Rangers vs Celtic Preview

This Old Firm derby is the biggest game of the weekend in Scotland as well as one of the most important derbies in recent times.

Rangers are 6 points behind Celtic and a win here would see them close the gap and they could snatch the title from Brendan Rodgers’ men by the end of the season.

Celtic are aiming for back to back domestic trebles, but this game would set the tone for a positive end to their season that sees them face Rangers in the Scottish Cup semifinals again next month.

Rangers are in top form heading into this game as they have built momentum with 9 wins from their last 10 matches turning themselves from 3^rd place hopefuls to title challengers.

They have scored 8 goals in their last 2 games and 21 in their last 5 which makes it almost certain that we will see goals here again.

Celtic are looking good domestically coming into this match, but they lost 3-0 away to Zenit Saint Petersburg in their last away game that saw them crash out of the Europa League.

Celtic have netted an average of 2 goals per league game this season and their fans will expect them to find the back to the net here also.

Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions

Rangers

LAST FIVE GAMES						DATE	COMPETITION
W	Rangers		4-1		Falkirk	4 Mar, 2018	Scottish Cup
W	St Johnstone		1-4		Rangers	27 Feb, 2018	Scottish Premiership
W	Rangers		2-0		Heart of Midlothian	24 Feb, 2018	Scottish Premiership
W	Hamilton Academical		3-5		Rangers	18 Feb, 2018	Scottish Premiership
W	Ayr United		1-6		Rangers	11 Feb, 2018	Scottish Cup

Celtic

LAST FIVE GAMES						DATE	COMPETITION
W	Celtic		3-0		Greenock Morton	3 Mar, 2018	Scottish Cup
W	Aberdeen		0-2		Celtic	25 Feb, 2018	Scottish Premiership
L	Zenit St Petersburg		3-0		Celtic	22 Feb, 2018	UEFA Europa League
D	Celtic		0-0		St Johnstone	18 Feb, 2018	Scottish Premiership
W	Celtic		1-0		Zenit St Petersburg	15 Feb, 2018	UEFA Europa League

H2H

LAST FIVE GAMES					DATE	COMPETITION
Celtic		0-0		Rangers	30 Dec, 2017	Scottish Premiership
Rangers		0-2		Celtic	23 Sep, 2017	Scottish Premiership
Rangers		1-5		Celtic	29 Apr, 2017	Scottish Premiership
Celtic		2-0		Rangers	23 Apr, 2017	Scottish Cup
Celtic		1-1		Rangers	12 Mar, 2017	Scottish Premiership

Other fixtures taking place this week in the Scottish Premiership:

Scottish Premiership Table

Scottish Premiership Results