Rangers v Celtic: Scottish Premiership - live

now 07.24 EDT 20 min: Jefte loses possession and suddenly there’s a gaping hole on the left-side of Rangers’ defence. Forrest canters forward into the space but his low cross towards Idah and Maeda is well intercepted by Souttar. Both Rangers centre-backs have been busy (and excellent) so far. Share

2m ago 07.23 EDT 18 min: Celtic’s Carter-Vickers is lucky to get away with a blind pass back his goalkeeper, with Sinisalo alert enough to spring forward and beat the chasing Dessers to the ball. Share

4m ago 07.20 EDT 16 min: Celtic have found their groove. In a slick move, Engels fires an excellent low pass to Maeda, who touches nearly off for Idah. The Irishman finds space around the penalty spot, shifts it onto his right foot but Souttar is able to make a vital block! Share

6m ago 07.18 EDT 14 min: Ralston has had a nervy start at right back for Celtic. Doesn’t appear comfortable and is nearly bullied off the ball by Dessers, only for the referee to blow for a soft free-kick. Share

9m ago 07.15 EDT 12 min: This is an excellent game. Both teams going at it and both sets of fans are raucous. View image in fullscreen Nicolas Raskin heads towards the Celtic goal in a lively start at Ibrox. Photograph: Steve Welsh/PA Share Updated at 07.19 EDT

10m ago 07.15 EDT 10 min: Sinisalo twice brought into action in the Celtic goal, initially tipping over a shot from Cerny, that was deflected and threatening to loop under the bar. Latterly to deny Raskin’s header from the resulting corner. Share

12m ago 07.13 EDT 8 min: Celtic win the ball deep in Rangers territory and catch the hosts completely cold. The visitors have a three-on-two on the counter-attack and Idah only has to feed an easy ball right to Forrest for a clean run on goal … but the Celtic striker undercooks the pass and Balogan is able to make a last-ditch sliding tackle! That was a criminal pass, Forrest has his head in his hands. He knows how big a chance that was! Share

14m ago 07.10 EDT 7 min: Rangers are playing quite a high line and Idah has threatened on a few occasions to break the offside trap. Another probing run forces a corner. Here come the Celtic cavalry from the back … and only an excellent defensive header from Balogan at the near post clears the danger! Share

16m ago 07.09 EDT 5 min: Ralston lucky to get away without a booking after late challenge on Bajrami. Share

17m ago 07.07 EDT 3 min: Celtic have barely had a kick. Rangers have started like a train. Share

19m ago 07.05 EDT Rangers hit the bar! 1 min: Just 55 seconds into the match, Balogan rises completely unmarked from a Rangers corner and pops a bullet header onto the top of the crossbar! He should have done better, there was a key block from Raskin on Scales to create room for chance. Oooooo, that’s a big miss, and right in front of the travelling Celtic fans as well. Share

22m ago 07.03 EDT Peeeeeeeeeeep! We are underway in the Old Firm. Share

23m ago 07.02 EDT The teams are out! Tina Turner’s Simply the Best plays out around the stadium, a song that the Celtic fans are all too keen to get in involved in. Should say there was no guard of honour for the new champions … Share

40m ago 06.44 EDT Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers speaks to the cameras: We come here in a great moment, winning the league. But these are big games and you want to perform in them. This is our pride we’re playing for. We have let ourselves down a wee bit in these games, though. There’s no excuses today. We have our own supporters back in the stadium, which is brilliant. Rangers have proven in certain games they are very good. Coming to Ibrox is always a big challenge. I’m looking forward to the duels. Kuhn hasn’t trained all week. He’s got a real soreness in his knee. He had a clash last week against Dundee United. Share

45m ago 06.40 EDT Re the Celtic squad, it’s not greatest bench so Brendan Rodgers doesn’t have a lot of options if the gameplan goes south. Kuhn is a big miss and not even named as a substitute. It’s unclear if he is injured or something else aside. We’ll hear from Rodgers shortly, and he should clear that up. It’s a big day for the veteran James Forrest. Share

1h ago 06.07 EDT Our Scottish football correspondent, Ewan Murray, is currently fielding Old Firm questions in a Q&A, over on our Matchday Live blog. Here’s a little taster: John W asks: how do Rangers close the gap on Celtic next season and is it bringing back Steven Gerrard? The Gerrard suggestion will not go away and feels mutually useful. Where else does he get a prominent job? And this is a manager with recent experience of succeeding domestically at Rangers. Supporters would accept him. The gap to Celtic remains a huge one; Celtic’s on and off field position is streets ahead of Rangers. The gap is closed by Rangers spending their money in a smarter manner. An imminent takeover by American investors offers hope but Rangers need to dramatically improve their decision making. Champions Liverpool travel to Chelsea, West Ham v Spurs and WSL Manchester derby – live Read more Share

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