The THREE major title race considerations for Celtics and Rangers this season

That being said, pure economics suggests that in football, the wealthiest club always wins, and the winners, with £70 million in the bank, are definitely that. If I think this is ridiculous, I can expect the typical ‘entitled’ responses.

It is also true that, despite their inherent stadium capacity and match-day income declines season after season,

not to mention their relative commercial performance, Ibrox is straining every financial muscle to the breaking point.

Their player payroll is astoundingly more than the Celtics’. There are other podcasts that discuss the effectiveness of the Celtic Board in determining budgets and strategies, but this one does not. In this instance, we handle the world as it is.

Back to the race for the title, then. What will set Celtic apart in the final stretch and, more importantly, where needs to they improve?

Goalie
Without a doubt, the Rangers goalkeeper is a media favorite, and calls for an England call-up are frequent. Like Joe Hart of the Celtics, the 31-year-old joined in 2021 with the intention of rebuilding a career that was slipping away

into a bench role. At the conclusion of this season, Hart, who is 37, plans to retire. He wants to win another title and go out on a high.

In contrast to what the publications would claim, neither the top nor bottom of the important metrics—such as goals saved over average—are. In overall, SPFL teams did a good job of recruiting in this area last summer. Zach Hemming

(St Mirren), Will Dennis (Kilmarnock), and Dimitar Mitov (St Johnstone) have all made an impression.

But the top two are situated each side of the average. Butland is saving 0.07 goals more than average each game, while Hart is giving up 0.05 goals less than average. In fact, in most significant criteria, the Rangers keeper performs

better than his senior Englishman.

In comparison to a projected save performance of 77 and 74, respectively, his save % is 80 to 72. Again, Hart came in

just short of expectations while Butland slightly exceeded them. When it comes to his average distance from the ideal

position when facing a shot, Hart is in the 54th percentile whereas Butland is in the 99th percentile.

Carter-Vickers

Due to injuries, Celtic’s center-back position has experienced a constant turnover of players.

Due to a persistent hamstring issue, Cameron Carter-Vickers, the clear first selection, has been noticeably hindered and absent.

Though he has made a significant contribution to just over half of the league games, he frequently appeared to be moving slowly.

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