Rangers 4-1 Celtic: result and report
Premiership · Sunday 2 May 2021
Result
Rangers 4-1 Celtic
Premiership · Sunday 2 May 2021, 11:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Rangers 4-1 Celtic: match report
Rangers won against Celtic 4-1 in the Premiership on Sunday 2 May 2021. The half-time score was 2-1.
Kemar Roofe opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Rangers's goals came from Kemar Roofe (26'), Alfredo Morelos (33'), Kemar Roofe (57') and Jermain Defoe (90+2'). Celtic scored through Odsonne Edouard (30').
Discipline: Rangers received 1 yellow card; Celtic received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Rangers were 1st on 93 points from 35 and Celtic 2nd on 73 points from 35. Rangers went on to finish that season 1st with 102 points, and Celtic 2nd with 77.
Rangers lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Celtic in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Kemar Roofe of Rangers (8.8), ahead of Giancarlo Riolfo (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Rangers wins, 1 draw and 4 for Celtic.
Key events
- 17'Yellow card · J. Simpson
- 24'Yellow card · Callum McGregor
- 26'Goal · Kemar Roofe
- 26'Second yellow · Callum McGregor
- 30'Goal · Odsonne Edouard
- 33'Goal · Alfredo Morelos
- 57'Goal · Kemar Roofe
- 63'Yellow card · Mohamed Elyounoussi
- 90+2'Goal · Jermain Defoe
Head-to-head
Team news
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Rangers line-up (4-3-1-2)
Allan McGregor, James Tavernier, Connor Goldson, Jack Simpson, Giancarlo Riolfo, Glen Kamara, Steven Davis, Joe Aribo, Ryan Kent, Kemar Roofe, Alfredo Morelos
Celtic line-up (4-2-3-1)
Scott Bain, Jonjoe Kenny, Stephen Welsh, Kristoffer Ajer, Greg Taylor, Scott Brown, Callum McGregor, James Forrest, David Turnbull, Mohamed Elyounoussi, Odsonne Édouard