It’s Sunday and it’s the day that just under 8000 Celtic supporters will reclaim the Free Broomloan at Ibrox and make their presence felt, and that’s clearly a big worry for the Celtic obsessed Ibrox boss Danny Rohl….
The Free Broomloan. pic.twitter.com/ZqV65zw82X
— Celtic GIFs (@CelticGIFs) April 29, 2025
Last weekend Celtic didn’t start playing until 1pm and had to recover the damage done in the 12 noon kick-off in the Scottish Premiership. Helpfully the match starts at 1pm today so that clearly suits Celtic, as does the incredible sight of the Broomloan decked in green white and gold and with a backing that can drive Martin O’Neill’s team on to victory and a place in the Scottish Cup semi-finals against Falkirk, Dunfermline and one of Partick Thistle or St Mirren.
Let’s do this today Bhoys!
Celtic Team News
Super save from Viljami Sinisalo. Scottish Premiership. Wednesday 4th March 2026. Photograph by Vagelis Georgariou
Martin O’Neill has a decision of sorts to make on the goalkeeping front but in truth Viljami Sinisalo has made that an easy call for the manager particularly with that crucial and rather spectacular save from Kevin Harper at Pittodrie on Wednesday night.
Joe Hart pointed out yesterday that Kasper will still have a huge part to play in the business end of the season for Celtic but much of that may be behind the scenes and on the bench. The Denmark boss too is assessing his own options ahead of the upcoming World Cup play-offs and with younger Danish keepers playing in the Premier League for Chelsea and West Ham, Kasper could find himself on the bench for his national team too.
Kieran Tierney at Pittodrie. Scottish Premiership. Wednesday 4th March 2026. Photograph by Vagelis Georgariou
Kieran Tierney took a sore one on the ankle at Pittodrie and missed training on Friday but Martin O’Neill was reasonably upbeat about his chances.He’s likely to be on the bench with Marcelo Saracchi getting the nod.
Marcelo Saracchi at Pittodrie. Scottish Premiership. Wednesday 4th March 2026. Photograph by Vagelis Georgariou
Dane Murray could miss out with his thigh injury sustained in the warm-up in midweek so Benjamin Arthur will get his second start for Celtic.
Benjamin Arthur. Aberdeen v Celtic, Scottish Premiership. Wednesday 4th March 2026. Photograph by Vagelis Georgariou
The Celtic manager, as Chris Sutton has pointed out, will not make the same team selection errors that allowed the Rangers to storm into a 2-0 half-time lead last weekend and Alex Oxlade Chamberlain is likely to drop to the bench with Reo Hatate starting.
Reo Hatate scores at Ibrox. theRangers 2 Celtic 2. Sunday 1st March 2026. Photograph by Vagelis Georgariou
Up top Daizen Maeda caused the Rangers centre-backs all sorts of problems with his movement in the second half last weekend so should get the nod, even after some atrocious finishing from the Japanese forward at Pittodrie.
Sebastian Tounekti of Celtic celebrates his team’s second goal scored by teammate Reo Hatate (not pictured) during the Scottish Premiership match between Rangers and Celtic at Ibrox on March 01, 2026. (Photo by WM Sport Media/Getty Images)
Sebastian Tounekti is likely to play on the left with the Tunisian international praising Celtic for helping him through ramadan. Energy levels may be an issue for the 90 minutes so that could be a factor in whether Tounekti starts or comes off the bench.
Predicted Celtic Team
Celtic players enter a huddle prior to the Scottish Premiership match between theRangers and Celtic at Ibrox on March 01, 2026. (Photo by WM Sport Media/Getty Images)
Sinisalo; Araujo, Arthur, Scales, Saracchi; McGregor(c), Hatate, Nygren; Yang, Maeda, Tounekti
Subs: Schmeichel, Donovan, Ralston, Tierney, McCowan, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Bernardo, Adamu, Cvancara and Forrest.
Match Officials
For today’s Scottish Cup quarter-final tie that will be played to a finish, we have Don Robertson with the whistle and Andrew Dallas on VAR.
Makes you wonder how many consecutive weeks we’d have to play them before the Scottish FA have to resort to appointing match officials who aren’t actually supporters of one of the teams involved in the Glasgow Derby match. Are there no match officials from Dundee, Inverness or Aberdeen? Why do we have so many from Lanarkshire?
Andrew Dallas is on VAR duties for the League Cup semi-final between Celtic and Aberdeen.
Match referee Don Robertson will be assisted by Ross Macleod and David Roome while Andrew Dallas with be the VAR and he will be assisted by Matthew MacDermid, the match official who sent Auston Trusty off against Hibs.
Kick-off Time
As mentioned above today’s Scottish Cup quarter final between the Rangers and Celtic takes place at Ibrox Stadium and the match kicks off at 1pm*.
*Celtic Park Time
Where to Watch
Today’s Glasgow Derby is exclusively live on Premier Sports in UK with coverage starting at 12 noon. Premier Sports subscribers can also watch the game online via the Premier Sports app and website.
It’s been a crazy, crazy season for Rangers and Celtic, and now a season-defining day awaits both at Ibrox 🏴🏆
Tune in for live coverage of the #ScottishCup Quarter Final from 12pm 📺 pic.twitter.com/3z6te8qX8F
— Premier Sports (@PremSportsTV) March 8, 2026
The Rangers v Celtic match is also live on Celtic TV for subscribers based outside of Britain and Ireland.
Predicted Score
Time for a Beautiful Sunday with the Free Broomloan in joyous spirits as Celtic win 2-0.
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