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Listen to Sportsound commentary from Celtic Park Raskin rises above Schlupp to flick in Tavernier corner for early opener Butland thwarts Hatate after Maeda denied Nawrocki makes first Celtic start of season & captain Mc Gregor missing Yilmaz replaces absent Jefte for Rangers Hosts can win the title with three more league wins Away fans at derby for first time in two years Colin Moffat Celtic 0-1 Rangers The average positions for the first quarter of the game show how positive Rangers have been. .. Celtic 0-1 Rangers Steven Thompson Former Rangers striker on BBC Radio Scotland Balogun wins the header really well and it goes into the six-yard box. It just doesn't fall for a Rangers player. Massive panic from Celtic. Celtic 0-1 Rangers The Celtic defence is all at sea as Leon Balogun wins a header at a corner. There's not a lot of power on it but Arne Engels complicates things with an awkward attempt to use his chest and the home side are relieved to hack the ball away. Celtic 0-1 Rangers Steven Thompson Former Rangers striker on BBC Radio Scotland Rangers are winning the midfield battle at this minute. You talk about Mc Cowan, Engels and Hatate, they are not getting on the ball at all and whenever any one of them does, they are put under massive pressure from Barron, Raskin and Diomande. Reo Hatate had an early shot for Celtic Celtic 0-1 Rangers Celtic have been rather ragged in possession and manager Brendan Rodgers looks distinctly unimpressed. From an Arne Engels corner, Cameron Carter-Vickers can only send a header high over the target. Celtic 0-1 Rangers Kheredine Idessane BBC Scotland at Celtic Park Kasper Schmeichel must be the most relieved person inside Celtic Park. His inexplicable gift to Vaclav Cerny went unpunished but is emblematic of a very shaky start from the home side who're lucky to be just a goal down. Celtic 0-1 Rangers Steven Thompson Former Rangers striker on BBC Radio Scotland After the game on Thursday night, he's picked largely the same personnel. Would they be a wee bit leggy? They've started the game really, really brightly and sharply so that'll please Barry Ferguson. Celtic 0-1 Rangers Pat Nevin Former Scotland winger on BBC Radio Scotland I cannot believe he doesn't just put it towards the goal. Terrible, terrible decision. Celtic 0-1 Rangers Chris Sutton Former Celtic striker on Sky Sports Scandalous from Schmeichel. Could Cerny have shot earlier? Celtic 0-1 Rangers A terrible blunder from Kasper Schmeichel as the Celtic keeper wanders out of his box to play a stray pass straight to Vaclav Cerny. Should the Rangers winger have a go first-time? He opts to try and dribble round Schmeichel and runs out of space as Maik Nawrocki gets back to clear. Celtic 0-1 Rangers Kheredine Idessane BBC Scotland at Celtic Park Interestingly, its Dujon Sterling who's making up a back three for Rangers, alongside Leon Balogun and John Souttar. James Tavernier and Ridvan Yilmaz are the wing-backs, who're pushing as high up the park as they can, giving Celtic's wide players questions to answer. Cetiic 0-1 Rangers Pat Nevin Former Scotland winger on BBC Radio Scotland Kasper Schmeichel doesn't leave his six-yard line. That's something that Barry Ferguson's obviously spotted. Celtic 0-1 Rangers The team scoring first in this fixture has lost in just five of the past 42 meetings. Celtic 0-1 Rangers Jack Butland is busy again, leaping to his right to tip away a fierce curling strike from Reo Hatate. Celtic 0-1 Rangers Daizen Maeda goes haring after a long ball over the top but Rangers goalkeeper Jack Butland advances to the edge of his box to gather. Celtic 0-1 Rangers An offside flag goes up as Daizen Maeda cracks a close range effort wide. Celtic 0-1 Rangers Steven Thompson Former Rangers striker on BBC Radio Scotland The delivery's absolutely brilliant. Celtic will be wondering how Nico Raskin got a flick on that, the height that he is. We thought that Rangers had started well, well they certainly have now. Nico Raskin James Tavernier with the corner, Nico Raskin with a cute near post flick. The Rangers midfielder is not the tallest but he beats Jeffrey Schlupp to the header and steers it away from Kasper Schmeichel. Celtic 0-0 Rangers Celtic are pinned back as Nico Raskin rattles off a powerful shot and Kasper Schmeichel needs to look lively to push it away. Celtic 0-0 Rangers Now Jeffrey Schlupp deals with the corner, but Rangers still enjoy good territory from the resulting throw-in. Match report to appear here. Last Updated 16th March 2025 at 12: 35 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. Manager: Brendan Rodgers Formation: 4 - 3 - 3 Manager: Barry Ferguson Formation: 3 - 4 - 2 - 1 Manager: Brendan Rodgers Formation: 4 - 3 - 3 Manager: Barry Ferguson Formation: 3 - 4 - 2 - 1 Scottish Premiership All competitions All competitions All competitions Celtic are unbeaten in their last eight home league games against Rangers (W6 D2), winning each of their last five in a row. Never in their history have the Hoops won six consecutive home league Old Firm derbies. After their 3-0 win in January, Rangers are looking to win back-to-back league Old Firm derbies against Celtic for the first time since August 2021 under Steven Gerrard, and first time within a single season since winning their first two such meetings of the 2020-21 campaign. Seven of the last 13 league Old Firm derbies have seen the opening goal scored within the first 10 minutes of the match. The side scoring first has won seven of the last eight league meetings between Celtic and Rangers, with the exception being a 3-3 draw between the sides in April 2024. Celtic have won 19 of their last 20 home league games (D1), including each of their last 10 in a row by an aggregate score of 37-1. The Hoops have scored 2+ goals in all 20 of these matches – their longest ever such run in the league. Rangers have lost two of their last three league games (W1), as many as their previous 18 beforehand (W12 D4). The Gers could lose successive matches in the Scottish Premiership for the first time since March 2018 under Graeme Murty. This will be Barry Ferguson’s first Old Firm derby in charge of Rangers. None of the club’s last eight managers to face Celtic have won their first meeting with their rivals in all competitions (D3 L5), with the last being Ally Mc Coist in September 2011. Away from home, eight of the last 10 Rangers managers to visit Celtic lost their first trip (D2) since Walter Smith won 2-0 in August 1991. Barry Ferguson will be the seventh different Rangers manager to face Brendan Rodgers’ Celtic in all competitions (also Mark Warburton, Graeme Murty, Pedro Caixinha, Steven Gerrard, Michael Beale, and Philippe Clement). In the club’s history, no other Hoops boss has faced more than four different Gers managers. Celtic trio Alistair Johnston, Daizen Maeda, and Nicolas Kühn are all joint-top for assists in the Scottish Premiership this season (7 each), while Rangers pair Václav Cerny (66) and James Tavernier (54) are the top two players for chances created in the competition this term. Copyright © 2025 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.