Rangers v Celtic: Starting XIs, Referee details and Kick Off Time

Celtic face Rangers this afternoon in the Premier Sports Cup. As kick off approaches, Martin O’Neill and his counterpart in the Rangers dugout, Derek McInnes, have confirmed their teams.

Both teams will be eager to take their place in the Semi Final draw later today with a place at Hampden at stake.

Confirmed Starting XI

MON has made some big calls from Wednesday’s win over St Johnstone. The Irishman has continued with Sam Johnstone between the sticks while Seb Tounekti starts at the expense of Haissem Hassan.

Celtic: Johnstone, Donovan, Carter-Vickers, Scales, Tierney, Baur, McGregor, Nygren, Duran, Hogh, Tounekti.

Subs: Sinisalo, Lotomba, Trusty, Sorensen, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Mheuka, Hassan, Forrest, Murray.

Rangers: Pandur, Sterling, Fernandez, Makhanya, Penrice, Raskin, Neil, Minsu, Gassama, Naderi, Kelsy.

Subs: Kelly, McCrorie, Godfrey, Devlin, Dragojevic, Chukwuani, Curtis, Bouanani, Miovski.

Referee Details

Nick Walsh is the man in the middle this afternoon. Walsh will be assisted by Daniel McFarlane and Frank Connor.

Kevin Clancy will be working as Fourth Official.

Meanwhile, Andrew Dallas is on VAR with Steven McLean assisting.

Walsh took charge of two Celtic v Rangers games last season; with Celtic winning both 3-1.

Kick Off Time

The game kicks off at 12 noon. The action is live on Premier Sports 1.