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Rangers host Celtic in the Scottish Premiership this afternoon in the first Old Firm derby of 2025, with the visitors starting the year with a 14-point lead at the top of the table.
Celtic have dominated domestically so far this term, winning the League Cup against their old rivals last month, and a win today could well put the title out of Rangers’ reach.
Meanwhile, Rangers boss Philippe Clement is under pressure after his side’s draw to Motherwell handed Celtic a 14-point lead going into New Year’s Day, and though a win today would claw back some ground in the title race, another loss would put the Belgian in a very precarious position even at this stage of the season.
Follow all the latest updates from the Ibrox below:
Half-time! Rangers 1-0 Celtic
Celtic win a corner that gets glanced on to Reo Hatate. He pings a wonderful strike at goal and forces a nice save down low to the right from Liam Kelly.
Mike Jones2 January 2025 15:54
Rangers 1-0 Celtic
45+5 mins: Nicolas-Gerrit Kuhn takes a knock to the face and gets a cut on his noise. With blood coming out his needs a bit of treatment before a Celtic free kick can take place.
Celtic’s Bernardo whips the ball in towards the near post but Rangers defend it easily enough.
Mike Jones2 January 2025 15:53
Rangers 1-0 Celtic
45+2 mins: Rangers head into the lead with a slim lead that could easily have been more. Celtic seemed a little more shellschoked and they’ll be want to reset in time for the second 45 minutes.
Mike Jones2 January 2025 15:51
Rangers 1-0 Celtic
45 mins: Paulo Bernardo swings in a free kick towards Liam Scales but Rangers win the head and nod it clear. Two minutes of added time to play at the end of the first half.
Mike Jones2 January 2025 15:49
Rangers 1-0 Celtic
42 mins: Celtic have seen plenty of the ball since Hagis scored the opener but they haven’t done a lot with it. Brendan Rodgers will be tearing his hair out and what’s going wrong.
The Celtic looked spooked as though they’re afraid of conceding again.
Mike Jones2 January 2025 15:46
Rangers 1-0 Celtic
39 mins: Incredible tackle!
Nedim Bajrami brings the ball forward and has three options ahead of him. Go left, go middle, go right.
He goes middle and slots a straight pass into the box for Mohamed Diomande but Cameron Carter-Vickers lunges across and pokes the ball away from the forward before he can shoot.
Last-ditch stuff from Carter-Vickers.
Mike Jones2 January 2025 15:43
Rangers 1-0 Celtic
36 mins: A terrible pass from Reo Hatate sends the ball square into the middle of the pitch and Ianis Hagis collects it for Rangers. He brings the ball to the edge of the box and scuffs a low shot wide of the target.
Paulo Bernardo arrives just as he takes the effort and Hagis makes a meal out of the tackle. He goes over looking for a penalty but nothing comes from it.
Mike Jones2 January 2025 15:40
Rangers 1-0 Celtic
33 mins: Now then. Alistair Johnston catches Ianis Hagi in the back of the head with his elbow as the two men jump for an aerial ball.
There’s a quick VAR check of the incident but Johnston faces no further punishment though Rangers have a free kick. He might have gotten away with one there.
Mike Jones2 January 2025 15:37
Rangers 1-0 Celtic
33 mins: Now then. Alistair Johnston catches Ianis Hagi in the back of the head with his elbow as the two men jump for an aerial ball. There’s a quick check of the incident but Johnston faces no further punishment though Rangers have a free kick.
Mike Jones2 January 2025 15:36
Rangers 1-0 Celtic
30 mins: Celtic’s defenders are getting bullied by the directness of Rangers’ attackers. Hamza Igamane drifts out to the left and sends in a cross. Celtic manage to move the ball away but Rangers recover possession and shift it out to Mohamed Diomande.
Diomande runs into the box then blazes an effort high and wide.
Mike Jones2 January 2025 15:33