Rangers vs Celtic LIVE: Scottish League Cup result, latest updates and match highlights

Rangers vs Celtic LIVE

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The Scottish League Cup has given us an early season Old Firm derby as Rangers and Celtic face off in the quarter-finals. There will be no away fans inside Ibrox this afternoon, following a SPFL ruling, but there will be no shortage of tension and ire between two teams who head into the game off the back of impressive winning runs.

For Rangers manager Derek McInnes, he has shaken off a poor start in the job to win four on the bounce ahead of a reunion with Martin O’Neill for the first time since Celtic denied former side Hearts a famous title win on the final day of last season. Rangers have not won a trophy since 2024, while the League Cup was the only piece of silverware to elude Celtic last season.

O’Neill rested some players in midweek in preparation for today’s game, while Rangers have a decision to make in attack due to a spate of injuries. Bragging rights are, once again, on the line, ahead of these two doing it all again in the league next Sunday. Follow the game LIVE below with our dedicated match blog, featuring expert insight and analysis!

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GOAL!

76min: Neil has done it again! The captain, in his first Old Firm derby, curls home from the edge of the area!

Again, like his first, he is just given far too much time to pick his spot.

Highlights: Kelsey fires home Rangers' second

A bullet finish!

Rangers 2-0 Celtic

70min: Rangers should have a third but Fernandez cannot get enough of a touch on a smart ball across the face of goal.

Rangers 2-0 Celtic

69min: Celtic haven’t laid a glove on Rangers this half.

Rangers 2-0 Celtic

65min: Double change for Celtic as Oxlade-Chamberlain and Forrest are on for Hogh and Nygren.

NO GOAL!

63min: Rangers were in dreamland briefly as Gassama heads home, but Raskin is offside in the build-up.

Rangers 2-0 Celtic

62min: A VAR check confirms the goal after suggestions of an offside.

Ibrox is rocking!

GOAL!

60min: That might be that as Kelsey drills home on the volley at the back post!

A great cross from Penrice is half-cleared by Carter-Vickers, and the ball falls to an unmarked Kelsey.

Rangers 1-0 Celtic

59min: Better!

This is becoming a Sam Johnstone play-by-play, as he first denies Kim one-on-one, and then is alert to the follow-up.

Rangers 1-0 Celtic

58min: Rangers fans are jeering Johnstone every time he gets the ball.