Premiership: Rangers and Celtic draw 2-2 on Monday
GLASGOW. Rangers manages to recover against Celtic with a goal on the D. Maeda 5' and a goal on the K. Furuhashi 88'.
GLASGOW. Rangers manages to recover against Celtic with a goal on the D. Maeda 5′ and a goal on the K. Furuhashi 88′. Celtic couldn’t win even though he was superior in terms of holding the ball possession (60%)
The match was played at the Ibrox Stadium stadium in Glasgow on Monday and it started at 12:30 pm local time. The referee was John Beaton who was helped by Daniel McFarlane and Dougie Potter. The 4th official was Don Robertson. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold around 3.5 degrees Celsius or 38.3 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 82%.
Match Statistics
Celtic was in firm control of the ball 60% while Rangers was struggling with a 40% ball possession.
Rangers was more aggressive with 58 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 4 were on target. However, this did not suffice for Rangers to win the match.
Rangers shot 13 times, 4 on target, 9 off target. Talking about the opposition, Celtic shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Rangers received 1 yellow card (Ryan Jack). On the other side, Celtic received 1 yellow card (Callum McGregor).
After playing this match, Rangers will have 45 points to stay in the 2nd place. Talking about the opposition, Celtic will have 54 points to stay in the 1st place.
Match Events
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5'5'
Daizen Maeda
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20'20'
Josip Juranovic
Greg Taylor
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47'47'
Ryan Kent
Fashion Sakala
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52'52'
James Tavernier (Penalty)
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61'61'
Liel Abada
James Forrest
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61'61'
Aaron Mooy
Matt O\'Riley
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71'71'
Ryan Jack
John Lundstram
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77'77'
Georgios Giakoumakis
Reo Hatate
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77'77'
João Filipe
Daizen Maeda
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80'80'
Scott Wright
Alfredo Morelos
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85'85'
James Sands
Malik Tillman
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88'88'
Kyogo Furuhashi
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90'90'
Carl Starfelt
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90'90'
Ryan Jack
Next match
In the upcoming Premiership match, Rangers will play away against Dundee United on the 8th of January with a 22-5 head to head stats in favor of Rangers (7 draws).
Celtic will host Kilmarnock on the 7th of January with a 42-4 head to head in favor of Celtic (8 draws).
Rangers: Formation and Lineups
Rangers started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Michael Beale chose to play with the following team: Allan McGregor , James Tavernier , Connor Goldson , Ben Davies , Borna Barišić , Glen Kamara , John Lundstram , Fashion Sakala , Malik Tillman , Ryan Kent and Alfredo Morelos .
Substitutes
Rangers made 3 changes: John Lundstram for Ryan Jack (71′), Alfredo Morelos for Scott Wright (80′) and Malik Tillman for James Sands (85′).
Top player: James Tavernier
Probably the most impressive player in Rangers was James Tavernier.
His rating is with 1 goal, 30 passes (63% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 7. He performed 5 crosses.
Celtic: Formation and Lineups
Celtic started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Talking about the opposition, Angelos Postecoglou played with: Joe Hart , Alistair Johnston , Cameron Carter-Vickers , Carl Starfelt , Greg Taylor , Callum McGregor , Matt O’Riley , Reo Hatate , James Forrest , Kyogo Furuhashi and Daizen Maeda .
Substitutes
Celtic made 5 changes: Greg Taylor for Josip Juranovic (20′), James Forrest for Liel Abada (61′), Matt O’Riley for Aaron Mooy (61′), Daizen Maeda for João Filipe (77′) and Reo Hatate for Georgios Giakoumakis (77′).
Top player: Daizen Maeda
Probably the most impressive player in Celtic was Daizen Maeda.
His rating is with 1 goal, 20 passes (75% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 12. He performed 4 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premiership
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