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Celtic 4–0 Rangers

Saturday 3 September 2022, 12:30 · Celtic Park · Round 6 · Half-time 3–0 · Referee Nick Walsh · Attendance 58,636

Celtic Abada 8', 40', Jota 32', Turnbull 78'

Post-match

Result and Expected Points

Measure	Celtic	Rangers
Goals	4	0
xG	1.88	0.79
Expected Points	2.15	0.61

Celtic 64%Draw 23%Rangers 13%

Most likely score 2–0, 13%. Final score 4–0, 3%.

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

1.88 −1.13xG0.79 −1.21

1.77 −1.76xG on target0.34 −1.93

15 −7Shots11 −10

6 −3.4Shots on target2 −4.6

3 −1.0Big chances1 −2.2

45% −28Possession55% −16

416 −223Passes501 −116

83% −3Pass accuracy86% 0

46% −33Field tilt54% −27

48 −34Final-third entries46 −26

16 −8Box entries12 −11

13.6 +3.8Passes per defensive action9.0 +0.1

3 −5.8Corners4 −3.0

14 +1Tackles24 +9

13 +7.4Interceptions14 +8.2

17 +4.4Clearances13 +6.2

3 +1.2Saves2 +1.0

12 +3.2Fouls11 +0.2

1 −2.4Offsides2 −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

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

1.74 14 shots, 3 goalsOpen play0.56 8 shots, 0 goals

0.14 1 shot, 1 goalSet pieces0.23 3 shots, 0 goals

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

Game state

0–01–02–03–04–0

Level: 8 min (9%) · Celtic 0.14, Rangers 0.00 xG
Celtic ahead: 83 min (91%) · Celtic 1.74, Rangers 0.79 xG

Line-ups

Celtic substitutes

5' Giakoumakis for Furuhashi · yellow card 90'
56' Jenz for Starfelt
72' Turnbull for O'Riley · goal 78'
73' Mooy for Hatate
73' Maeda for Abada

Rangers substitutes

46' Wright for Kamara
60' Morelos for Colak
60' Arfield for Tillman
78' Sakala for Kent
78' Jack for Lundstram

Players

Celtic

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
Hart	GK	90			0.00	0.00	0	0.03	3	1
Juranovic	RB	90			0.10	0.04	2	0.18	12	2
Carter-Vickers	CB	90			0.00	0.00	0	0.04	4	8
Starfelt	CB	56			0.00	0.00	0	0.01	3	5
Taylor	LB	90			0.00	0.03	0	0.09	6	9
O'Riley	CM	72		2	0.15	0.47	4	0.29	10	2
McGregor	CM	90			0.00	0.02	0	−0.01	3	6
Hatate	CM	73			0.04	0.03	0	0.07	10	3
Abada	RW	73	2		0.34	0.04	2	0.14	7	2
Furuhashi	ST	5			0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0	0
Jota	LW	90	1		0.49	0.02	0	0.12	6	0
Giakoumakis	FW	85			0.31	0.01	0	0.00	1	4
Jenz	DF	34			0.00	0.00	1	0.03	1	2
Turnbull	MF	18	1		0.43	0.01	1	−0.01	2	2
Mooy	MF	17			0.00	0.00	0	−0.01	1	1
Maeda	FW	17			0.00	0.01	0	0.01	1	0

Rangers

Player	Pos	Min	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
McLaughlin	GK	90	0.00	0.00	0	0.00	1	0
Tavernier	RB	90	0.00	0.25	5	0.15	16	7
Goldson	CB	90	0.02	0.00	0	0.00	5	8
Sands	CB	90	0.00	0.01	0	0.07	7	10
Barisic	LB	90	0.00	0.49	2	0.30	8	8
Davis	DM	90	0.04	0.04	1	0.02	5	2
Lundstram	DM	78	0.14	0.02	0	0.03	2	7
Tillman	RW	60	0.09	0.01	0	0.11	2	3
Kamara	AM	46	0.00	0.01	0	0.00	2	1
Kent	LW	78	0.00	0.03	0	0.07	5	2
Colak	ST	60	0.41	0.00	0	−0.01	0	0
Wright	FW	44	0.02	0.01	0	0.04	2	3
Morelos	FW	30	0.08	0.01	0	−0.01	1	1
Arfield	MF	30	0.00	0.01	0	0.01	0	1
Sakala	FW	12	0.00	0.00	0	0.08	1	0
Jack	MF	12	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

