Rangers vs Celtic Live: Scores, Updates and Commentary

Welcome to our live blog, Keep up with all the live action below as Celtic visit Ibrox to take on eternal rivals, Rangers, in a game which will see the winners go top of the Scottish Premiership table.

FT: Rangers 0-2 Celtic

The last few minutes were incredibly scrappy. Multiple fouls, two yellow cards and one red card joined Hayes’ goal as the highlights of the second half.

90+6′: RED CARD. Horrible challenge vy Rangers’ Jones against Moritz Bauer. Absolutely dirty. Sportsmanship has seemed to have left Ibrox.

90+3′: GOALLLLL!!!!!! Hayes found the back of the net! Beautiful stuff from the substitute. Rangers 0-2 Celtic!

90′: YELLOW CARD. Hayes is booked. Things are heating up. Six extra minutes have been added.

89′: YELLOW CARD. Scott Arfield is booked after a ridiculous foul. Grabbed Ntcham’s jersey as Ntcham tried to press down field for a good 10-yards. Incredible.

88′: A Hayes to Edouard pass is broken up by Rangers. Would have been the match right there.

87′: Scott Brown picks up the foul. Rangers’ free kick flies harmlessly over the goal after an off the mark header.

85′: SUBSTITUTION. Hayes replaces Johnston in the match.

83′: Ntcham took a great shot on goal, Rangers GK blocked it, and Ntcham just missed the net with his header on the rebound. So close!

81‘: Cheeky move by Rangers with the free-kick. Scott Brown saves the day by having his head about him.

79′: Bauer did a great job defending the right side nearly alone. The lad has looked good in his debut thus far.

76′: Celtic earned another corner. Christie goes the short way. Elhamed and McGregor to Jullien came close to finding the net. Rangers’ goalkeeper did the impossible by saving both of those shots.

75′: Ntcham takes a shot. Well over the top bar. Corner kick earned.

74′: Free kick for Rangers after a Christie foul. Celtic clears.

71′: Edouard took a chance and fired the ball just over the top. Remains Rangers 0-1 Celtic.

70′: SUBSTITUTION. Rangers sub in Jones for Aribo.

68′: Aribo took a weak shot on goal. Forster handled it easily.

67′: Corner kick for Celtic, Christie takes is and overshoots the entire squad.

66′: SUBSTITUTION. Ntcham takes the field in place of Forrest.

66′: SUBSTITUTION. Moritz Bauer comes on for Nir Bitton. This is Bauer’s Celtic debut!

64′: James Forrest dribbled all the way into the box and had a misstep. Rangers cleared the ball. So close.

62′: Edouard drew the foul. Christie hooks the free kick wide. No one could make anything of the kick.

60′: Morelos with his first touch takes a shot and is wildly right of goal. No threat for Celtic.

60′: SUBSTITUTION. Rangers’ Morelos comes into the game for Defoe.

57′: Close shot on goal by Rangers. Forster makes quick work of it again. Rangers could not make anything of their subsequent corner kick.

52′: Great challenge by Jullien to end a threat. Jullien has been relatively quiet this afternoon. not necessarily a bad thing.

50′: Rangers have come out in the half playing with ton more pressure. They are starting to feel the heat. Corner kick from Rangers punched clear by Forster.

13:05pm BST: Second half is underway as Rangers get us started!

HT: Rangers 0-1 Celtic

Initial Thoughts:

Th match has been incredibly scrappy. It is hard to tell what is for show in order to gain an advantage, or what is truly a possible injury considering the amount of fouls going around.

Boli began the match looking nervous, and since picking up the knock has looked shaky. His confidence is at a low.

Elhamed looks good on defence and has been a great highlight.

45‘: Four-minutes of injury time added. Celtic defence looks like they need a break.

44′: Rangers once again testing the backline of Celtic. Rangers have been squandered every opportunity they have had today much to the benefit of the Celtic defence.

