Confirmed teams and line ups in Scottish Cup quarter final 2025/26
Rangers starting XI: Butland, Sterling, Djiga, Fernandez, Rommens, Raskin, Diomande, Skov Olsen, Moore, Naderi, Chermiti
Rangers substitutes: Kelly, Meghoma, Souttar, Tavernier, Chukwuani, Bajrami, Gassama, Aasgaard, Miovski
Celtic full line up vs Rangers
Dane Murray had been a doubt for Celtic but is on the bench. Fellow defenders Cameron Carter-Vickers (Achilles), Alistair Johnston (hamstring), (muscle) and Kieran Tierney (foot) are injured.
Midfielder Arne Engels (thigh) and forwards Jota (knee) and Callum Osmand (hamstring) are also out. Goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel is ill.
Celtic starting XI: Sinisalo, Araujo, Arthur, Trusty, Scales, Hatate, McCowan, Nygren, Yang, Tounekti, Maeda
Celtic substitutes: Doohan, Cvancara, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Bernardo, Mvuka, Saracchi, Murray, Forrest, Donovan
How to watch Rangers vs Celtic: TV channel, live online stream
| Date | Kick-off time | Channel | Streaming |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, March 8 | 13:00 GMT (08:00 ET / 05:00 PT) | Premier Sports 1 | Premier Sports app |
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Rangers vs Celtic stats
- The hosts are unbeaten in their last six league meetings with Celtic (W3 D3), having lost four of their previous five beforehand (D1)
- They have had four different managers in those five clashes (Philippe Clement, Barry Ferguson twice, Russell Martin, Danny Rohl)
- Rangers had won their previous 10 home games in all competitions by an aggregate score of 32-4 before last Sunday’s draw
- Their record of being 19-time Scottish Cup runners-up is matched only by Celtic, who lost the 2025 final on penalties to Abderdeen
- They have scored in 20 of their last 21 games in all competitions, including an 8-0 home win over Queen’s Park in the fifth round
- Celtic have won two of their last 13 away games at Rangers in all competitions (D5 L6), although each of their last three have been drawn. The Hoops previously drew three successive trips to Rangers in March 1996
- That was Celtic head coach Martin O’Neill’s first Scottish Premiership Old Firm derby as Celtic boss since a 2-1 win at Ibrox in April 2005; the Northern Irishman has won eight of his last 11 league games against Rangers as Hoops boss (L2)
- They are the most successful team in the history of the Scottish Cup (42 titles to Rangers’ 34)
- O’Neill’s side have scored in each of their last 16 matches in all competitions, although the run started with a 3-1 home defeat to Rangers in former manager Wilfried Nancy’s final game in charge on January 3
- Yet to lose away in 2026, Celtic are on an eight-match unbeaten run (W5) and won 2-0 at non-league side Auchinleck Talbot in the fourth round
