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Celtic v Rangers : Premiership match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 3rd Jan, 12:30 BST, Celtic Park, Glasgow

Danny Röhl will be hoping for a precious away win in the Premiership on Saturday lunch time, as he takes his Rangers side to the Celtic Park to visit Celtic and Martin O'Neill. Analysing both sides' last 20 Premiership matches, as well as baseline data within the competition and the market, to generate our percentage predictions. All the stats, including head to heads (H2H), are shown below, alongside odds.


In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Celtic
50%
--
Draw
24%
--
Rangers
26%
--
Draw 1-1
11%
--
Celtic 2-1
10%
--
Celtic 1-0
9%
--
Celtic 2-0
8%
--
Rangers 2-1
7%
--
Rangers 1-0
6%
--
Draw 2-2
6%
--
Celtic 3-1
6%
--
Draw 0-0
5%
--
Celtic 3-0
5%
--
Rangers 2-0
4%
--
Celtic 3-2
3%
--
Rangers 3-1
3%
--
Celtic 4-1
2%
--
Rangers 3-2
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
57%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
43%
--
Home 1st Goal
52%
--
Away 1st Goal
45%
--
No 1st Goal
3%
--
BTTS - Yes
58%
--
BTTS - No
42%
--
BTTS - Home Win
25%
--
BTTS - Draw
18%
--
BTTS - Away Win
14%
--
Home/draw
74%
--
Away/draw
50%
--
Home/away
77%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
80%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
21%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
34%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
66%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
18%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
82%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
8%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
92%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
95%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
5%
--
Home DNB
67%
--
Away DNB
43%
--
Celtic win to nil
25%
--
Rangers win to nil
12%
--
Win / draw / win Premiership table

Celtic have played 17 matches so far this season and lay in 2nd place in the Premiership league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 15 games against teams below in the table, having won 11, drawn 2 and lost 2 matches. They have kept 9 clean sheets and have failed to score in 3 fixtures. Celtic have outscored their opponents by 29 goals to 24 goals.

Home League Performance

Celtic have played 9 games at home winning 7, drawing 1 and losing 1 game. They have scored 20 goals, kept 6 clean sheets and conceded 5 goals at home.

Rangers are in 4th position in the Premiership on 29 points having played 17 matches so far this season. Rangers are winless in the 4 games they have played against teams above them in the table and have conceded in 3 of those games.

Away League Performance

1 of those games has been a losing match. They have conceded 8 goals and kept 3 clean sheets. They have scored 15 goals in total and found the back of the net in every game.

Performance against teams above them in the league

4 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 2 games, drawn 2 and won zero. Rangers have conceded 5 goals, scored 2, failed to score in 2 fixtures and have kept 1 clean sheet.

Won
Draw
Lost
Celtic
Rangers
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Hearts182241 
l
 
1-2A
l
 
3-1A
-
Jan 25
l
 
0-2A
l
 
2-1A
Feb 14
-
2
Celtic171535 
-
-
-
-
d
 
0-00-0
Jan 3
Mar 1
-
3
Motherwell181130 
w
 
3-2F
Dec 30
Mar 14
-
Dec 27
d
 
1-1F
-
Feb 11
4
Rangers17929 
Jan 3
d
 
0-00-0
-
Mar 1
-
-
-
-
5
Hibernian18825 
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
1-2F
Feb 21
-
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-1F
-
Feb 1
6
Aberdeen17-124 
w
 
3-1F
w
 
0-2F
-
Feb 4
Jan 6
Jan 11
Mar 21
-
7
Falkirk18-624 
w
 
4-0F
Jan 14
Feb 1
-
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1F
-
Apr 11
8
Dundee Utd18-321 
Jan 10
l
 
2-1F
-
Mar 21
d
 
2-2F
d
 
2-2A
Apr 4
-
9
St. Mirren16-717 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-1F
Apr 11
-
Dec 30
d
 
1-1A
-
Mar 14
10
Dundee18-1713 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-0A
-
Apr 4
d
 
