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Celtic 1–1 Rangers

Sunday 1 May 2022, 12:00 · Celtic Park · Round 35 · Half-time 1–0 · Referee John Beaton · Attendance 58,247

Celtic Jota 21'

Rangers Sakala 67'

Post-match

Result and Expected Points

Measure	Celtic	Rangers
Goals	1	1
xG	1.20	1.43
Expected Points	1.19	1.51

Celtic 29%Draw 30%Rangers 40%

Most likely score 1–1, 17%. Final score 1–1, 17%.

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

CelticRangers

1.20 −1.32xG1.43 −0.69

0.63 −1.80xG on target1.30 −0.84

9 −12Shots14 −5

1 −5.9Shots on target5 −1.4

3 −0.8Big chances3 +0.4

25 −12Touches in the opposition box23 −13

51% −19Possession49% −15

428 −223Passes423 −132

78% −9Pass accuracy74% −10

59% −20Field tilt41% −34

40 −35Final-third entries43 −12

9 −13Box entries9 −11

10.5 0Passes per defensive action16.8 +5

2 −7.4Corners7 −0.6

19 +7Tackles17 +2

12 +4.4Interceptions13 +5.7

19 +4Clearances14 0

4 +2.6Saves0 −1.8

14 +2Fouls9 −2

4 +2.2Offsides4 +1.9

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

Celtic

Rangers

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

CelticRangers

0.98 7 shots, 1 goalOpen play1.14 9 shots, 1 goal

0.22 2 shots, 0 goalsSet pieces0.28 5 shots, 0 goals

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

Game state

0–01–01–1

Level: 46 min (50%) · Celtic 0.22, Rangers 1.12 xG
Celtic ahead: 46 min (50%) · Celtic 0.97, Rangers 0.31 xG

Line-ups

Celtic substitutes

61' Bitton for O'Riley · yellow card 72'
61' Giakoumakis for Furuhashi · yellow card 77'
61' Rogic for Hatate
78' Abada for Maeda

Rangers substitutes

63' Jack for Davis
63' Wright for Aribo
87' Diallo for Arfield · yellow card 87'

Players

Celtic

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
Hart	GK	90			0.00	0.00	0	0.03	3	0
Ralston	RB	90			0.22	0.01	0	0.01	2	5
Carter-Vickers	CB	90			0.00	0.00	0	0.03	3	6
Starfelt	CB	90			0.00	0.01	0	0.14	15	13
Taylor	LB	90			0.00	0.02	0	0.02	2	5
O'Riley	CM	61			0.00	0.04	2	0.05	4	5
McGregor	CM	90			0.01	0.03	0	0.05	4	5
Hatate	CM	61			0.00	0.07	1	0.14	3	2
Jota	RW	90	1		0.30	0.50	2	0.17	7	3
Furuhashi	ST	61			0.02	0.02	0	0.03	2	1
Maeda	LW	78		1	0.64	0.28	1	0.27	2	3
Bitton	DF	29			0.00	0.00	0	−0.01	0	2
Giakoumakis	FW	29			0.00	0.00	0	−0.02	0	1
Rogic	FW	29			0.00	0.01	0	0.08	3	0
Abada	FW	12			0.00	0.15	0	0.19	2	0

Rangers

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
McGregor	GK	90			0.00	0.00	0	0.04	4	0
Tavernier	RB	90			0.12	0.37	5	0.30	11	4
Goldson	CB	90			0.09	0.00	0	0.05	8	10
Bassey	CB	90			0.00	0.01	0	0.04	3	3
Barisic	LB	90			0.00	0.15	1	0.21	6	4
Lundstram	DM	90			0.04	0.01	1	0.00	5	10
Davis	DM	63			0.09	0.02	0	0.02	4	1
Sakala	RW	90	1		0.32	0.00	0	0.17	3	2
Arfield	AM	87			0.19	0.04	1	0.15	3	5
Kent	LW	90		1	0.42	0.06	1	0.04	6	0
Aribo	ST	63			0.00	0.01	0	0.01	0	3
Jack	MF	27			0.16	0.01	0	0.02	2	3
Wright	FW	27			0.00	0.11	1	0.09	1	1
Diallo	FW	3			0.00	0.00	0	0.02	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

Celtic

Rangers

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

Celtic

From	To	Passes
Hart	Starfelt	21
Taylor	Starfelt	19
Carter-Vickers	Starfelt	12
Starfelt	McGregor	12
Starfelt	Carter-Vickers	11

Rangers

From	To	Passes
Lundstram	Bassey	11
Barisic	Kent	10
Tavernier	Sakala	10
Bassey	Lundstram	10
Lundstram	Goldson	9

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

Defensive actions

Celtic

Against its average of 34 matches

Rangers

Against its average of 34 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

Celtic

Rangers

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
Celtic
Title	98%	>99%	+2
Rangers
Title	2%	<1%	−2

From the forecast before the match (1 May 2022): 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	Celtic	Rangers
Expected goals	1.49	1.09
Win	46%	27%
Expected Points	1.64	1.08
Clean sheet	34%	23%

Celtic 46%Draw 27%Rangers 27%

Most likely score 1–1, 13%. Both sides score 52%.

