The latter has scored 12 goals in domestic competition this season, which is the same as Heart of Midlothian's Lawrence Shankland minus his penalties and still five fewer than Kevin van Veen when you take away the Motherwell striker's penalties. They have players on an estimated £10m-£15m a year out of contract in the summer and you have to wonder how many of them are worth retaining. The subject of value for money has to be occupying the minds of the Rangers board.
In a season and a half at Celtic, Daizen Maeda is already only 10 goals behind Kent. Kent is one of the highest earners at Ibrox and yet his influence and goals return is nowhere near where it needs to be - a mere 28 goals in more than 160 domestic games. They have big decisions to make on multiple players who are out of contract in the coming months. Rangers have so much work to do in the summer that it must hurt the brain of their fast-changing board. Big decisions lie ahead for Rangers board
Rangers have huffed and puffed by comparison, wasteful at one end and ripped apart too often down the other. Celtic have been more ruthless with their chances, they've shown a remorseless nature even when playing below their standard. Ryan Kent (24) has had more attempts on goal.Īll of that reflects close games, certainly on Michael Beale's watch - a draw and two others settled by a goal. James Tavernier (22) and Borna Barisic (14) have created more chances than anybody else. In the nine games, Rangers have had more shots (118-109), more open play crosses (168-131) and more touches in the opposition box (236-217). Kyogo isn't just a physical being on the pitch in front of Rangers defenders, he's a demon in their heads. They've scored 18 goals in nine Old Firm matches in two seasons with a shot conversion rate that's more or less double that of Rangers'. They can strike with the venom of an adder when the moment arrives. Previously, it was Jon McLaughlin, now it was John Souttar. Kyogo's first began with a move down the right, his second happened with an error on the left of goal from Ben Davies, and Celtic's third was the kind of calamity we've seen much of. Rangers had seven players inside the six-yard box when Kyogo scored.Ĭeltic's 3-2 win in Glasgow's east end was two years of games in microcosm. His late equaliser at Ibrox came from a delivery from the Rangers right that sparked chaos. Kyogo a demon for Celticīoth of Kyogo's goals in the League Cup final originated with a cross from the right-hand side of Rangers' defence.
Celtic's speed of thought and speed of movement has been mostly too much for Rangers.
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There's been errors from goalkeepers and centre-halves and dangerous finishers left free to fire on goal in the penalty box. They've been consistently exploited down the right and left of their defence with sleepy defenders caught napping by alert attackers. Since Postecoglou arrived in Glasgow, it's not just the matches Rangers have lost and the goals they've conceded against the marauders in green and white that gives the fixture the look of a recurring nightmare for Ibrox folk, it's the type of goal they've conceded and the mind-altering similarity of so many of them.
Beale sees 'harmony and progress' at Ibrox.Number four: Across the span of the past two seasons, no Rangers player has scored more than once from open play in the derby, while four Celtic players have done so.Īs they head into a Scottish Cup semi-final on Sunday, Rangers fans could be excused for thinking that, when it comes to games against Celtic, they've been living their lives on a loop for a chunk of these past two seasons. Number three: Kyogo Furuhashi has scored five goals in his past three games against Rangers, which is more than Morelos has scored in six seasons of games against Celtic. Number two: In the Ange Postecoglou seasons, Rangers defender Filip Helander - who hasn't played for the club in more than a year - still has as many goals against Celtic than any Rangers midfielder or striker.
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