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Scottish Premiership: Hibernian stun Celtic as Rangers level late on

SoccerNews in Scottish Premier League 22 Feb 2026

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Scottish Premiership champions Hearts were the big winners from Sunday’s action as Rangers and Celtic both failed to claim three points.

Celtic were stunned by Hibernian, who won 2-1 in Glasgow thanks to Kai Andrews’ 87th-minute goal, while Rangers pegged Livingston back to a 2-2 draw.

Martin O’Neill’s team, who were beaten in the Europa League by Stuttgart on Thursday, fell behind to Felix Passlack’s effort midway through the first half at Celtic Park.

Celtic equalised through Benjamin Nygren on the stroke of half-time, yet the Hoops could not keep up the momentum after the break, and their task was made tougher when Auston Trusty received a straight red card in the 74th minute.

Hibernian made their numerical advantage count, with Ante Suto laying it back for Andrews to seal their first win at Celtic since January 2010.

Rangers, meanwhile, had to snatch a point from the jaws of defeat at lowly Livingston.

Danny Rohl’s team found themselves 2-0 down, with Brooklyn Kabongolo and Lewis Smith on target for the hosts, but Livingston went down to 10 when Cristian Montano saw red on the hour.

Emmanuel Fernandez dragged Rangers back into it, and Mikey Moore – who thought he might have won a penalty in second-half stoppage time – clinched an 88th-minute equaliser.

Rangers are four points back from Hearts in second, with Celtic in third after suffering their first league defeat since going down in the Old Firm derby in January. The arch-rivals of Scottish football face off next week.

Data Debrief: Smash and grab

Livingston certainly rode their luck. They had just five shots, getting three of them on target, and registered only 0.3 expected goals.

Rangers, on the other hand, tallied up 31 attempts with 14 of those on target, for 3.63 xG, but it is only one statistic that counts, and Rohl’s team will know this is two points dropped, even if they did surge back from behind.

This was the first time Rangers had failed to beat a team starting the day at the bottom of the table since February 2021, when they drew 1-1 with Hamilton Academical.

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