From the forecast as it stood on 1 May 2022: each side's attack and defence ratings in a Dixon–Coles score model, as on the Forecasts page.

League probabilities by result

Chance	Now	Celtic win	Draw	Rangers win
Celtic
Title	98%	>99%	>99%	94%
Rangers
Title	2%	–	<1%	6%

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

Celtic

Rangers

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

Season to date

Measure	Celtic	Rangers
Position	1st	2nd
Played	34	34
Won, drawn, lost	27–⁠4–⁠3	24–⁠7–⁠3
Points	85 (2.50 per game)	79 (2.32 per game)
Expected Points per game	2.46	2.26
Goals	80–⁠19	70–⁠28
xG per game	2.52–⁠0.55	2.12–⁠0.69
Home: points, xG per game	2.75, 3.00–⁠0.43	2.35, 2.22–⁠0.58
Away: points, xG per game	2.28, 2.09–⁠0.67	2.29, 2.02–⁠0.80
Manager	Ange Postecoglou (34)	Giovanni van Bronckhorst (21)

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	Celtic		Rangers
Chances	Created	Conceded	Created	Conceded
Open play	+136%	−57%	+90%	−40%
Counter-attacks	+95%	−62%	+36%	−90%
Set pieces	+57%	−42%	+44%	−46%
Penalties	+43%	−59%	+64%	−39%
Headers	+99%	−38%	+44%	−41%
Left side	+75%	−63%	+32%	−32%
Centre	+158%	−51%	+59%	−50%
Right side	+69%	−49%	+143%	−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.

Matchups

Celtic attacking

Celtic createdRangers concededLeft side+75%−44%Centre+158%−50%Right side+69%−32%Open play+136%−40%Counter-attacks+95%−90%Set pieces+57%−46%Headers+99%−41%

Rangers attacking

Rangers createdCeltic concededLeft side+32%−49%Centre+59%−51%Right side+143%−63%Open play+90%−57%Counter-attacks+36%−62%Set pieces+44%−42%Headers+44%−38%

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

CelticRangers

2.52xG2.12

0.55xG against0.69

70%Possession64%

20.5Shots19.1

6.5Shots against6.7

6.9Shots on target6.4

3.8Big chances2.6

36.7Touches in the opposition box36.1

651Passes554

87%Pass accuracy84%

9.4Corners7.6

79%Field tilt75%

75.1Final-third entries55.4

22.1Box entries19.6

10.5Passes per defensive action12.1

Per league match this season before kick-off.

Game state this season

Celtic

State	Minutes per game	xG per 90	xG against per 90
Level	38	2.42	0.45
Ahead	48	2.63	0.65
Behind	4	2.22	0.36

Rangers

State	Minutes per game	xG per 90	xG against per 90
Level	32	2.20	0.64
Ahead	44	1.97	0.79
Behind	15	2.37	0.50

xG by period

Celtic

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.36	0.10	11–2
16–30	0.47	0.07	22–4
31–45	0.49	0.08	14–2
46–60	0.25	0.10	10–5
61–75	0.38	0.13	9–5
76–90	0.58	0.08	14–1

Rangers

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.32	0.13	14–8
16–30	0.25	0.12	10–5
31–45	0.31	0.09	8–5
46–60	0.31	0.10	11–2
61–75	0.45	0.10	12–3
76–90	0.48	0.14	15–5

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

Most used players by position

Celtic

Formations: 4-3-3 (30), 4-1-4-1 (2), 4-3-1-2 (1), 4-2-3-1 (1)

Rangers

Formations: 4-3-3 (20), 4-2-3-1 (13), 4-3-1-2 (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
3 April 2022	Rangers	1–2	Celtic	xG 1.12–1.47
2 February 2022	Celtic	3–0	Rangers	xG 1.45–0.43
29 August 2021	Rangers	1–0	Celtic	xG 0.74–1.44
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

7 league meetings since 2020/21: Celtic won 2, Rangers won 4, and 1 was a draw. Goals 7–10 and xG 1.27–0.93 per game.

Key players

Celtic

Player	Starts	Min	G	A	xG per 90	xA per 90
Furuhashi	13	1,029	9	0	0.84	0.15
Giakoumakis	10	888	9	1	0.83	0.13
Abada	23	2,078	10	6	0.54	0.32
Jota	22	1,919	8	9	0.30	0.43

Rangers

Player	Starts	Min	G	A	xG per 90	xA per 90
Roofe	9	996	10	0	0.77	0.16
Morelos	25	2,119	11	7	0.66	0.17
Sakala	11	1,256	7	2	0.47	0.24
Tavernier	32	2,880	7	12	0.25	0.32

Up to four players a side with the most xG plus xA per 90 minutes, from those with at least 450 league minutes.