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Rangers 1–0 Celtic

Sunday 29 August 2021, 12:00 · Ibrox Stadium · Round 4 · Half-time 0–0 · Attendance 49,402

Rangers Helander 66'

Post-match

Result and Expected Points

Measure	Rangers	Celtic
Goals	1	0
xG	0.74	1.44
Expected Points	0.74	1.97

Rangers 15%Draw 29%Celtic 56%

Most likely score 0–1, 19%. Final score 1–0, 5%.

Own goals have no xG.

xG race

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

0.74 −0.95xG1.44 −2.54

0.42 −2.15xG on target0.69 −4.02

15 −3Shots10 −19

4 −3.0Shots on target3 −8.3

0 −2.0Big chances2 −5.0

14 −21Touches in the opposition box19 −12

34% −37Possession66% −8

328 −262Passes646 −17

74% −13Pass accuracy85% −6

40% −42Field tilt60% −29

34 −27Final-third entries67 +2

8 −11Box entries11 −17

26.6 +12.1Passes per defensive action9.9 +1.7

4 −4.7Corners4 −6.3

17 +6Tackles19 +5

5 +0.7Interceptions11 +2.3

28 +18Clearances18 +7

3 +1.7Saves3 +2.0

9 +1.0Fouls12 −1.3

0 −2.3Offsides1 +0.7

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

Zones Shots

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.

Chance types

RangersCeltic

0.27 7 shots, 0 goalsOpen play1.18 7 shots, 0 goals

0.05 1 shot, 0 goalsCounter-attacks0.00 0 shots, 0 goals

0.41 7 shots, 1 goalSet pieces0.26 3 shots, 0 goals

xG by type of chance, with each side's shots and goals beside it.

Game state

0–01–0

Level: 66 min (69%) · Rangers 0.64, Celtic 0.82 xG
Rangers ahead: 29 min (31%) · Rangers 0.10, Celtic 0.61 xG

Line-ups

Rangers substitutes

74' Lundstram for Roofe
84' Sakala for Morelos
89' Arfield for Kent

Celtic substitutes

67' Soro for Edouard
67' Rogic for Turnbull
86' Montgomery for Abada

Players

Rangers

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
McCrorie	GK	90			0.00	0.00	0	0.01	1	1
Balogun	RB	90			0.00	0.01	0	0.04	4	11
Goldson	CB	90			0.10	0.01	0	0.06	8	7
Helander	CB	90	1		0.18	0.00	0	0.01	2	4
Barisic	LB	90		1	0.04	0.29	2	0.11	3	8
Aribo	CM	90			0.00	0.15	2	0.11	7	5
Davis	CM	90			0.03	0.02	2	0.05	7	4
Kamara	CM	90			0.01	0.02	1	0.02	3	5
Roofe	RW	74			0.02	0.02	0	0.04	1	3
Morelos	ST	84			0.08	0.03	1	−0.01	2	0
Kent	LW	89			0.21	0.02	0	0.05	4	3
Lundstram	MF	16			0.00	0.00	0	−0.01	1	0
Sakala	FW	6			0.05	0.00	0	0.02	1	0
Arfield	MF	1			0.00	0.00	0	0.01	0	1

Celtic

Player	Pos	Min	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
Hart	GK	90	0.00	0.00	0	0.01	3	2
Ralston	RB	90	0.00	0.26	1	0.17	7	9
Welsh	CB	90	0.12	0.01	0	0.05	4	10
Starfelt	CB	90	0.10	0.01	0	0.08	6	8
Juranovic	LB	90	0.01	0.07	0	0.16	14	6
Christie	CM	90	0.05	0.23	3	0.08	9	3
McGregor	CM	90	0.02	0.03	0	0.07	5	5
Turnbull	CM	67	0.04	0.03	0	0.01	4	1
Abada	RW	86	0.00	0.11	0	0.04	5	2
Edouard	ST	67	0.67	0.05	0	0.08	2	0
Furuhashi	LW	90	0.42	0.50	2	0.25	7	2
Soro	MF	23	0.00	0.20	0	0.02	1	2
Rogic	FW	23	0.00	0.14	1	0.05	3	1
Montgomery	MF	4	0.00	0.01	1	0.01	2	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
Balogun	Aribo	16
McCrorie	Goldson	9
Barisic	Kamara	8
Davis	Balogun	7
Aribo	Morelos	7

Celtic

From	To	Passes
Starfelt	Juranovic	32
Juranovic	Starfelt	26
Welsh	Ralston	21
Welsh	Starfelt	20
Juranovic	Furuhashi	18

The five pairs with the most completed passes from one to the other over the whole match.

Defensive actions

Rangers

Against its average of 3 matches

Celtic

Against its average of 3 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.

League probabilities

Chance	Before	With this result	Change
Rangers
Title	45%	57%	+12
Celtic
Title	50%	39%	−11

From the forecast before the match (29 August 2021): each chance then, and across the simulations in which the match ended this way. The change is in percentage points.

Pre-match

As things stood before kick-off.

