Rangers 3-0 Celtic — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Scotland - Premiership, 2 Jan 2025

📅02/01/2025 · 🕒18:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-0 2nd Score 0-1
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
34%
2.94
Draw
25%
3.54
Away
41%
2.03
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
49%
2.23
Over 2.5
51%
1.59
Both Teams to Score
Yes
47%
1.53
No
53%
2.33
Total Goals
0-1 Goal EV+ ✗
27%
4.45
2-3 Goals
42%
1.87
4-5 Goals
22%
2.79
6+ Goals
9%
7.85
Value flag · 0-1 Goal at 4.45 — our 27% vs market 16.9%. Did not land — edges play out over many matches, not one.
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
17%
4.62
1/2
7%
23.0
1/X
8%
12.9
X/1
8%
7.17
X/2
13%
5.05
X/X
11%
5.44
2/1
9%
30.5
2/2
21%
2.82
2/X
6%
12.6
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
34%
Home Win
30%
+4.1pp
25%
Draw
25%
+0.2pp
41%
Away Win
45%
-4.4pp
49%
Under 2.5
41%
+7.9pp
51%
Over 2.5
59%
-7.9pp
47%
BTTS Yes
61%
-13.7pp
53%
BTTS No
39%
+13.7pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Rangers EU Bookmakers 34%
Head to Head
AWAY Celtic EU Bookmakers 49%
+17% / +19% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations -13% / -15%
1.49/1.58 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.29/1.77
+84% / -14% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) +23% / -37%
46% Ball Possession 54%
12 Total Shots 12
4 Shots on Target 4
5 Corners 5
299 · 75% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 371 · 79%
27.4 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 22.9
22.4 Crosses 18.3
0.6 Yellow Cards 1.0
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Rangers
0W-2D-4L
AWAY Celtic
1.33 Avg Goals (FT) 2.33
1.06 xG 1.59
42% Ball Possession 58%
13 Total Shots 13
4 Shots on Target 6
6 Corners 5
272 Passes 446
73% Pass Accuracy 82%
23 Box Touches 26
20 Crosses 14
4 Yellow Cards 5
15.12.2024 Celtic Celtic 3-3 HT 0-1 Rangers Rangers İKLK
01.09.2024 Celtic Celtic 3-0 HT 2-0 Rangers Rangers İKP
25.05.2024 Celtic Celtic 1-0 HT 0-0 Rangers Rangers İKK
11.05.2024 Celtic Celtic 2-1 HT 2-1 Rangers Rangers İKP
07.04.2024 Rangers Rangers 3-3 HT 0-2 Celtic Celtic İKP
30.12.2023 Celtic Celtic 2-1 HT 1-0 Rangers Rangers İKP
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Rangers
3-0
AWAY Celtic
2.25 xG 0.13
39% Ball Possession 61%
24 Total Shots 4
9 Shots on Target 1
8 Corners 4
250 Passes 458
73% Pass Accuracy 84%
26 Box Touches 20
17 Crosses 11
2 Yellow Cards 2
POST-MATCH Rangers vs Celtic
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Rangers ran out comfortable winners over Celtic 3-0. Half-time: 1-0.

Our pre-match lean was Celtic at 41%, but a lead that slim is closer to a coin-flip than a call — and it fell the other way.

Over 2.5 goals sat near a coin-flip at 51% and both teams to score was close to even at 47%.

On the day, Rangers had 39% of the ball to Celtic's 61%, shots finished 24-4, expected goals 2.25 to 0.13.

For context: across their last 6 meetings in our records, Celtic led the recent series with 4 wins, 2 drawn. Those games averaged 1.33 goals for Rangers and 2.33 for Celtic.

What was the final score of Rangers vs Celtic?

Rangers 3-0 Celtic in the Scotland - Premiership on 02/01/2025. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Rangers vs Celtic?

Before kick-off our model rated an Celtic win the most likely single outcome at about 41%, with the full match-result split Rangers 34%, draw 25%, Celtic 41%. The final score 3-0 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Over 2.5, BTTS No — while Match Result (Celtic) went the other way.

✗ Match Result (Celtic) ✓ Over 2.5 ✓ BTTS No
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