Rangers 1-0 Celtic: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 29 December 2018

Result

Rangers 1-0 Celtic

Premiership · Saturday 29 December 2018, 12:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Rangers 1-0 Celtic: match report

Rangers beat Celtic 1-0 in the Premiership on Saturday 29 December 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Ryan Jack of Rangers in the 30th minute.

Discipline: Rangers received 1 yellow card; Celtic received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Rangers were 2nd on 39 points from 20 and Celtic 1st on 42 points from 19. Rangers went on to finish that season 2nd with 78 points, and Celtic 1st with 87.

Rangers lined up in a 4-3-3 and Celtic in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Rangers wins, 2 draws and 8 for Celtic.

Going into the match Rangers's last five read D-W-D-W-D and Celtic's W-W-W-L-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 30'Goal · Ryan JackRangers · 1-0
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Mikael LustigCeltic
  • 76'Yellow card · Kristoffer AjerCeltic
  • 78'Yellow card · Scott BrownCeltic
  • 88'Yellow card · Andy HallidayRangers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Rangers 0, draws 2, Celtic 8.

Team news

Rangers line-up (4-3-3)

Allan McGregor, James Tavernier, Connor Goldson, Joe Worrall, Andy Halliday, Ryan Jack, Ross McCrorie, Scott Arfield, Ryan Kent, Alfredo Morelos, Daniel Candeias

Celtic line-up (4-2-3-1)

Craig Gordon, Mikael Lustig, Germán Gonzalo Cabrera, Filip Benkovic, Callum McGregor, Scott Brown, Olivier Ntcham, James Forrest, Ryan Christie, Scott Sinclair, Mikey Johnston