On Wednesday Feb 2nd, Celtic plays host to Rangers in a meeting of these two evenly matched Premiership teams in the ever popular Glasgow derby. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Celtic is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Dundee United. Abada struck first for Celtic in the 90th minute on a feed from João Filipe, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Dundee United couldn’t manage to score, and Celtic took the shutout win. Celtic looks to continue their winning ways, having won 9 of their last 10, while rangers sits at 1st place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-3 draw against Ross County. Amad Traoré struck first for Rangers in the 5th minute on a feed from Joe Aribo, then Jordan White tied it up for Ross County in the 25th minute . Rangers is on a hot streak lately, having won 8 of their last 10.
In their last match on Aug 29th, Rangers won by a score of 1 to 0. Filip Helander struck first for Rangers in the 66th minute on a feed from Borna Barišić, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Celtic couldn’t muster any offence and Rangers ran away with the shutout win.
James Tavernier has been the most effective weapon for Rangers lately. The English attacker has netted 2 goals in his last five matches. Liel Abada has been the most prolific scorer on Celtic in his last 5 matches with 3 goals.