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Friday 2nd September 2022

Celtic Rangers cinch Premiership

Celtic v Rangers preview

Top two meet at Celtic Park on Saturday, live on Sky Sports at 12.30pm

  • Ange Postecoglou's Celtic side have a two-point lead at the top of the cinch Premiership with five wins out of five and thrashed Dundee United 9-0 at Tannadice on Sunday.
  • Rangers' only dropped points came in a 2-2 draw at Easter Road - Giovanni van Bronckhorst's men beat Ross County 4-0 in their most recent cinch Premiership fixture.
  • Celtic go into the game on the back of a 4-1 win away to Ross County in the last 16 of the Premier Sports Cup in midweek while Rangers beat Queen of the South 3-1 at Ibrox.
  • Celtic's Kyogo Furuhashi tops the Premiership scoring charts with six league goals so far. Rangers' leading marksman is Antonio Colak, with four league goals.
  • The last meeting of the teams was a 1-1 draw at Celtic Park in May - Jota opened the scoring and Fashion Sakala netted the equaliser.
  • Celtic took seven points to Rangers' four in the cinch Premiership last season but the Ibrox club came out on top in the Scottish Cup semi-final.
  • Both sides are in Champions League action in midweek - Celtic host Real Madrid on Tuesday and Rangers are away to Ajax on Wednesday.
  • Rangers are due to host Celtic on Monday January 2, with the second Celtic Park encounter scheduled for the weekend of April 8.
  • The referee for Saturday's match is Nick Walsh.
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