Rangers vs Celtic team news confirmed as major Kasper Schmeichel decision made plus flurry of Old Firm debutants
Rangers and Celtic team news for today’s pivotal Old Firm derby at Ibrox has been confirmed
Rangers and Celtic team lines for the fourth Old Firm derby of the Premiership season have been confirmed - with some huge selection calls made by both managers.
Both teams collide in what is a hugely significant instalment of one of world football’s fiercest rivalries. It comes amid an enthralling four-way title race that is developing in to one of the most dramatic in recent history.
There has been new twists and turns with each passing week and leaders Hearts’ 1-0 victory over Aberdeen at Tynecastle on Saturday has ramped up the pressure on both sides of the Old Firm this afternoon, with defeat now simply out of the question.
Danny Rohl on Rangers vs Celtic
“We are ready, during the week we spoke a lot about this game in the coaching group as well. When you are the manager, and you have the chance to play at home in these kinds of games, then you are also on fire. I think it has been a good training week so far.
“Let’s see tomorrow, one more training session, I feel the confidence and belief. I think this is very important. We can speak about the shape and the tactics, but it is about how we go in duals, how we win the balls, and how we play forward.
“If we have the right mindset for this game, I do believe we come with a lot of confidence, and we have 51,000 backing us, and it will be a good atmosphere.
“It is a crucial game, but no team will be out of it after this game, because there are still 27 points that you can take, and in football, it is massive. It is two matchdays, and you are in the title race again.
“This is also important for all the teams now, it is important not just for us but also the other three teams around us, everyone is fighting for points, and you have to take points as soon as possible to be really close in this race.”
Martin O’Neill on Rangers vs Celtic
“They are really great fixtures to be involved in and I’m naturally looking forward to it.
“The two sides play each other reasonably often during the course of the season and I think in the next fixture one of the teams is usually trying to rectify something that happened before.
“So now it’s out turn if that is the case. It will be a difficult game for us, absolutely no question about that. But are we capable of winning, yes we are.
“We’ve a lot of players here who have played in these fixtures and have gone to Ibrox and won. So, they’ve done that in the recent past and it’s up to us to try and emulate that.”
Rangers vs Celtic confirmed starting line ups
RANGERS XI:
Starting XI: Jack Butland; Dujon Sterling, John Souttar (C), Emmanuel Fernandez, Tuur Rommens, Tochi Chukwuani, Nico Raskin, Mikey Moore, Andreas Skov Olsen, Youssef Chermiti, Ryan Naderi
SUBS: Liam Kelly (GK), Jayden Meghoma, Nasser Djiga, James Tavernier, Thelo Aasgaard, Nedim Bajrami, Djeidi Gassama, Mohamed Diomande, Bojan Miovski
CELTIC XI:
Starting XI: Viljami Sinisalo; Julian Araujo, Dane Murray, Liam Scales, Kieran Tierney, Callum McGregor (C), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Benjamin Nygren, Yang Hyun-Jun, Daizen Maeda, Junior Adamu