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	Carter-Vickers	13
Carter-Vickers	Juranovic	11
Carter-Vickers	Hart	11
Taylor	Jota	11
Taylor	Hatate	10

Rangers

From	To	Passes
Sands	Goldson	26
Sands	Barisic	25
Barisic	Sands	24
Goldson	Sands	19
McLaughlin	Sands	16

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

Defensive actions

Celtic

Against its average of 5 matches

Rangers

Against its average of 5 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	71%	82%	+11
Rangers
Title	29%	18%	−11

From the forecast before the match (3 September 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	1.46	0.97
Win	48%	25%
Expected Points	1.71	1.01
Clean sheet	38%	23%

Celtic 48%Draw 28%Rangers 25%

Most likely score 1–1, 13%. Both sides score 48%.

From the forecast as it stood on 3 September 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	71%	82%	69%	54%
Rangers
Title	29%	18%	31%	46%

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	5	5
Won, drawn, lost	5–⁠0–⁠0	4–⁠1–⁠0
Points	15 (3.00 per game)	13 (2.60 per game)
Expected Points per game	2.69	2.36
Goals	21–⁠1	14–⁠3
xG per game	3.01–⁠0.36	2.00–⁠0.50
Home: points, xG per game	3.00, 2.22–⁠0.26	3.00, 2.43–⁠0.39
Away: points, xG per game	3.00, 3.54–⁠0.43	2.00, 1.36–⁠0.67
Manager	Ange Postecoglou (43)	Giovanni van Bronckhorst (30)

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	+138%	−68%	+85%	−62%
Counter-attacks	+198%	−95%	−79%	−99%
Set pieces	+154%	−57%	−14%	−28%
Penalties	−78%	−94%	+42%	−91%
Headers	+46%	−71%	+40%	−58%
Left side	+58%	−42%	+70%	−38%
Centre	+228%	−80%	+40%	−52%
Right side	+93%	−70%	+67%	−80%

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

Celtic attacking

Celtic createdRangers concededLeft side+58%−80%Centre+228%−52%Right side+93%−38%Open play+138%−62%Counter-attacks+198%−99%Set pieces+154%−28%Headers+46%−58%

Rangers attacking

Rangers createdCeltic concededLeft side+70%−70%Centre+40%−80%Right side+67%−42%Open play+85%−68%Counter-attacks−79%−95%Set pieces−14%−57%Headers+40%−71%

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

3.01xG2.00

0.36xG against0.50

73%Possession71%

21.8Shots20.8

6.4Shots against6.2

9.4Shots on target6.6

4.0Big chances3.2

639Passes617

87%Pass accuracy86%

8.8Corners7.0

80%Field tilt80%

81.6Final-third entries71.6

24.4Box entries22.8

9.8Passes per defensive action8.9

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	22	2.83	0.39
Ahead	68	3.07	0.36
Behind	0	–	–

Rangers

State	Minutes per game	xG per 90	xG against per 90
Level	33	2.36	0.41
Ahead	43	1.98	0.61
Behind	13	1.18	0.38

xG by period

Celtic

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.45	0.04	4–0
16–30	0.29	0.07	0–0
31–45	0.74	0.13	5–0
46–60	0.61	0.07	4–1
61–75	0.25	0.02	1–0
76–90	0.67	0.03	7–0

Rangers

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.32	0.07	0–1
16–30	0.18	0.04	1–0
31–45	0.46	0.06	3–0
46–60	0.41	0.10	3–1
61–75	0.24	0.09	3–0
76–90	0.41	0.15	4–1

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

Rangers

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

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
1 May 2022	Celtic	1–1	Rangers	xG 1.20–1.43
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

8 league meetings since 2020/21: Celtic won 2, Rangers won 4, and 2 were drawn. Goals 8–11 and xG 1.26–0.99 per game.

Key players

Celtic

Player	Starts	Min	G	A	xG per 90	xA per 90
Giakoumakis	11	1,145	15	1	0.89	0.13
Furuhashi	21	1,566	18	1	0.84	0.12
Abada	25	2,390	14	7	0.56	0.34
O'Riley	15	1,348	4	6	0.26	0.51

Rangers

Player	Starts	Min	G	A	xG per 90	xA per 90
Morelos	25	2,181	12	7	0.67	0.17
Tavernier	40	3,576	11	15	0.28	0.31
Arfield	18	1,725	6	1	0.41	0.11
Wright	13	1,193	4	2	0.25	0.24

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.