Rangers 0-1 Celtic: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 27 December 2008

Result

Rangers 0-1 Celtic

Premiership · Saturday 27 December 2008, 12:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Rangers 0-1 Celtic: match report

Rangers were beaten by Celtic 0-1 in the Premiership on Saturday 27 December 2008. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from S. McDonald of Celtic in the 58th minute.

Discipline: Rangers received 1 yellow card; Celtic received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Rangers were 2nd on 43 points from 19 and Celtic 1st on 47 points from 19. Rangers went on to finish that season 1st with 86 points, and Celtic 2nd with 82.

Rangers lined up in a 4-5-1 and Celtic in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Rangers wins, 2 draws and 3 for Celtic.

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 28'Yellow card · Charlie AdamRangers
  • 38'Yellow card · Lee NaylorCeltic
  • 55'Yellow card · Gary CaldwellCeltic
  • 58'Goal · S. McDonaldCeltic · 0-1

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Rangers expected line-up (4-5-1)

Ronald Waterreus, Alan Hutton, Sotirios Kyrgiakos, Julien Rodriguez, Fernando Ricksen, Hamed Namouchi, Peter Rosenkrands Løvenkrands, Barry Ferguson, Brahim Hemdani, C. Burke, Ian Murray

Celtic expected line-up (4-4-2)

Stephen McManus, Barry Robson, Georgios Samaras, Artur Boruc, Scott Brown, G. Caldwell, Andreas Hinkel, Mark Wilson, Shunsuke Nakamura, Shaun Maloney, Paul Hartley