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Steven Mair

Celtic vs Rangers on a knife edge as supercomputer predicts derby showdown and a Gio van Bronckhorst title effect

A supercomputer prediction of the Scottish Premiership season has Rangers romping the top flight by more points than when Steven Gerrard was in charge.

But Celtic have been given a slight edge for the derby in just over a week's time, according to stats and modelling specialists FiveThirtyEight.

The data site assigns offensive and defensive ratings to every team to "project the result of a match between them in a variety of formats — such as a league match, a home-and-away tie or a cup final — as well as simulate whole seasons to arrive at the probability each team will win the league, qualify for the Champions League or be relegated to a lower division."

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