Rangers vs Celtic: Old Firm derby preview and team news as Steven Gerrard makes two changes, Hoops name key duo on bench

Rangers vs Celtic: Old Firm derby preview and team news as Steven Gerrard makes two changes, Hoops name key duo on bench
It is first against second in the Scottish Premiership on Saturday as bitter rivals Rangers and Celtic clash in the Old Firm derby at Ibrox.Celtic head into the clash sitting three points clear of Rangers in top spot, with a game in hand on their Glasgow neighbours.Rangers manager Steven Gerrard and Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers2
Rangers manager Steven Gerrard and Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers
The visitors have won their last three games while scoring ten goals in the process, while the hosts have picked up nine points from their last six matches.Their earlier meeting in September at Celtic Park ended in a 1-0 win for Celtic as Brendan Rodgers extended his incredible record of not losing to Rangers to 12 games.There will only be 750 Celtic fans at Ibrox for the match,whichkicks off at 12.30pm, as the allocation was controversially cut by Rangers from 7,000.Scott Brown celebrates Celtic’s win over Rangers earlier this season2
Scott Brown celebrates Celtic’s win over Rangers earlier this season

Team news

Connor Goldson, Ryan Kent and Scott Arfield have all passed late fitness tests and start for Rangers as Steven Gerrard makes two changes to the XI which drew 1-1 with Hibernian on Boxing Day. Gareth McAuley misses out due to injury.For Celtic, Brendan Rodgers has also made two changes to the team which beat Aberdeen 4-3 on Boxing Day.Teenager Mikey Johnston starts in attack, with top scorerOdsonne Edouard on the bench, while Olivier Ntcham is also in the XI withTom Rogic away on international duty with Australia.Kieran Tierney is named among the substitutes after struggling with a hip problem.

Confirmed line-ups

Rangers: McGregor, Tavernier, Goldson, Worrall, Halliday, Jack, McCrorie, Arfield, Kent, Candeias, Morelos. Subs:Foderingham, Wallace, Katic, Lafferty, Coulibaly, Flanagan, Middleton.Celtic:Gordon, Lustig, Boyata, Benkovic, McGregor, Brown, Ntcham, Christie, Forrest, Sinclair, Johnston. Subs: Bain, Edouard, Ajer, Morgan, Hayes, Ralston, Tierney.


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