Rangers 1-0 Celtic: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 9 May 2009

Result

Rangers 1-0 Celtic

Premiership · Saturday 9 May 2009, 11:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Rangers 1-0 Celtic: match report

Rangers beat Celtic 1-0 in the Premiership on Saturday 9 May 2009. The half-time score was 1-0.

The only goal came from Steven Davis of Rangers in the 37th minute.

Discipline: Rangers received 3 yellow cards; Celtic received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Rangers were 2nd on 76 points from 34 and Celtic 1st on 77 points from 34. 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-W-W-W-W and Celtic's W-W-D-W-W.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Yellow card · P. HartleyCeltic
  • 37'Goal · Steven DavisRangers · 1-0
  • 39'Yellow card · S. SmithRangers
  • 71'Yellow card · Kyle LaffertyRangers
  • 71'Yellow card · Kenny MillerRangers
  • 89'Yellow card · Gary CaldwellCeltic
  • 90'Yellow card · Lee NaylorCeltic

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