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Celtic vs Rangers
3 Jan 2026, 12:30 · Premiership · 2025/2026
Referee
Steven McLeanPremiership 2025/2026 · 24 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
CelticMin
Rangers- 7′
Thelo Aasgaard
Yellowcard
Foul
- ⚽
Hyun-jun Yang 1-0
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Benjamin Nygren
Right foot shot
20′ - 46′⇄
Mohamed Diomandé
Substitution
Off: Thelo Aasgaard
- 50′⚽
Youssef Chermiti 1-1
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Nicolas Raskin
Right foot shot
- 55′
Djeidi Gassama
Yellowcard
Foul
- 59′⚽
Youssef Chermiti 1-2
Goal · Right foot shot
Right foot shot
- ⇄
Julián Araujo
Substitution
Off: Luke McCowan
68′ - 71′⚽
Mikey Moore 1-3
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Djeidi Gassama
Right foot shot
- ⇄
Reo Hatate
Substitution
Off: Benjamin Nygren
74′ - ⇄
Shin Yamada
Substitution
Off: Johnny Kenny
74′ - 87′⇄
James Tavernier
Substitution
Off: Djeidi Gassama
- ⇄
James Forrest
Substitution
Off: Anthony Ralston
88′ - ⇄
Liam Scales
Substitution
Off: Kieran Tierney
88′ - 90+2′
Bojan Miovski
Yellowcard
Foul
- 90+2′⇄
Bojan Miovski
Substitution
Off: Youssef Chermiti
The numbers
Fixture statistics
Green marks the higher recorded number; grey means level. This does not always mean a better performance. A dash means no reported value, not zero.
Individual contributions
Player ratings & full match stats
| Player | Min | G | A | Shots | Key | Tackles | Saves | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 6.04 | |
| 88 | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | 6.36 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | 6.10 | |
| 88 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 7 | — | 7.26 | |
| 90 | 1 | — | 4 | 2 | 4 | — | 7.69 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 6.97 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 6.85 | |
| 68 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 7.15 | |
| 74 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 7.36 | |
| 90 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 6.69 | |
| 74 | — | — | 5 | 2 | 1 | — | 6.60 | |
| 16 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 6.58 | |
| 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | |
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| 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.41 | |
| 22 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 6.63 | |
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Before this match
Recent form
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Celtic
Latest: Aberdeen · 3–1
Match stats
21 Dec 2025, 15:00 · Home vs Aberdeen · 2025/2026
Rangers
Latest: Hearts · 1–2
Match stats
21 Dec 2025, 13:30 · Away vs Hearts · 2025/2026
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Celtic’s ground: 24 previous meetings, 14 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Celtic’s home games with Rangers’s away games. For older matches, these season totals may include games played later.
Only stats recorded for both clubs are shown. In the key stats, green marks the more favourable figure, or the higher number where neither is better. Grey means the figures are level.
The number after / is how many matches had that stat.
More team stats
Results & goals
Goal frequencies
Corners
Cards
Shots & play
Chance quality
Season xG
Choose all, home or away games for each club. Green marks higher xG or lower xG against; grey means level.
These are past-match averages, not a prediction for this fixture.
Players
Top scorers and assist makers
Season totals for 2025/2026. These players are not a confirmed lineup.
Celtic
Goals
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Rangers
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Expected goals and shot quality
Match counts are shown beside each player.
Expected goals (xG)
Chance quality before the shot.
Celtic
Rangers
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Celtic
Rangers
Shooting performance (xGoT - xG)
Shows whether a player made their chances better or worse with the quality of their shooting. Positive means they generally produced better-placed shots; negative means the shots were worse than the chances suggested.
Celtic
Rangers
Previous meetings
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