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Rangers v Celtic: Who made your combined XI?

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Rangers v Celtic selector results
Scottish Premiership: Rangers v Celtic
Venue: Ibrox Date: Saturday, 29 December Kick-off: 12:30 GMT
Coverage: Listen to BBC Radio Scotland, follow live text commentary, plus report and reaction on the BBC Sport website

Rangers host Celtic in the final Old Firm match of 2018 and we asked you to pick your starting XI.

Brendan Rodgers' Celtic currently sit top of the Scottish Premiership table, with Steven Gerrard's side needing a four-goal winning margin to knock them from their perch.

Celtic have been on top in recent years in this fixture - Rodgers has won on all four visits to Ibrox - and the Scottish champions have continued that dominance in our squad selector results.

With a 4-4-2 formation favoured by the vast majority of you, the Parkhead club hold the jersey in eight of the 11 starting positions, with only Allan McGregor, James Tavernier and Alfredo Morelos featuring for Saturday's hosts.

The Rangers goalkeeper claimed 59% of the vote to get the nod ahead of Craig Gordon, with the 36-year-old keeping 15 clean sheets so far this term for club and country.

An all-Celtic midfield dominates but surprisingly there is no room for man-of-the-moment Ryan Christie, who was narrowly edged out by Scott Sinclair.

The player with most votes in the one position was Kieran Tierney, who claimed 76% of the left-back vote.

My Old Firm XI

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  • Comment posted by Jaymac1, at 20:33 28 Dec 2018

    Given Tierney is probably out through continuing hip injury, McGregor has let in more goals than Gordon, Morelos thinks offside is a European law BREXIT will sort and Tavernier has the defensive abilities of a zombie this defeats me.

    Not one Rangers player in my team.

  • Comment posted by michaelo, at 03:42 29 Dec 2018

    I know little about Scottish football but I was drawn to the headline " 3 Rangers players in your starting old firm 11". I believe the headline should be 8 Celtic players in your starting old firm 11. The writer must surely be a Rangers fan to come up with this headline!!!

  • Comment posted by Jaymac1, at 21:40 28 Dec 2018

    @32. Posted by craig on
    2 minutes ago
    Nothing more than a mid table Championship game in front of 40,000 alcoholics

    Bit of research on your part would reveal:

    Ibrox: 50,817
    Celtic Park: 60,832

    An obvious nugget.

  • Comment posted by U16681147, at 21:34 28 Dec 2018

    @32 its actually in front of 50000 and after watching Everton and newcastle recently Celtic would have nothing to worry about in england

  • Comment posted by Bandpass Spectrophotometer, at 09:21 29 Dec 2018

    @94 You do realise attendances at Scottish games represent a much greater proportion of the countries total population than those in England. But sure why let facts get in the way of your prejudice.

  • Comment posted by U17311596, at 10:59 29 Dec 2018

    Well its official then. The queens new years honours list is absolutly pointless.
    You can work with homless people for forty years and no-one pays a blind bit of notice but Harry Kane gets an MBE for being a football player for nine years achieving incredibly little contributing beyond contractual obligations to sponsors incredibly little. Stone cold disgrace.

  • Comment posted by U17373775, at 20:17 28 Dec 2018

    As an Englishman I’m really enjoying the Scottish Premiership this season it’s the most competitive for years and looking forward to the Old Firm game.

  • Comment posted by Machman, at 08:16 29 Dec 2018

    86. Lasagne295. Fans outwith the "old firm" (sic) bang on about the baggage the fans bring. You also bang on about the weighted media attention. It's a double edged sword. Incidents like the disgraceful behaviour of both sets of fans at the last Edinburgh derby are quickly forgotten. Or the racial abuse Scott Sinclair got at the League Cup Final. All teams everywhere have idiots following them.

  • Comment posted by U16981486, at 10:00 29 Dec 2018

    Today there will be a minutes silence to remember the avoidable death of 66 Rangers fans at the Ibrox disaster
    Any noise emanating from the small Celtic Support will be severely criticised
    When the whistle blows at the end this will signal the start of Sectarian abuse from the Ibrox Support for the full game toward Celtic fans
    Nothing will said about this
    Nothing will be done about this

  • Comment posted by U15618491, at 09:42 29 Dec 2018

    On paper ! It's a Celtic win , but as we know football is played on grass , well most of the time.

    Over here they love this game ( France ) 😎

  • Comment posted by Machman, at 22:32 28 Dec 2018

    48. "The Gers should win it". Going on recent, mid and long term form as well as previous encounters and the quality of individual players: Celtic should be the only team winning this. Of course it doesn't always work like that but that's what was said before all the other times Celtic won. If Celtic turn up (and the ref doesn't gift 2 penalties like at Aberdeen) they win. It's as simple as that.

  • Comment posted by time for tea, at 20:36 28 Dec 2018

    Probably Gers best 3 players can't see them winning though 3-1 Celts I'm thinking with Stevie G greeting at the end again...

  • Comment posted by U16981486, at 10:04 29 Dec 2018

    No need to write to anyone.
    It clearly shows in Companies House that Rangers were Liquidated.

  • Comment posted by gothenburg1983, at 09:56 29 Dec 2018

    Yawn.........how boring.......Celtic with the biggest budget in the country will beat the new club who spend money they don't have !! How very predictable. Only thing that IS predictable is liquidation #2 for sevco !! Roll on !!

  • Comment posted by asitseems, at 08:18 29 Dec 2018

    83- don’t take the bait! The sad trolls are only saying that to try and wind people up. They are just jealous and that is why they are on the Scottish football related matters.

    Sadly they have nothing better to do with their time. I genuinely feel sorry for them.

    English football clearly isn’t doing it for them.

  • Comment posted by Aaron67, at 22:23 28 Dec 2018

    Christie's the star man!

  • Comment posted by asitseems, at 21:39 28 Dec 2018

    Should be a cracker tomorrow in a much improved league. For me a more exciting proposition than the EPL with more soul and passion.

  • Comment posted by Good will to all men, at 10:12 29 Dec 2018

    I really miss Woolworths and Rangers still

  • Comment posted by Hoopy, at 01:22 29 Dec 2018

    Ok Celtic could do with a right back and another striker just now but how many Celtic fans would swap what we have for Morelos and Tavernier? I think none would be the answer. Looking forward to the game, HH.

  • Comment posted by U16681147, at 21:23 28 Dec 2018

    Celtic have the best striker as old firm games are what you are judged on.Edouard has scored 3 in 4 v rangers while morelos has scored 0 v Celtic including missing as open goal from 4 yards...Work it out rangers fans and eddie will score v you tomorrow that is certain

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