Home / Football / Scottish Premiership News Rangers 2-2 Celtic: Report, result, goals from Scottish Premiership Report and highlights from Rangers vs Celtic in the Scottish Premiership Written by Ben Miller Last Update: March 1, 2026 02:43:31 pm GMT 5 min read Reo Hatate levelled from the rebound after having a 91st-minute penalty saved as Celtic recovered from 2-0 behind to draw with Rangers and leave their arch-rivals six points behind Hearts at the top of the Scottish Premiership. Youssef Chermiti scored twice including an overhead kick and hit a post as part of a dominant first-half display by Danny Rohls side, who looked in control even after Kieran Tierney headed in Benjamin Nygrens cross to reply. Hatate, who had come on alongside Sebastian Tounekti for Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Junior Adamu at half-time, had the chance to complete Celtics comeback after a Video Assistant Referee check ruled that Dujon Sterling had handled Daizen Maedas header. Home goalkeeper Jack Butland had made a superb save as part of the sequence leading to the penalty and produced more spectacular heroics to keep Hatates spot kick and initial attempt from the rebound out, but the ball again fell to the Japan international to slot in and decide an astonishingly dramatic derby. MinuteTimeline8Chermiti scores opener with overhead kick11Forward shoots against post26Chermiti pokes in second56Tierney pulls goal back90+1Hatate scores rebound from penaltyTable of Contents1 Analysis: Hearts happy with Old Firm draw2 Rangers team vs Celtic3 Celtic team vs Rangers4 Celtic vs Rangers stats5 Whats next for Rangers and Celtic? Fixtures, scheduleAnalysis: Hearts happy with Old Firm drawAfter a spiky build-up between Rohl and counterpart Martin ONeill, the newcomer to Scottish football saw his side surge into a two-goal lead against opponents unable to match Rangers directness and physicality.Chermitis acrobatic finish in front of goal from Andreas Skov Olsens cross set the tone before the break, and the 21-year-old then capitalised on Dane Murrays sliced clearance as part of a sequence of poor defending to score a composed second.Celtic improved significantly as the second half progressed and the relief for Hatate and the away fans was as great as Butlands predicament was cruel after the former England international so nearly denied the Hoops.When we came out for the second half, we were a totally different team, Tierney told Sky Sports, via BBC Sport.Were unlucky not to get all the points in the end. We let ourselves down in the first half and it wasnt how we wanted to play. [Then] we showed the character. Were here for this ongoing fight.The result gave Hearts, who are also eight points ahead of Celtic, more to celebrate following their 1-0 home win over Aberdeen on Saturday.ONeills side have 10 league matches remaining, while the top two have nine to play. Rangers team vs CelticRangers made two changes from their 2-2 draw at Livingstone a week earlier, bringing in right-back Dujon Sterling and forward Ryan Naderi for James Tavernier and Djeidi Gassama.Rangers starting XI: Jack Butland, Dujon Sterling, John Souttar, Emmanuel Fernandez, Tuur Rommens, Andreas Skov Olsen, Nicolas Raskin, Tochi Chukwuani, Mikey Moore, Ryan Naderi, Youssef ChermitiRangers substitutes: Liam Kelly, James Tavernier, Mohamed Diomande, Thelo Aasgaard, Nedim Bajrami, Djeidi Gassama, Nasser Djiga, Bojan Miovski, Jayden MeghomaCeltic team vs RangersCeltic made five changes from their 1-0 win at Stuttgart in the Europa League knockout phase play-offs three days earlier.Defenders Julian Araujo, Liam Scales, Kieran Tierney came in, as did Benjamin Nygen and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.Goalkeeper Viljami Sinisalo retained his place after an impressive display at Stuttgart, with established first-choice Kasper Schmeichel not involved.Celtic starting XI: Viljami Sinisalo, Julian Araujo, Dane Murray, Liam Scales, Kieran Tierney, Benjamin Nygren, Callum McGregor, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Yang Hyun-Jun, Junior Adamu, Daizen MaedaCeltic substitutes: Ross Doohan, Tomas Cvancara, Luke McCowan, Sebastian Tounekti, Marcelo Saracchi, Reo Hatate, Benjamin Arthur, James Forrest, Colby DonovanCeltic vs Rangers statsRangers are unbeaten in their last six league meetings with Celtic (W3 D3), after having lost four of their previous five beforehand (D1)They have had four different managers in those five clashes (Philippe Clement, Barry Ferguson twice, Russell Martin, Danny Rohl)Celtic have won two of their last 13 away games at Rangers in all competitions (D5 L6), although each of their last three have been drawn. The Hoops previously drew three successive trips to Rangers in March 1996Rangers had won their previous 10 home games in all competitions by an aggregate score of 32-4This was ONeills first Scottish Premiership Old Firm derby as Celtic boss since a 2-1 win at Ibrox in April 2005; the Northern Irishman has won eight of his last 11 league games against Rangers as Hoops boss (L2)Whats next for Rangers and Celtic? Fixtures, scheduleThese teams meet again at Ibrox in the Scottish Cup quarter-finals on Sunday (13:00 GMT). Heres how their next league fixtures look.TeamNext Premiership fixtureDateKick-off timeRangersSt Mirren (A)Sunday, March 1512:00CelticAberdeen (A)Wednesday, March 420:00 Topics: Celtic F.C. Danny Rohl Heart of Midlothian F.C. Martin O'Neill Rangers F.C. Follow us: Ben Miller Ben has more than 10 years' experience in sports journalism, covering two EURO tournaments, European club competitions, the Premier League, EFL and WSL and a variety of other major sporting events. 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