Overview
- Kick-off is 12:30pm on January 3, with live UK coverage on Sky Sports Football and Main Event from 11:30am and streaming via Sky Go and NOW TV.
- Hearts sit top of the Premiership, with Celtic three points back and Rangers a further three points behind, making this the first derby since 1993/94 with neither Glasgow side in first place.
- Rangers can move level on points with Celtic with a win, reflecting momentum gained since Rohl took charge after Russell Martin's brief tenure.
- Wilfried Nancy has endured a tough opening at Celtic, including four straight defeats at the start of his tenure and five losses in his first seven games in all competitions.
- Referee Steven McLean will take charge, assisted by David McGeachie and Jonathan Bell, with Kevin Clancy on VAR supported by Grant Irvine; both squads also contend with AFCON call-ups and injuries, including Celtic’s Sebastian Tounekti and Michel-Ange Balikwisha and Rangers’ Nasser Djiga.