Each side's xG added up shot by shot through the match. Stoppage time is shaded as far as the last shot or event recorded in it. Triangles along the foot mark each side's substitutions.
Match stats
RangersCeltic
1.33 −0.69xG2.07 +0.11
1.84 −0.07xG on target0.92 −1.07
18 +2Shots12 −6
9 +3.2Shots on target3 −3.7
1 −1.7Big chances3 +0.5
26 −4Touches in the opposition box22 −8
51% −15Possession49% −18
447 −155Passes425 −166
88% +4Pass accuracy83% −2
63% −14Field tilt37% −37
48 −9Final-third entries42 −25
18 +1Box entries12 −5
17.3 +7Passes per defensive action10.5 0
5 −1.6Corners9 +2.6
14 0Tackles21 +9
7 −2.4Interceptions6 −3.8
16 +4Clearances21 +5
2 +0.1Saves5 +3.3
10 −1Fouls14 +3
2 +0.2Offsides1 −0.2
The small figure beside each value is its difference from the side's average per league match this season before this one. Field tilt is each side's share of the open-play passes completed in the final third; entries are completed open-play passes and carries into the final third and the box; passes per defensive action (PPDA) counts the opponent's passes in its own 60% of the pitch for each tackle, interception, challenge, or foul there.
Chance locations
Rangers
Celtic
Each area's share of the side's xG from open play and set pieces, with the xG in it. The two wide areas of the box count together, as on the club pages. Shots shows each of those shots instead, sized by its xG, with goals filled in.
xG by type of chance, with each side's shots and goals beside it.
Game state
26'30'33'57'90+2'
0–02–13–1
0'HTFT
Level
29 min (31%) · Rangers 0.65, Celtic 0.20 xG
Rangers ahead
64 min (69%) · Rangers 0.68, Celtic 1.88 xG
Line-ups
Rangers substitutes
79'Wright for Barisic
84'Hagi for Morelos · 1 assist
86'Defoe for Roofe · goal 90+2'
Celtic substitutes
60'Soro for Brown
60'Christie for Forrest
75'Johnston for Edouard
Players
Rangers
Player
Pos
Min
G
A
xG
xA
KP
xT
Prog
Def
McGregor
GK
90
0.00
0.00
0
0.01
1
3
Tavernier
RB
90
0.00
0.43
1
0.40
19
2
Goldson
CB
90
0.07
0.01
0
0.08
6
12
Simpson
CB
90
0.07
0.00
0
0.12
2
6
Barisic
LB
79
1
0.00
0.38
3
0.33
8
4
Kamara
CM
90
0.00
0.08
0
0.11
8
4
Davis
CM
90
0.03
0.05
0
0.07
5
4
Aribo
CM
90
0.16
0.06
1
0.03
3
3
Kent
AM
90
1
0.16
0.35
5
0.36
10
1
Roofe
ST
86
2
0.62
0.03
2
−0.03
2
1
Morelos
ST
84
1
0.13
0.06
1
−0.04
2
2
Wright
FW
11
0.00
0.00
0
0.00
0
0
Hagi
MF
6
1
0.00
0.00
1
0.00
0
0
Defoe
FW
4
1
0.10
0.00
0
0.18
1
0
Celtic
Player
Pos
Min
G
A
xG
xA
KP
xT
Prog
Def
Bain
GK
90
0.00
0.00
0
0.01
1
0
Kenny
RB
90
0.00
0.31
1
0.24
14
9
Welsh
CB
90
0.00
0.01
0
0.05
3
10
Ajer
CB
90
1
0.10
0.52
2
0.19
10
6
Taylor
LB
90
0.00
0.02
0
0.07
3
5
Brown
DM
60
0.00
0.00
1
0.01
4
4
McGregor
DM
26
0.00
0.01
0
0.03
3
2
Forrest
RW
60
0.11
0.29
1
0.20
4
1
Turnbull
AM
90
0.45
0.13
2
0.01
3
3
Elyounoussi
LW
90
0.55
0.04
1
0.07
5
3
Edouard
ST
75
1
0.86
0.02
1
0.05
4
2
Soro
MF
30
0.00
0.00
1
0.00
0
2
Christie
MF
30
0.00
0.01
0
0.01
1
5
Johnston
FW
15
0.00
0.00
0
0.00
0
0
Starters, then substitutes in the order they came on. KP is chances created and Def defensive actions (tackles, blocks, clearances, and interceptions). xT is the expected threat added by the player's completed open-play passes and carries, and Prog counts progressive passes and carries.
Pass networks
Rangers
Celtic
Each starter at the average position of their passes and receptions until the side's first substitution or red card, sized by completed passes. Lines join pairs who passed to each other often, thicker for more passes.
