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Celtic face a trip to Glasgow Rangers at Ibrox Stadium at lunchtime on Saturday, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 149 games played, The Bhoys have recorded 32 wins, and Rangers have come away with 74 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in April 2005, with Celtic inflicting a narrow 1 - 2 defeat upon the The Gers in a Scottish Premier match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sun 24 Apr | Rangers | 1 - 2 | Celtic | SPL |
| 2004/2005 | Sun 20 Feb | Celtic | 0 - 2 | Rangers | SPL |
| 2004/2005 | Sun 09 Jan | Celtic | 2 - 1 | Rangers | SFAC |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 20 Nov | Rangers | 2 - 0 | Celtic | SPL |
| 2004/2005 | Wed 10 Nov | Rangers | 2 - 1 | Celtic | SLGC |
| 2004/2005 | Sun 29 Aug | Celtic | 1 - 0 | Rangers | SPL |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 08 May | Celtic | 1 - 0 | Rangers | SPL |
Recent respective form guides
Glasgow Rangers have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. A total of 11 goals have been scored by the The Gers in those games, with 6 conceded.
The The Bhoys have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occassions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. A generous 13 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Rangers are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 6 points from 3 games. Celtic are just outside the promotion places, in 2nd, having taken 7 points from 3 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Rangers | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 15 |
| Celtic | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 13 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
A creditable return from recent away games for The Bhoys could well see them head back from Ibrox Stadium with a share of the spoils, think the FootyMad panel. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Rangers | Won 3 successive home games. 6 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 14 . |
| Celtic | Not won in previous 3 away matches. Won each of the previous 3 matches. Last drawn game 4 outings ago. |