Rangers 1-0 Celtic: result and report

Premiership · Sunday 29 August 2021

Result

Rangers 1-0 Celtic

Premiership · Sunday 29 August 2021, 11:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Rangers 1-0 Celtic: match report

Rangers defeated Celtic 1-0 in the Premiership on Sunday 29 August 2021. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Filip Helander of Rangers in the 66th minute.

Discipline: Rangers received no yellow cards; Celtic received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Rangers were 6th on 6 points from 3 and Celtic 5th on 6 points from 3. Rangers went on to finish that season 2nd with 89 points, and Celtic 1st with 93.

Rangers lined up in a 4-3-3 and Celtic in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Anthony Ralston of Celtic (8.1), ahead of Filip Helander (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Rangers wins, 1 draw and 3 for Celtic.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 38'Yellow card · David TurnbullCeltic
  • 64'Yellow card · Odsonne EdouardCeltic
  • 66'Goal · Filip HelanderRangers · 1-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Rangers 6, draws 1, Celtic 3.

Team news

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Rangers line-up (4-3-3)

Robby McCrorie, Leon Balogun, Connor Goldson, Filip Helander, Giancarlo Riolfo, Joe Aribo, Steven Davis, Glen Kamara, Kemar Roofe, Alfredo Morelos, Ryan Kent

Celtic line-up (4-3-3)

Joe Hart, Anthony Ralston, Stephen Welsh, Carl Starfelt, Josip Juranovic, Ryan Christie, Callum McGregor, David Turnbull, Liel Abada, Odsonne Édouard, Kyogo Furuhashi