangers 3rd with 69.

Celtic lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Rangers in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Celtic wins, 1 draw and 4 for Rangers.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Yellow card · N. BittonCeltic
  • 29'Yellow card · Niko KranjčarRangers
  • 33'Goal · Moussa DembéléCeltic · 1-0
  • 42'Goal · Moussa DembéléCeltic · 2-0
  • 44'Goal · Joe GarnerRangers · 2-1
  • 49'Yellow card · Kolo TouréCeltic
  • 61'Goal · Scott SinclairCeltic · 3-1
  • 63'Yellow card · Philippe SenderosRangers
  • 68'Yellow card · R. KiernanRangers
  • 75'Second yellow · Philippe SenderosRangers
  • 80'Yellow card · P. RobertsCeltic
  • 83'Goal · Moussa DembéléCeltic · 4-1
  • 84'Yellow card · Moussa DembéléCeltic
  • 90+2'Goal · Stuart ArmstrongCeltic · 5-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Celtic 5, draws 1, Rangers 4.

Team news

Celtic line-up (4-2-3-1)

Dorus De Vries, Kolo Touré, Mikael Lustig, Erik Sviatchenko, Kieran Tierney, Nir Bitton, Scott Brown, Scott Sinclair, Tom Rogić, James Forrest, Moussa Dembélé

Rangers line-up (4-3-3)

Wes Foderingham, James Tavernier, Robert Kiernan, Philippe Senderos, Lee Wallace, Joey Barton, Niko Kranjčar, Joe Garner, Kenny Miller, Barrie McKay, Josh Windass