Rangers vs Celtic - prediction, team news, lineups

Rangers invited Old Firm rivals Celtic to Ibrox Stadium connected Sunday for a Scottish League Cup quarter-final encounter. 

The Gers defeated St Mirren 5-1 successful the 2nd round, portion the Bhoys progressed past Dundee United with a 4-0 triumph.

Match preview

Rangers caput into Sunday's Scottish League Cup quarter-final aft appearing to person yet recovered their feet nether caller brag Derek McInnes. 

After failing to triumph immoderate of their archetypal 4 matches successful 2026-27, followed by 2 wins and a devastating Conference League elimination to Jablonec connected penalties, Rangers person present won each of their past 4 games. 

McInnes' broadside person lone managed to triumph those 4 matches by one-goal margins, leaving plentifulness of country for improvement, but the Gers volition inactive beryllium encouraged by their upturn successful results. 

Rangers volition present purpose to widen that winning streak erstwhile they instrumentality connected Old Firm rivals Celtic for the archetypal clip this season, with the Gers hoping to extremity a three-game winless tally against their neighbours.

Celtic are besides heading into Sunday's cupful clash disconnected the backmost of 4 consecutive wins, having impressively bounced backmost from the heartbreak of their Champions League elimination. 

The Bhoys held a 4-0 aggregate pb implicit LASK Linz successful the playoff qualifying round, but a illness from Celtic saw them concede 5 goals without reply, starring to their catastrophic elimination from the Champions League 5-4 connected aggregate.

That remains Celtic's lone nonaccomplishment this season, with Martin O'Neill's broadside emerging victorious from each of their 8 different matches crossed each competitions. 

The Bhoys will, therefore, beryllium assured of maintaining that momentum erstwhile they instrumentality connected Rangers, though they person struggled astatine Ibrox successful caller years. 

Celtic person failed to triumph immoderate of their past six visits to Rangers' location ground, though the Bhoys did triumph connected penalties successful the Scottish FA Cup quarter-finals past season. 

That punishment triumph was marred by upset from some sets of fans, and, arsenic a result, the SPFL person made the ruling that nary visiting fans volition beryllium permitted astatine the fixture successful immoderate contention this term. 

Celtic, therefore, volition person to marque bash without immoderate enactment astatine Rangers' location ground, making their latest sojourn to Ibrox an adjacent tougher challenge.

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Team News

Rangers are acceptable to beryllium without Tuur Rommens, Youssef Chermiti, Jose Cifuentes and Lawrence Shankland owed to ongoing wounded issues.

Bojan Miovski, who scored the precocious victor against St Mirren past clip out, could commencement alongside Ryan Don Naderi successful attack, with Badredine Bouanani and Djeidi Gassama retaining their spots connected the wing.

Meanwhile, Celtic stay incapable to telephone upon the services of Callum Osmand, Alistair Johnston and Jota owed to wounded problems.

Kasper Hogh returned to the broadside successful midweek aft missing 3 games owed to injury, and the summertime signing is apt to clasp his starting spot successful onslaught connected Sunday.

Rangers imaginable starting lineup:

Pandur; Sterling, Fernandez, Makhanya, Penrice; Raskin, Neil; Bouanani, Naderi, Gassama; Miovski

Celtic imaginable starting lineup:

Johnstone; Donovan, Murray, Trusty, Scales; McGregor, Baur; Hassan, Nygren, Duran; Hogh

We say: Rangers 1-2 Celtic

Rangers whitethorn person experienced a sizeable upturn successful form, but the Gers person inactive looked acold from convincing astatine times nether McInnes. 

Meanwhile, Celtic are unbeaten successful home contention this play and person not mislaid successful immoderate of their past 3 clashes with the Gers, and we expect that grounds to proceed with a Celtic triumph here.

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