The Celtic Star
·31 August 2025
Team’s Up – Russell Martin names Rangers XI to face Celtic

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·31 August 2025
Rangers manager Russell Martin has named his starting XI for this afternoon’s Glasgow Derby against Celtic. The embattled Rangers boss is under pressure and has decided to ban Niko Raskin from Ibrox but has brought Bojan Miovski into the team from the start.
Rangers: Butland, Tavernier, Djiga, Souttar, Meghoma, Barron, Diomande, Aasgaard, Moore, Gassama, Miovski.
Subs: Kelly, Aarons, Rothwell, Dessers, Bajrami, Antman, Fernandez, Curtis, Danilo.
Brendan has decided to bring Mikel-Ange Balikwisha into the starting XI from the off but there’s no place for Adam Idah, who is said to be close to a switch to Swansea City.
Celtic: Schmeichel, Ralston, Carter-Vickers, Scales, Tierney, McGregor, Hatate, Engels, Nygren, Maeda, Balikwisha.
Subs: Sinisalo, Yang, McCowan, Shin, Bernardo, Saracchi, Murray, Forrest, Donovan.
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