Team’s Up – Russell Martin names Rangers XI to face Celtic

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·31 agosto 2025

Team’s Up – Russell Martin names Rangers XI to face Celtic

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.

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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.