42′: Good defensive play by James Forrest ending Rangers attack.

37′: Boli is back on the field playing, but appears injured and limping.

35‘: Bolingoli makes a sliding challenge and is down. Medical personnel are now on the field.

32′: GOALLLLL!!!!!!! Odsonne Edouard finds the back of the net! Rangers 0-1 Celtic!

30′: Shot on goal for Rangers. Offsides. Forster makes a fantastic save anyways to keep things 0-0.

28′: Free kick for Celtic. 35-yards from goal. Edouard takes the kick and fires it wide left of goal.

26′: Rangers are beginning to put a lot of pressure on Celtic. Momentum has once again shifted.

23′: Edouard would have had a great shot  on goal, if he were not absolutely trucked by a Rangers player. No foul given.

22′: Christie just misses the mark on his pass. Ends a great attacking opportunity.

20′: Last five-minutes have given neither side any real opportunity to score.

16′: Elhamed will continue in the game.

15′: Elhamed went up for a challenge and appears to have hit heads with Flannagan.

10‘: After the first 1-minutes, Celtic looked great very early on. Rangers have begun to control the momentum now.

9′: Rangers threatened but ultimately squandered an opportunity. Elhamed saved the day with a great challenge.

7′: Corner kick for Christie. Rangers clear it.

2′: Christie takes the first shot of the match. Just wide right. Celtic has had complete control of the match early on.

12:01pm BST: Kickoff! CEltic gets us started.

CELTIC XI

Fraser Forster

Hatem Abd Elhamed

Christopher Jullien

Nir Bitton

Boli Bolingoli

Scott Brown (c)

Callum McGregor

James Forrest

Ryan Christie

Mikey Johnston

Odsonne Edouard

Substitutes: Craig Gordon, Moritz Bauer, Jonny Hayes, Olivier Ntcham, Lewis Morgan, Vakoun Issouf Bayo, Leigh Griffiths.

Manager: Neil Lennon

RANGERS XI

Allan McGregror

James Tavernier

Connor Goldson

Nikola Katic

Jon Flanagan

Ryan Jack

Steven Davis

Glen Kamara

Joe Aribo

Scott Arfield

Jermain Defoe

Substitutes: Wes Foderingham, Filip Helander, Borna Barisic, Andy King, Jordan Jones, Sheyi Ojo, Alfredo Morelos.

Manager: Steven Gerrard

SPFL Standings

Celtic – 1st. Played 3 Won 3 Goals For 15 Goals Against 3.

Rangers – 2nd. Played 3 Won 3 Goals For 9 Goals Against 2.

Form

Celtic – Win vs AIK (A), Win vs Hearts (H), Win vs AIK (H), Win vs Dunfermline Athletic (H), Loss vs CFR Cluj (H).

Ranger – Win vs Legia Warsaw (H), Win vs St Mirren (A), Draw vs Legia Warsaw (A), Win vs East Fife (A), Win vs Midtjylland (H).

Head-to-Head (Last 5 games)

Rangers 2-0 Celtic

Celtic 2-1 Rangers

Rangers 1-0 Celtic

Celtic 1-0 Rangers

Celtic 5-0 Rangers

Stadium: Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow. Home of the Rangers.

Referee: Bobby Madden

Kick-Off Time: 12:00 pm BST

The Hoops will travel to cross-city rivals Rangers’ Ibrox stadium on Sunday afternoon in the first Old Firm Derby of the season. With both teams on 9 points from the first 3 games of the season, the winner will go to the top of the table.

Neil Lennon is without a couple of key players in the form of Kris Ajer, who has been the best defender in all of Scotland this season, and Jozo Simunovic. A back-line consisting of Elhamed, Jullien, Bitton and Bolingoli will be a cause for concern for the fans of the team in green and white. But the attack has been in top form recently and goals are expected to come with Edouard, Christie, Forrest and Johnston, all in the starting XI today.