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Rangers prepare to entertain Celtic at Ibrox Stadium at lunchtime on Saturday, looking to continue an impressive record. The The Gers are clearly on top, having won 78 and lost only 33 of the 155 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Ibrox Stadium was less than a year ago, in March 2008, the The Gers carving out a narrow 1-0 victory in a Scottish Premier match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Sun 31 Aug | Celtic | 2 - 4 | Rangers | SPL |
| 2007/2008 | Sun 27 Apr | Celtic | 3 - 2 | Rangers | SPL |
| 2007/2008 | Wed 16 Apr | Celtic | 2 - 1 | Rangers | SPL |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 29 Mar | Rangers | 1-0 | Celtic | SPL |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 20 Oct | Rangers | 3 - 0 | Celtic | SPL |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 05 May | Rangers | 2 - 0 | Celtic | SPL |
| 2006/2007 | Sun 11 Mar | Celtic | 0 - 1 | Rangers | SPL |
Recent respective form guides
Rangers are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. In this time, The Gers have rattled up an impressive 20 goals, and conceded 5.
Celtic's away form is equally impressive, picking up four victories from the last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 11 goals for the The Bhoys, and 2 goals against.
Rangers sit in a healthy 2nd in the league, and have picked up 43 points from their 19 games. Celtic are leading the way in the Clydesdale Bank Scottish Premier, with their 19 games giving them a return of 47 points.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Rangers | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 13 |
| Celtic | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The Gers are in a rich vein of form at home as of late, but the one that FootyMad has marked this down as one of their banker draws, taking into account the quality of the opposition. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Rangers | Won 4 successive home games. 5 games since last home draw. Unbeaten run of 3 matches. |
| Celtic | 13 games since last away draw. 4 games since last defeat. |