Forecast

Measure	Rangers	Celtic
Expected goals	1.49	1.16
Win	44%	29%
Expected Points	1.60	1.13
Clean sheet	31%	23%

Rangers 44%Draw 27%Celtic 29%

Most likely score 1–1, 13%. Both sides score 54%.

From the forecast as it stood on 29 August 2021: each side's attack and defence ratings in a Dixon–Coles score model, as on the Forecasts page.

League probabilities by result

Chance	Now	Rangers win	Draw	Celtic win
Rangers
Title	45%	57%	42%	30%
Celtic
Title	50%	39%	53%	66%

Each chance before the match and across the simulations ending in each result. Other teams are listed where a chance moves by at least 3 percentage points.

Form

Rangers

Celtic

The last six league matches, newest first, with xG for and against.

Season to date

Measure	Rangers	Celtic
Position	6th	5th
Played	3	3
Won, drawn, lost	2–⁠0–⁠1	2–⁠0–⁠1
Points	6 (2.00 per game)	6 (2.00 per game)
Expected Points per game	2.08	2.45
Goals	7–⁠3	13–⁠2
xG per game	1.69–⁠0.68	3.98–⁠0.62
Home: points, xG per game	3.00, 1.84–⁠0.07	3.00, 5.22–⁠0.23
Away: points, xG per game	1.50, 1.61–⁠0.98	0.00, 1.49–⁠1.40
Manager	Steven Gerrard (41)	Ange Postecoglou (3)

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
Chances	Created	Conceded	Created	Conceded
Open play	+66%	−52%	+186%	−39%
Counter-attacks	−3%	−67%	−1%	−76%
Set pieces	+21%	−49%	+32%	−22%
Penalties	−21%	−5%	+43%	−61%
Headers	+21%	−56%	+23%	−18%
Left side	+13%	−36%	+131%	−47%
Centre	+47%	−58%	+158%	−17%
Right side	+106%	−51%	+110%	−66%

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. Until a side has played six matches its figures are blended with last season's, or with the league average where there is no last season to use.

Matchups

Rangers attacking

Rangers createdCeltic concededLeft side+13%−66%Centre+47%−17%Right side+106%−47%Open play+66%−39%Counter-attacks−3%−76%Set pieces+21%−22%Headers+21%−18%

Celtic attacking

Celtic createdRangers concededLeft side+131%−51%Centre+158%−58%Right side+110%−36%Open play+186%−52%Counter-attacks−1%−67%Set pieces+32%−49%Headers+23%−56%

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

1.69xG3.98

0.68xG against0.62

71%Possession74%

18.0Shots29.0

6.7Shots against5.7

7.0Shots on target11.3

2.0Big chances7.0

35.0Touches in the opposition box31.0

590Passes663

86%Pass accuracy91%

8.7Corners10.3

82%Field tilt89%

61.3Final-third entries65.3

19.0Box entries27.7

14.5Passes per defensive action8.2

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	29	0.90	0.55
Ahead	52	2.25	0.87
Behind	9	0.90	0.00

Celtic

State	Minutes per game	xG per 90	xG against per 90
Level	27	2.19	1.46
Ahead	48	5.49	0.30
Behind	16	2.37	0.21

xG by period

Rangers

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.26	0.02	2–0
16–30	0.18	0.01	1–0
31–45	0.07	0.12	0–1
46–60	0.23	0.00	1–0
61–75	0.18	0.20	0–1
76–90	0.78	0.33	3–1

Celtic

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.49	0.34	0–1
16–30	0.95	0.05	5–0
31–45	0.67	0.03	1–0
46–60	0.32	0.11	2–0
61–75	0.74	0.02	2–0
76–90	0.80	0.08	3–1

Per game this season, with stoppage time counted in its half; goals are totals for and against.

Most used players by position

Rangers

Celtic

Formations: 4-3-3 (2), 4-2-3-1 (1)

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.

Head to head

Date	Home	Score	Away	xG
2 May 2021	Rangers	4–1	Celtic	xG 1.33–2.07
21 March 2021	Celtic	1–1	Rangers	xG 1.33–0.83
2 January 2021	Rangers	1–0	Celtic	xG 0.58–0.61
17 October 2020	Celtic	0–2	Rangers	xG 0.55–1.50

4 league meetings since 2020/21: Rangers won 3, Celtic won 0, and 1 was a draw. Goals 8–2 and xG 1.06–1.14 per game.

Key players

Rangers

Player	Starts	Min	G	A	xG per 90	xA per 90
Roofe	18	1,591	15	3	0.57	0.09
Tavernier	36	3,187	12	12	0.38	0.28
Morelos	28	2,259	13	5	0.50	0.12
Itten	5	783	4	2	0.33	0.19

Celtic

Player	Starts	Min	G	A	xG per 90	xA per 90
Edouard	30	2,535	20	5	0.78	0.21
Turnbull	28	2,329	11	6	0.28	0.37
Christie	28	2,553	5	12	0.28	0.32
Forrest	9	848	3	2	0.34	0.26

Up to four players a side with the most xG plus xA per 90 minutes, from those with at least 450 league minutes. Until a side has played six matches, last season's minutes at the club count too.