Rangers beat Celtic for the second time in seven days to move two points behind the Scottish Premiership leaders as Ryan Naderis first-half strike settled the derby at Celtic Park. A week after Rangers thrashed their arch-rivals 3-0 at home in the Scottish League Cup quarter-finals, Naderi pounced when goalkeeper Viljami Sinisalo pushed Kim Minsus long-distance drive into his path in the 33rd minute. Celtic had a fifth-minute volley by Auston Trusty disallowed for offside against Liam Scales and hit the bar through Kieran Tierneys thunderous shot before the opener, but almost fell further behind when Djeidi Gassama shot against a post during the first half.Rangers Olwethu Makhanya had an exquisite volley ruled out 15 minutes from time because the defender was adjudged to have used a hand to control the ball. Table of ContentsCeltic vs Rangers: Result deepens Hoops horror weekCeltic team vs RangersRangers team vs CelticWhats next? Rangers, Celtic fixturesRangers vs Celtic Old Firm statsCeltic vs Rangers: Result deepens Hoops horror weekMartin ONeills side had won all seven of their opening domestic matches of the season before that defeat to Rangers, prefacing a tame 3-1 home loss to Ferencvaros in their Europa League opener on Thursday.While Gers counterpart Derek McInnes will now hope his team continue their momentum in pursuit of the pacesetters, ONeill is likely to be as concerned as Celtics fans audibly were by another listless and untidy performance.Former Rangers striker Kris Boyd said he had no idea what Sinisalo was doing for his part in the goal. Celtic have got problems in the goalkeeping department no doubt about that, Boyd told Sky Sports Scotland.That was terrible. The defence didnt react. Naderi was off the back of [Benjamin] Nygren. As soon the ball came in, he was the first to react, alert and found the back of the net. Celtic team vs RangersCeltic made three changes to their starting side from their defeat to Ferencvaros: Trusty, Luke McCowan and Nygren came in for James Forrest, Oliver Sorensen and Haissem Hassan.Celtic: Sinisalo, Donovan, Carter-Vickers, Trusty, Scales, Tierney, McGregor, Baur, McCowan, Nygren, DuranSubstitutes: Johnstone, Hogh, Tounekti, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Hassan, Mheuka, Murray, Forrest, RalstonRangers team vs CelticRangers were unchanged.Rangers: Pandur, Sterling, Fernandez, Makhanya, Penrice, Neil, Raskin, Minsu, Gassama, Kelsy, Naderi.Substitutes: Kelly, McCrorie, Godfrey, Dragojevic, Devlin, Chukwuani, Curtis, Bouanani, MiovskiWhats next? Rangers, Celtic fixturesHeres how the teams fixtures look immediately after the international break.DateFixtureBST start timeETPTSat, October 10Rangers vs Kilmarnock15:0010:0007:00Sun, October 11Motherwell vs Celtic12:0007:0004:00Rangers vs Celtic Old Firm statsCeltics 3-1 win over Rangers in May ended a six-game winless run in League Old Firm derbies (D3 L3) but the Hoops have now lost three of their last nine home games against Rangers in the Scottish Premiership (W6)Only twice before in Rangers entire history have they faced their Old Firm rivals twice in a row in all competitions and won both times, doing so in September 1960 under Scot Symon and April 1998 under Walter SmithCeltic failed in their attempt to win at least 14 consecutive league matches for the first time since March 2017 under Brendan Rodgers (22), a run which ended via a 1-1 home draw with RangersThey had won each of their preceding 13 league games, which was their longest winning run coming into a league Old Firm derby since March 2017 (22 in a row)The Hoops have only won on two of the seven occasions when they have faced Rangers in the league while on a league winning run of at least 13 games (D1 L3)McInnes became the second manager to win both of his first two Old Firm derbies against Celtic in charge of the club, after Graeme Souness in 1986Five of Celtics six home league goals this season have come in the first half of matches, with their only second-half strike at Celtic Park coming from Nygren against Dundee on in their league opener Topics Celtic F.C. Kieran Tierney Martin O'Neill Rangers F.C. Scottish Premiership Add us as a preferred source on Google If you enjoy reading this article, you can help support our independent football journalism by adding 101 Great Goals as a preferred source You Should Also Read Europa League round-up: Celtic lose again Tom Rostance 17th September, 2026 Rangers 3-0 Celtic: Neil scores twice as McInnes men thrash Old Firm rivals Jon Fisher 13th September, 2026 Conference League draw results 2026/27: Full fixtures Ben Miller 28th August, 2026 When is the Conference League draw 2026/27? Date, time, league phase schedule, TV channel and live stream Ben Miller 28th August, 2026 Derek McInnes embarrassed as Rangers suffer shock Conference League exit Tom Rostance 27th August, 2026 Jablonec 1-0 Rangers: Rangers crash out in shootout defeat Nicholas McGee 27th August, 2026
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