Rangers 1-2 Celtic: result and report
Premiership · Saturday 31 December 2016
Result
Rangers 1-2 Celtic
Premiership · Saturday 31 December 2016, 12:15 UTC · half-time 1-1
Rangers 1-2 Celtic: match report
Rangers were beaten by Celtic 1-2 in the Premiership on Saturday 31 December 2016. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Kenny Miller opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Rangers's goal came from Kenny Miller (12'). Celtic scored through Moussa Dembélé (33') and Scott Sinclair (70').
Discipline: Rangers received 3 yellow cards; Celtic received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Rangers were 2nd on 41 points from 20 and Celtic 1st on 52 points from 19. Rangers went on to finish that season 3rd with 69 points, and Celtic 1st with 103.
Rangers lined up in a 3-5-2 and Celtic in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Rangers wins, 1 draw and 6 for Celtic.
Going into the match Rangers's last five read D-W-W-W-W and Celtic's W-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Kenny Miller
- 24'Yellow card · Scott Brown
- 33'Goal · Moussa Dembélé
- 45+5'Yellow card · Jozo Simunovic
- 52'Yellow card · Josh Windass
- 65'Yellow card · Mikael Lustig
- 70'Goal · Scott Sinclair
- 89'Yellow card · James Tavernier
- 90+2'Yellow card · D. Wilson
Head-to-head
Team news
Rangers line-up (3-5-2)
Wes Foderingham, James Tavernier, Clint Hill, Robert Kiernan, Danny Wilson, Andy Halliday, J. Holt, Joe Garner, Kenny Miller, Barrie McKay, Josh Windass
Celtic line-up (4-2-3-1)
Craig Gordon, Emilio Arturo Izaguirre Girón, Jozo Simunovic, Mikael Lustig, Erik Sviatchenko, Scott Brown, Scott Sinclair, Stuart Armstrong, Callum McGregor, James Forrest, Moussa Dembélé