1-1A
w
 
0-3F
Jan 25
-
11
Kilmarnock18-1612 
w
 
4-0F
w
 
1-2F
-
Feb 14
w
 
3-1F
w
 
0-3F
Feb 4
-
12
Livingston17-159 
w
 
3-0F
Dec 27
Feb 11
-
w
 
2-1F
w
 
1-2F
-
Feb 21
Championship Round
Relegation Round
Win / draw / win form
Celtic 2ND
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
57
Conceded
12
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
8 / 20
Clean sheets
12 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
16
D
2
L
2
Goals: Scored
38
Conceded
17
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
13
D
3
L
4
Rangers 4TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
44
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
20 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
0 / 20
Won
9
Draw
10
L
1
Goals: Scored
33
Conceded
18
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
9
Draw
9
L
2
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Celtic since 2016
Celtic
Rangers
Goals: Scored
36
16
Games: Scored
15 / 17
11 / 17
Clean sheets
6 / 17
2 / 17
CEL
10
D
4
RAN
3
League games at Rangers since 2016
Rangers
Celtic
Goals: Scored
26
24
Games: Scored
14 / 18
11 / 18
Clean sheets
7 / 18
4 / 18
CEL
7
D
4
RAN
7
Goal Statistics

Celtic have been reliable in front of goal of late, scoring in 8 consecutive Premiership games. Their PG of 1.8 against Rangers on Saturday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

Goals have been a problem for Rangers of late. It has been 9 Premiership matches since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.2 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Saturday lunch time against Celtic.

Celtic 2nd Rangers 4th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.8
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
17%
1
30%
2
27%
3
16%
4+
10%
There is a 83% probability that Celtic will score 1 or more goals
0
30%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 66% probability that Rangers will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+12
Celtic have scored 12% more goals at home than predicted
+27
Rangers have scored 27% more goals when away than predicted
2.9
average goals scored
2.2
average goals scored
0.6
conceded
1.5
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Premiership - 2025/2026 season
Celtic
PG (predicted goals)
Rangers
1.8
1.2
Attack rating
4%
better
CEL
RAN
view stats
Games scored14
14
Failed to score3
3
Scored first12
10
Goals scored29
24
Avg. goals scored1.7
1.4
Avg. shots per game13
10
Avg. shots per goal8
7
Conversion rate for13
15
Avg. XG for2.2
1.6
KickOff rating
+4%
Defence rating
12%
better
CEL
RAN
view stats
Games conceded8
11
Clean sheets9
6
Conceded first3
5
Goals conceded14
15
Avg. goals conceded0.8
0.9
Avg. shots/game conceded6
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
9
Conversion rate against15%
11%
Avg. XG against0.9
1.1
KickOff rating
+12%

Celtic v Rangers Premiership lLine ups will show here when available.

Celtic Premiership squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
17644
K SchmeichelB NygrenD MaedaL Scales
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
K Schmeichel GLK17
2
-
L Scales DEF171
4
-
C McGregor MID1721
3
-
L McCowan MID1711
1
-
B Nygren FWD1762
3
-
A Engels MID1621
4
-
D Maeda FWD1564
2
-
K Tierney DEF1432
-
R Hatate MID1412
1
-
A Ralston DEF13
-
J Forrest FWD121
-
S Tounekti FWD111
2
-
Y Hyun-Jun FWD111
1
-
J Kenny FWD1141
-
A Trusty DEF10
-
M Saracchi DEF81
-
C. Donovan DEF72
1
-
C Carter-Vickers DEF7
1
-
M Balikwisha FWD71
-
S Yamada FWD6
-
P Bernardo MID5
1
-
K Iheanacho FWD42
1
-
D Murray DEF3
-
A Johnston DEF2
-
J. Simpson-Pusey DEF1
-
H Inamura DEF1
-
C. Osmand FWD1
-
Rangers Premiership squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
17434
J ButlandJ TavernierJ TavernierN Djiga
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Butland GLK17
-
J Tavernier DEF1743
3
-
D Gassama FWD1711
2
-
C Barron MID15
3
-
N Raskin MID1513
2
-
J. Meghoma DEF1412
2
-
T Aasgaard MID1412
-
M Diomande MID1411
2
-
B Miovski FWD1331
1
-
N Djiga DEF12
3
1
M Aarons DEF121
2
-
M. Moore FWD1221
2
-
J Souttar  DEF11
3
-
Y Chermiti FWD1121
-
Danilo FWD1121
-
O Antman FWD101
1
-
N Bajrami MID91
2
-
E Fernandez DEF82
1
-
J Rothwell MID81
-
D Cornelius DEF711
1
-
F. Curtis FWD71
-
L Cameron MID5
1
-
D Sterling DEF21
-
C. Nsiala-Makengo DEF2
-
K Dowell MID2
1
-