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Glasgow giants Rangers and Celtic kickstart their respective New Years with an Old Firm battle at Ibrox and the chance to claim the bragging rights at the expense of their archrival this afternoon.
Who will come out on top? Follow our LIVE blog to find out!
There’s no place in the squad for Northern Ireland international Ross McCausland, however, nor for highly-rated youth international Francis Turley among the Celtic panel.
Rangers: Kelly, Yilmaz, Propper, Sterling, Jefte, Raskin (C), Diomande, Bajrami, Hagi, Cerny, Igamane.
Subs: Munn, Cortes, Barron, Dessers, Matondo, Dowell, King, Fraser, Danilo.
Celtic: Schmeichel, Johnston, Carter-Vickers, Scales, Taylor, McGregor (C), Bernardo, Hatate, Kuhn, Maeda, Furuhashi.
Subs: Sinisalo, Trusty, Palma, Idah, Valle, Yang, McCowan, Engels, Ralston.
With Brendan Rodgers’ Hoops having won both meetings of the sides so far this season, claiming a 3-0 victory in the League at Parkhead in September before last month’s penalty shoot-out success to win the Premier Sports Cup last month following a pulsating 3-3 draw, Philippe Clement’s men will hope to use home advantage to prevent their archrivals from claiming a hat-trick of victories in this New Year battle.
We’re just over an hour out from kick-off for what should be an intriguing encounter in Govan today.
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