The dominant Celtic goal stat that lays bare Rangers' ultimate challenge in Premiership glory quest

dailyrecord.co.uk:

Ask any fan about facing Celtic and they'll probably tell you you've got to avoid conceding early doors to be in with any chance.While it's rare for either side to lose, fans of most other clubs can probably count on one hand the number of times their side has come from behind to win against Scottish football's dominant force.

Given that Celtic have won the league for eight years in a row it's pretty obvious that they don't lose often but the statistics bear out just how difficult a task teams face if they concede first.

The CIES Football Observatory studied matches between Between January 2015 and December 2019, and found that the Hoops won 88.6 per cent of matches in which they scored first.