Passing combinations
Rangers
From
To
Passes
Davis
Tavernier
14
Simpson
Barisic
12
Barisic
Kamara
12
Aribo
Kent
11
Kamara
Davis
11
Celtic
From
To
Passes
Welsh
Kenny
16
Kenny
Welsh
13
Kenny
Turnbull
13
Bain
Ajer
13
Taylor
Elyounoussi
12
The five pairs with the most completed passes from one to the other over the whole match.
Defensive actions
Rangers
Against its average of 35 matches
Celtic
Against its average of 35 matches
Where each side made its tackles, interceptions, clearances, blocks, recoveries, challenges, and fouls, attacking up the page. Areas are shaded by the difference from the side's average per match this season before this one: amber for more, blue for fewer.
Threat
Rangers
Celtic
Expected threat added by completed open-play passes and carries, by where the move started, attacking up the page. Expected threat is the chance that possession in an area leads to a goal; a move adds the difference between where it ends and where it starts.
Ratings
The goals each side would score (attack) and concede (defence) per game against an average team, from the forecast ratings before this matchday (ring) and after it (dot); a lower defence number is better. Grey dots are the other clubs after the matchday, spread up and down only so they don't overlap. The change takes in the whole matchday.
Pre-match
As things stood before kick-off.
Forecast
Measure
Rangers
Celtic
Expected goals
1.31
0.98
Win
43%
27%
Expected Points
1.59
1.11
Clean sheet
37%
27%
Rangers 43%Draw 29%Celtic 27%
Most likely score 1–1, 14%. Both sides score 46%.
From the forecast as it stood on 2 May 2021: each side's attack and defence ratings in a Dixon–Coles score model, as on the Forecasts page.
The last six league matches, newest first, with xG for and against.
Season to date
Measure
Rangers
Celtic
Position
1st
2nd
Played
35
35
Won, drawn, lost
29–6–0
21–10–4
Points
93 (2.66 per game)
73 (2.09 per game)
Expected Points per game
2.21
1.99
Goals
81–12
73–25
xG per game
2.02–0.63
1.96–0.94
Home: points, xG per game
3.00, 2.22–0.55
2.22, 1.76–0.88
Away: points, xG per game
2.33, 1.82–0.70
1.94, 2.17–1.00
Manager
Steven Gerrard (35)
John Kennedy (5)
League matches this season before kick-off. The manager's number is league matches in charge since 2020/21.
Ratings
This season
The goals each side would score (attack) and concede (defence) per game against an average team, from the forecast ratings before this matchday, with their rank among the league's clubs; a lower defence number is better. Grey dots are the other clubs, spread up and down only so they don't overlap.
Strengths and weaknesses
Chances
Rangers
Celtic
Created
Conceded
Created
Conceded
Open play
+76%
−48%
+76%
−41%
Counter-attacks
+55%
−29%
+110%
−54%
Set pieces
+24%
−45%
+12%
+10%
Penalties
+51%
−83%
+18%
−16%
Headers
+46%
−34%
+4%
−5%
Left side
+28%
−40%
+58%
−27%
Centre
+74%
−45%
+55%
−19%
Right side
+67%
−58%
+67%
−44%
xG created and conceded per game against the league average this season: +24% is 24% more than an average side. Left and right are each side's own, so chances conceded on its left come from opponents attacking down their right. Green favours the side and amber doesn't.
Each side's xG created per game down each side of the pitch, through the centre, and from each type of chance, against what its opponent concedes there, both relative to the league average.
Season averages
RangersCeltic
2.02xG1.96
0.63xG against0.94
66%Possession66%
16.1Shots17.9
6.3Shots against8.4
5.8Shots on target6.7
2.7Big chances2.5
30.4Touches in the opposition box29.6
602Passes592
84%Pass accuracy84%
6.6Corners6.4
77%Field tilt74%
57.4Final-third entries66.6
17.4Box entries16.8
10.6Passes per defensive action10.4
Per league match this season before kick-off.
Game state this season
Rangers
State
Minutes per game
xG per 90
xG against per 90
Level
34
1.95
0.73
Ahead
51
2.04
0.60
Behind
4
2.29
0.16
Celtic
State
Minutes per game
xG per 90
xG against per 90
Level
42
1.69
0.98
Ahead
38
2.19
0.99
Behind
10
2.18
0.61
xG by period
Rangers
Minutes
xG per game
xG against
Goals
1–15
0.24
0.13
8–1
16–30
0.35
0.13
19–3
31–45
0.32
0.07
15–1
46–60
0.40
0.08
15–0
61–75
0.31
0.09
14–2
76–90
0.40
0.12
10–5
Celtic
Minutes
xG per game
xG against
Goals
1–15
0.20
0.13
8–3
16–30
0.31
0.15
13–4
31–45
0.36
0.09
8–4
46–60
0.40
0.18
14–5
61–75
0.31
0.20
9–5
76–90
0.38
0.18
21–4
Per game this season, with stoppage time counted in its half; goals are totals for and against.
This season's most used formation, with up to three players who started most often in each position and their league starts there. Underneath, when a side has used more than one, every formation with its starts.
Digressive Celts