Celtic 2-1 Rangers: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 11 May 2024

Result

Celtic 2-1 Rangers

Premiership · Saturday 11 May 2024, 11:30 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Celtic 2-1 Rangers: match report

Celtic defeated Rangers 2-1 in the Premiership on Saturday 11 May 2024. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Matt O'Riley opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Celtic's goals came from Matt O'Riley (35') and an own goal by John Lundstram (38'). Rangers scored through Cyriel Dessers (40').

Discipline: Celtic received 3 yellow cards; Rangers received no yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Celtic were 1st on 84 points from 35 and Rangers 2nd on 81 points from 35. 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 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Matt O'Riley of Celtic (8.5), ahead of Callum McGregor (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Celtic wins, 2 draws and 1 for Rangers.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 35'Goal · Matt O'RileyCeltic · 1-0
  • 38'Own goal · John LundstramCeltic · 2-0
  • 39'Yellow card · Daizen MaedaCeltic
  • 40'Goal · Cyriel DessersRangers · 2-1
  • 45+2'Red card · John LundstramRangers
  • 45+4'Yellow card · Reo HatateCeltic
  • 55'Missed penalty · Matt O'RileyCeltic
  • 71'Yellow card · Callum McGregorCeltic

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Celtic 4, draws 2, Rangers 1.

Team news

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Celtic line-up (4-3-3)

Joe Hart, Alistair Johnston, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Liam Scales, Greg Taylor, Matt O'Riley, Callum McGregor, Reo Hatate, James Forrest, Kyogo Furuhashi, Daizen Maeda

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

Jack Butland, James Tavernier, John Souttar, Ben Davies, Giancarlo Riolfo, Mohamed Diomandé, John Lundstram, Dujon Sterling, Tom Lawrence, Fábio Silva, Cyriel Dessers