Rangers vs Celtic Full Match 2024-25

Rangers vs Celtic Full Match 2024-25.

Rangers FC vs Celtic FC Full Match Replay.
Full Match & Highlights Scottish Premiership 2024-2025

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English Commentary
January 2, 2025

Rangers and Celtic clash at Ibrox in the 444th iteration of the Old Firm derby in the first round of Scottish Premiership fixtures of 2025. It is merely two weeks since Celtic got the better of their Glasgow rivals in the League Cup final on penalties, and the visitors are running away with the Premiership title. After losing the first Old Firm derby of season 3-0 at Celtic Park, Rangers responded with a fine run of form that saw them sneak slightly closer to Brendan Rodgers’s men, and make great progress in Europe.

That did mean the gap between them and Celtic grew even wider though, with the margin now at an almost unassailable 14 points with just half of the season played. To make matters worse heading into the biggest fixture of the season, the League Cup final defeat means Rangers have now won just one of the last 17 Old Firm derbies.

After a poor defensive display at Motherwell, Rangers boss Clement will hope to have Leon Balogun back soon after he picked up an injury at St Mirren on Boxing Day. Rabbi Matondo did return after a lengthy layoff at the weekend, making a 25-minute cameo, but Tom Lawrence, Neraysho Kasanwirjo and John Souttar remain sidelined for the hosts here.

Hamza Igamane is certain to return to the side after netting both goals in the comeback off the bench at the weekend, and after assisting the second of those two goals, Ridvan Yilmaz will look to make amends for his penalty miss in the cup final. Celtic full-back Alistair Johnston got over a brief injury scare to start in the win over St Johnstone at the weekend, meaning James Forrest and Odin Thiago Holm are set to be the only players absent here.

Only Sam Dalby has more Premiership goals than Kyogo Furuhashi’s eight this season, and the Japanese forward is also the third-highest scorer in the Old Firm this century (also with eight), after Henrik Larsson and Kenny Miller.

Despite having five games in 12 days, rotation will wait as Rodgers is almost certainly going to name his strongest possible XI for this one.

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