Celtic 2-1 Rangers: result and report
Premiership · Saturday 30 December 2023
Result
Celtic 2-1 Rangers
Premiership · Saturday 30 December 2023, 12:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
Celtic 2-1 Rangers: match report
Celtic beat Rangers 2-1 in the Premiership on Saturday 30 December 2023. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Paulo Bernardo opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Celtic's goals came from Paulo Bernardo (25') and Kyogo Furuhashi (47'). Rangers scored through James Tavernier (88').
Discipline: Celtic received 7 yellow cards; Rangers received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Celtic were 1st on 48 points from 20 and Rangers 2nd on 43 points from 18. Celtic went on to finish that season 1st with 93 points, and Rangers 2nd with 85.
Celtic lined up in a 4-3-3 and Rangers in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to James Tavernier of Rangers (8.5), ahead of Kyogo Furuhashi (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Celtic wins, 1 draw and 1 for Rangers.
Going into the match Celtic's last five read W-W-L-L-W and Rangers's W-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 17'Yellow card · Alistair Johnston
- 25'Goal · Paulo Bernardo
- 27'Yellow card · Paulo Bernardo
- 38'Yellow card · Philippe Clement
- 40'Yellow card · Matt O'Riley
- 47'Goal · Kyogo Furuhashi
- 59'Yellow card · Dujon Sterling
- 71'Red card · Leon Balogun
- 80'Yellow card · David Turnbull
- 85'Yellow card · Callum McGregor
- 87'Yellow card · Maik Nawrocki
- 88'Goal · James Tavernier
- 90+9'Yellow card · Connor Goldson
- 90+9'Yellow card · Hyeon-gyu Oh
- 90+9'Yellow card · John Souttar
Head-to-head
Team news
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Celtic line-up (4-3-3)
Joe Hart, Alistair Johnston, Stephen Welsh, Liam Scales, Greg Taylor, Matt O'Riley, Callum McGregor, Paulo Bernardo, Daizen Maeda, Kyogo Furuhashi, Luis Palma
Rangers line-up (4-3-3)
Jack Butland, James Tavernier, Connor Goldson, Leon Balogun, Rıdvan Yılmaz, Dujon Sterling, John Lundstram, Ross McCausland, Todd Cantwell, Abdallah Sima, Cyriel Dessers