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Scottish PremiershipSunday 20 September 2026 ·

Celtic vs Rangers result and stats

56%
pre-match home win
0–1
full time
21%
draw
22%
pre-match away win
Win probability: home 56%, draw 21%, away 22%

Match report

GOSSIPBALL's parrot has been crunching the numbers

Rangers won 1–0 away at Celtic in the Scottish Premiership on Sunday 20 September 2026. Before kick-off GossipBall gave Celtic 56%, the draw 21% and Rangers 22%, so an away win had a 22% chance. It was an upset by GossipBall's numbers.

On expected goals it finished Celtic 0.71, Rangers 1.23, so Rangers created the better chances. Celtic had 5 shots (1 on target) to Rangers's 15 (8 on target).

GOSSIPBALL analysis · based on five seasons of results and expected goals · updated 29 October 2026, 20:50 UTC

Match stats

CERA
0.71
Expected goals
1.23
5
Shots
15
1
On target
8
8
Corners
4
16
Fouls
19
2
Yellow cards
3
0
Red cards
0
0
Half-time goals
1

Referee: J Beaton

Recent form

Celtic
W @ St Johnstone1–0 · 9 Sep
W @ St Mirren2–1 · 5 Sep
W v Aberdeen3–0 · 2 Sep
W v Falkirk2–1 · 29 Aug
W @ Kilmarnock5–1 · 9 Aug
Rangers
W v St Mirren1–0 · 9 Sep
W v Motherwell1–0 · 5 Sep
W @ Falkirk2–1 · 2 Sep
W @ Aberdeen1–0 · 30 Aug
L v Hibernian1–2 · 9 Aug

Head to head

In 20 league meetings since 2021, Celtic won 9, Rangers won 5 and 6 were drawn; the most recent, on 10 May 2026, finished Celtic 3–1 Rangers, a win for Celtic.

Celtic 3–1 Rangers10 May 2026
Rangers 2–2 Celtic1 Mar 2026
Celtic 1–3 Rangers3 Jan 2026
Rangers 0–0 Celtic31 Aug 2025
Rangers 1–1 Celtic4 May 2025
Celtic 2–3 Rangers16 Mar 2025

Season averages per game

CERA
2.45
Goals
1.73
0.73
Conceded
0.82
2.69
xG
2.20
0.95
xG against
1.11
20.6
Shots
19.4
8.6
On target
6.8
9.1
Corners
7.4
1.64
Yellow cards
1.82
36%
Clean sheets
46%
55%
Both score
55%
64%
3+ goals
55%

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