Celtic v Rangers live: Scottish League Cup semi-final latest team news, line-ups and more from Old Firm at Hampden

Rangers XI: Butland; Djiga, Souttar, Cornelius; Tavernier, Diomande, Raskin, Meghoma; Aasgaard, Chermiti, Danilo.

Subs: Kelly, Aarons, Fernandez, Rothwell, Antman, Moore, Gassama, Curtis, Miovski.

Celtic XI: Schmeichel; Ralston, Trusty, Scales, Saracchi; McGregor, Nygren, Engels; Tounekti, Maeda, Kenny.

Subs: Sinisalo, Balikwisha, Yang, Mc Cowan, Osmand, Hatate, Murray, Forrest, Tierney.

The line-ups should be released in the next five minutes, so here’s a reminder of the early team news…

Connor Barron is suspended while Rabbi Matondo and Dujon Sterling remain unavailable due to injuries. Danilo is expected to be back after he was withdrawn at half-time against Hibs and Thelo Aasgaard could return to the line-up.

Daizen Maeda and Kieran Tierney are set to be available after recovering from knocks, but Cameron Carter-Vickers is now unavailable due to injury and Alistair Johnson and Kelechi Iheanacho have joined Jota on the sidelines as well.

The last two Old Firm matches have ended in draws, with the dire 0-0 in August the first one to take place in 2025/26.

That one won’t live long in the memory, nor will the 1-1 in the league on 4 May.

The last side to win this derby was in fact Rangers, who ran out 3-2 winners at Celtic Park in March.

Describing his current feelings as a “nervous excitement”, his first assignment will be against Falkirk on Wednesday before renewing Old Firm hostilities with Rangers on Sunday in a pivotal League Cup semi-final.

The 3-1 loss to Hearts proved Rodgers’ last game in charge and Martin O’Neil started his second tenure at the helm with a 4-0 win over Falkirk.

Rohl has had more time in charge and though his tenure began with a dispiriting 3-0 loss to Brann in the Europa League, he has since won back-to-back league matches over Kilmarnock and Hibs.

After a whirlwind first week in the job, Rangers boss Danny Rohl has revealed why he now believes his side are ready to get the best of bitter rivals Celtic in the Old Firm derby this weekend.

Rohl’s first game in charge, just 48 hours after taking the job, was a dispiriting 3-0 loss to Brann in the Europa League but he has since masterminded back-to-back wins in the Scottish Premiership – downing Kilmarnock 3-1 at the weekend before showing resilience to beat Hibernian 1-0 on Wednesday evening.

That Hibs triumph was Rangers’s first clean sheet away from home since December 2024, although they did rely on a late Jack Butland penalty save from Jamie McGrath to preserve it.

The report from O’Neil’s first game back in the Celtic hotseat:

The influential Desmond sat in the directors’ box and watched fellow Irishman Johnny Kenny shoot Celtic into the lead after half an hour and then head in a second 10 minutes later before goals from midfielder Benjamin Nygren and wide-man Sebastian Tounekti in the second half increased the fun factor.

On the loudest nights at Celtic Park, the sound of “You’ll Never Walk Alone” is as stirring and defiant as its cousins at Anfield and the Westfalenstadion.

But for Brendan Rodgers, the noise and fallout following his shock resignation from the Scottish champions will leave the 52-year-old walking a lonely path as he packs his bags and departs Lennoxtown for the second time. A stunning, explosive statement from the Celtic majority shareholder, Dermot Desmond, accused Rodgers of acting in a “divisive, misleading, and self-serving” manner that “contributed to a toxic atmosphere” around the club, torching all ties to a manager who had won 11 trophies across his two spells in Glasgow.

The Scottish League Cup semi-final will kick-off at 2pm GMT on Sunday 2 November at Hampden Park.

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