Rangers 4-2 Celtic: result and report

Premiership · Sunday 18 September 2011

Result

Rangers 4-2 Celtic

Premiership · Sunday 18 September 2011, 11:30 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Rangers 4-2 Celtic: match report

Rangers beat Celtic 4-2 in the Premiership on Sunday 18 September 2011. The half-time score was 1-2.

S. Naismith opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Rangers's goals came from S. Naismith (22'), Nikica Jelavić (55'), Kyle Lafferty (67') and S. Naismith (90+2'). Celtic scored through G. Hooper (34') and Badr El Kaddouri (41').

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

Going into the game Rangers were 1st on 16 points from 6 and Celtic 2nd on 15 points from 6. Rangers went on to finish that season 2nd with 83 points, and Celtic 1st with 93.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Rangers wins, 4 draws and 3 for Celtic.

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Yellow card · Charlie MulgrewCeltic
  • 22'Goal · S. NaismithRangers · 1-0
  • 34'Goal · G. HooperCeltic · 1-1
  • 41'Goal · Badr El KaddouriCeltic · 1-2
  • 54'Yellow card · Mark WilsonCeltic
  • 55'Goal · Nikica JelavićRangers · 2-2
  • 67'Goal · Kyle LaffertyRangers · 3-2
  • 75'Second yellow · Charlie MulgrewCeltic
  • 77'Yellow card · Steven WhittakerRangers
  • 90+2'Goal · S. NaismithRangers · 4-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Rangers 3, draws 4, Celtic 3.

Team news

Rangers line-up (4-4-2)

Allan McGregor, Sasa Papac, Steven Whittaker, Carlos Bocanegra, Maurice Edu, Steven Davis, Gregg Wylde, Nikica Jelavić, Kyle Lafferty, Steven Naismith, Dorin Nicolae Goian

Celtic line-up (4-4-2)

Fraser Forster, Badr El Kaddouri, Kelvin Wilson, Charlie Mulgrew, Glenn Loovens, Sung-yueng Ki, Beram Kayal, Georgios Samaras, Gary Hooper, Scott Brown, Mark Wilson