Rangers, founded in 2012 and based at Ibrox Stadium, remain the most familiar domestic reference point for Celtic supporters – rarely requiring introduction, and not improved by excessive explanation. Their squad is valued at around £114.5m by Transfermarkt, with 30 players and an average age of 24.
Their recent honours give the current club its shape: the 2020/21 Premiership title followed by the 2021/22 Scottish Cup. In total, they have won four Premiership titles, three Scottish Cups and two League Cups, a record that supplies weight without needing much embroidery.
In the 2026/27 Premiership, Rangers sit second after eight rounds, with 19 points. Their recent league form is clean enough: six wins in a row, including a 1-0 win at Celtic and a 3-1 home victory over Kilmarnock. They have also been through a League Cup semi-final, a Europa League qualifying third round and a Conference League qualifying play-off round this season.
The numbers suggest a side built more on control than spectacle. They average 1.5 goals scored and 0.8 conceded at Ibrox, and 1.3 scored with 0.5 conceded away from home. Ryan Naderi leads their scoring with six goals, ahead of Lawrence Shankland on four, while they have struck first inside 20 minutes in seven of 20 league matches.
Rangers are second in the Premiership, defensively tidy, and on a strong league run. For Celtic, they remain the obvious domestic measure – close enough in the table to matter, and familiar enough to require no mythology.
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⚔️ How they compare to Celtic
Compared with Celtic, Rangers are the steadier defensive unit in matches at Ibrox and win more set-piece opportunities, but Celtic hold the clear advantage in open-play attack — especially away from home where their scoring rate is substantially higher — so Celtic carry more threat going forward while Rangers offer greater resilience and dead-ball danger.
