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127 Connor Goldson is fit to start Rangers' Old Firm derby meeting with Celtic, who welcome back Reo Hatate and Liel Abada on the bench.
Goldson, 31, was an injury doubt but has been named in the side, while Stephen Welsh partners Liam Scales at centre-back for Celtic, who are missing Cameron Carter-Vickers.
John Lundstram also returns to the Rangers team.
Hatate and Abada have both been out long-term but could play a part.
Follow the game liveKeep up to date with CelticThe latest Rangers newsCeltic XI: Hart, A Johnston, Welsh, Scales, Taylor, McGregor, O'Riley, Bernardo, Maeda, Kyogo, Palma.
Substitutes: Bain, Abada, Yang, Turnbull, Nawrocki, Oh, Hatate, Ralston, M Johnston.
Rangers XI: Butland, Tavernier, Goldson, Balogun, Yilmaz, Lundstram, Sterling, Cantwell, McCausland, Sima, Dessers.
Substitutes: McCrorie, Souttar, Lammers, Cifuentes, Matondo, Dowell, S Wright, King, Devine.
Match stats
Celtic have only lost one of their last eight league meetings with Rangers (W5 D2), a 0-3 defeat in May 2023.In all competitions, Rangers have won just two of their last 17 away derbies (D4 L11), winning back-to-back visits in December 2019/October 2020 under Steven Gerrard.This will be the 10th time that Celtic have faced Rangers in their final league match of a calendar year (W3 D3 L3 in the first nine). They have lost the last two such occasions: 1-2 in 2019 and 0-1 in 2018.Since Philippe Clement's first league game, Rangers have won more points (28) and conceded fewer goals (3) than any other side in the Scottish Premiership, winning nine of their 10 games.Rangers have won their final league match in each of the last five calendar years since a 0-0 draw at Celtc in 2017. Two of those wins have been against Celtic (2018, 2019).Brendan Rodgers has won 11 and lost one of his 14 Old Firm derbies; his win rate of 79% is the best of any manager in this fixture's history for either club in major competitions.None of Rangers last seven managers have won their first derby (D3 L4) since Ally McCoist in September 2011. The last Rangers manager to win his first away game with the club at Celtic was Walter Smith in August 1991 (2-0). Celtic's Kyogo Furuhashi has scored four goals in his last three league starts against Rangers, including a brace in April.Line-ups
Celtic
Formation 4-3-3
1Hart2Johnston57Welsh5Scales3Taylor33O'Riley42McGregor28Gonçalves Bernardo38Maeda8Furuhashi7PalmaSubstitutes
11Abada13Yang14Turnbull17Nawrocki19Oh29Bain41Hatate56Ralston90JohnstonRangers
Formation 4-2-3-1
1Butland2Tavernier6Goldson27Balogun3Yilmaz21Sterling4Lundstram45McCausland13Cantwell19Sima9DessersSubstitutes
5Souttar14Lammers15Cifuentes17Matondo20Dowell23Wright28McCrorie38King44DevineLive Text
Attempt blocked. Todd Cantwell (Rangers) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Cyriel Dessers.
Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Jack Butland.
Attempt saved. Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Callum McGregor.
Foul by Callum McGregor (Celtic).
Dujon Sterling (Rangers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Callum McGregor (Celtic).
Todd Cantwell (Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Connor Goldson (Rangers).
Paulo Bernardo (Celtic) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
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Celtic
Squad number1Player nameHart
Squad number2Player nameJohnston
Squad number57Player nameWelsh
Squad number5Player nameScales
Squad number3Player nameTaylor
Squad number33Player nameO'Riley
Squad number42Player nameMcGregor
Squad number28Player namePaulo Bernardo
Squad number38Player nameMaeda
Squad number8Player nameFuruhashi
Squad number7Player namePalma
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Rangers
Squad number1Player nameButland
Squad number2Player nameTavernier
Squad number6Player nameGoldson
Squad number27Player nameBalogun
Squad number3Player nameYilmaz
Squad number21Player nameSterling
Squad number4Player nameLundstram
Squad number45Player nameMcCausland
Squad number13Player nameCantwell
Squad number19Player nameSima
Squad number9Player nameDessers
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