Rangers 0-2 Celtic: result and report
Premiership · Sunday 2 January 2011
Result
Rangers 0-2 Celtic
Premiership · Sunday 2 January 2011, 12:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
Rangers 0-2 Celtic: match report
Rangers were beaten by Celtic 0-2 in the Premiership on Sunday 2 January 2011. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Georgios Samaras opened the scoring in the 62nd minute. Rangers did not score. Celtic scored through Georgios Samaras (62') and Georgios Samaras (70', penalty).
Discipline: Rangers received 2 yellow cards; Celtic received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Rangers were 2nd on 41 points from 16 and Celtic 1st on 42 points from 18. Rangers went on to finish that season 1st with 93 points, and Celtic 2nd with 92.
Rangers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Celtic in a 4-4-1-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Rangers wins, 3 draws and 3 for Celtic.
Going into the match Rangers's last five read W-D-W-W-L and Celtic's W-W-D-D-D.
Key events
- 27'Yellow card · Madjid Bougherra
- 27'Yellow card · Charlie Mulgrew
- 62'Goal · Georgios Samaras
- 64'Yellow card · Georgios Samaras
- 70'Penalty goal · Georgios Samaras
- 77'Yellow card · Mark Wilson
- 81'Yellow card · Kyle Lafferty
- 85'Yellow card · B. Kayal
Head-to-head
Team news
Rangers line-up (4-4-2)
Allan McGregor, Sasa Papac, Richard Foster, Steven Whittaker, Steven Davis, Jamie Ness, Vladimír Weiss, David Weir, Lee McCulloch, Kenny Miller, Madjid Bougherra
Celtic line-up (4-4-1-1)
Fraser Forster, Emilio Arturo Izaguirre Girón, Daniel Majstorovic, Charlie Mulgrew, Thomas Rogne, Joe Ledley, Patrick McCourt, Beram Kayal, Georgios Samaras, James Forrest, Mark Wilson