Celtic vs Rangers - prediction, team news, lineups

First takes connected 2nd successful the Scottish Premiership connected Sunday afternoon, erstwhile Celtic big Old Firm rivals Rangers astatine Celtic Park. 

The hosts are flawless successful the league with six wins from six, with the visitors trailing the leaders by 5 points.

Match preview

Celtic whitethorn beryllium flawless successful the Scottish Premiership, with six wins from six games, but Martin O'Neill's broadside person had a acold from cleanable commencement to the 2026-27 campaign.

The Bhoys person suffered the devastation of failing to suffice for the Champions League astatine the last hurdle, humiliatingly losing 5-1 successful the 2nd limb to LASK Linz to beryllium eliminated 5-4 connected aggregate. 

Despite initially bouncing backmost from that decision with 4 consecutive Scottish Premiership triumphs, Celtic person since suffered back-to-back losses heading into this match. 

The Bhoys were comfortably defeated 3-0 by their Old Firm rivals successful the Scottish League Cup quarter-final, followed by a 3-1 nonaccomplishment to Ferencvaros successful the opening crippled of the Europa League league phase. 

O'Neill's broadside were punished for respective antiaircraft errors successful those 2 losses, and Celtic volition beryllium anxious to enactment those down them and triumph backmost the favour of their frustrated fans erstwhile they conscionable with Rangers erstwhile again connected Sunday. 

Rangers, successful comparison, endured a dilatory commencement to the season, including failing to triumph immoderate of their opening 4 matches crossed each competitions - featuring their Europa League elimination. 

However, the Gers yet recovered their feet nether caller brag Derek McInnes, with Rangers winning 7 of their adjacent 8 matches, with the sole objection being a disappointing 1-0 nonaccomplishment and punishment decision to Jablonec successful the Conference League playoff qualifying round.

Five of those 7 wins person travel successful their past 5 matches, including the superb 3-0 triumph against Celtic successful Rangers' past outing, and McInnes volition beryllium hoping his broadside tin replicate that effect astatine Celtic Park. 

The Gers volition person to flooded the situation of playing astatine Celtic's location ground, wherever Rangers person won lone 2 of their past 12 visits, portion McInnes' men volition besides beryllium without the enactment of an distant assemblage - with each distant fans banned successful Old Firm matches for this season.

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Team News

The hosts are without Alistair Johnston, Callum Osmand and Jota owed to ongoing wounded issues, portion Yang Hyun-Jun is unavailable owed to his engagement astatine the Asian Games with South Korea.

O'Neill is apt to marque changes from the broadside that mislaid to Ferencvaros successful midweek, with Benjamin Nygren and Kasper Hogh apt to commencement successful attack, portion Tony Ralston and Auston Trusty could commencement successful defence.

Meanwhile, Rangers stay without skipper Lawrence Shankland owed to a hamstring issue, portion Youssef Chermiti is besides ruled retired with a cruciate ligament injury, meaning Kevin Kelsy - who scored successful past weekend's triumph against Celtic - should support his spot successful attack.

McInnes is apt to sanction an wholly unchanged squad from past weekend's victory, and the manager volition beryllium further boosted by the imaginable returns of Tuur Rommens and Jose Cifuentes from injury.

Celtic imaginable starting lineup:

Johnstone; Ralston, Carter-Vickers, Trusty, Scales; McGregor, Baur; Hassan, Nygren, Duran; Hogh

Rangers imaginable starting lineup:

Pandur; Sterling, Fernandez, Makhanya, Penrice; Raskin, Neil; Naderi, Kim, Gassama; Kelsy

We say: Celtic 1-1 Rangers

Celtic volition beryllium abbreviated connected assurance pursuing back-to-back defeats, portion Rangers are afloat of content aft their winning run, starring america to expect the distant broadside to unafraid a result.

However, a afloat location of location fans astatine Celtic Park volition marque this a hard sojourn for the Gers, and for that reason, we foretell this crippled volition extremity each square.

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