Celtic 1-0 Rangers: result and report

Premiership · Sunday 2 September 2018

Result

Celtic 1-0 Rangers

Premiership · Sunday 2 September 2018, 11:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Celtic 1-0 Rangers: match report

Celtic defeated Rangers 1-0 in the Premiership on Sunday 2 September 2018. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Olivier Ntcham of Celtic in the 62nd minute.

Discipline: Celtic received 2 yellow cards; Rangers received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Celtic were 5th on 6 points from 3 and Rangers 7th on 5 points from 3. Celtic went on to finish that season 1st with 87 points, and Rangers 2nd with 78.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Celtic wins, 2 draws and 1 for Rangers.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Yellow card · Scott BrownCeltic
  • 29'Yellow card · Borna BarisicRangers
  • 37'Yellow card · Odsonne EdouardCeltic
  • 50'Yellow card · Allan McGregorRangers
  • 62'Goal · Olivier NtchamCeltic · 1-0
  • 70'Yellow card · Alfredo MorelosRangers
  • 85'Yellow card · Connor GoldsonRangers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Celtic 7, draws 2, Rangers 1.

Team news

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

Craig Gordon, Germán Gonzalo Cabrera, Mikael Lustig, Kristoffer Ajer, Kieran Tierney, Scott Brown, Tom Rogić, Olivier Ntcham, Callum McGregor, James Forrest, Odsonne Édouard

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

Allan McGregor, James Tavernier, Connor Goldson, Nikola Katic, Giancarlo Riolfo, Ryan Jack, Ovie Ejaria, Ryan Kent, Scott Arfield, Kyle Lafferty, Alfredo Morelos