Celtic 2-1 Rangers: result and report
Premiership · Sunday 31 March 2019
Result
Celtic 2-1 Rangers
Premiership · Sunday 31 March 2019, 11:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Celtic 2-1 Rangers: match report
Celtic won against Rangers 2-1 in the Premiership on Sunday 31 March 2019. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Odsonne Edouard opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Celtic's goals came from Odsonne Edouard (27') and James Forrest (86'). Rangers scored through Ryan Kent (63').
Discipline: Celtic received 3 yellow cards; Rangers received 2 yellow cards and 2 red cards.
Going into the game Celtic were 1st on 70 points from 30 and Rangers 2nd on 60 points from 30. Celtic went on to finish that season 1st with 87 points, and Rangers 2nd with 78.
Celtic lined up in a 4-3-3 and Rangers in a 4-5-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Celtic wins, 2 draws and 1 for Rangers.
Going into the match Celtic's last five read W-D-W-W-W and Rangers's D-D-W-W-D.
Key events
- 26'Yellow card · Jonny Hayes
- 27'Goal · Odsonne Edouard
- 28'Yellow card · Odsonne Edouard
- 31'Red card · Alfredo Morelos
- 43'Yellow card · Scott Arfield
- 63'Goal · Ryan Kent
- 80'Yellow card · Scott Brown
- 86'Goal · James Forrest
- 90+2'Yellow card · Andy Halliday
- 90+7'Second yellow · Andy Halliday
Head-to-head
Team news
Celtic line-up (4-3-3)
Scott Bain, Mikael Lustig, Germán Gonzalo Cabrera, Kristoffer Ajer, Kieran Tierney, Olivier Ntcham, Scott Brown, Callum McGregor, James Forrest, Odsonne Édouard, Jonny Hayes
Rangers line-up (4-5-1)
Allan McGregor, James Tavernier, Joe Worrall, Connor Goldson, Andy Halliday, Daniel Candeias, Scott Arfield, Ryan Jack, Ross McCrorie, Ryan Kent, Alfredo Morelos