Overview

• Kick-off is 12pm BST on Sunday, August 31, at Ibrox with live coverage on Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Football and Sky Sports Ultra HDR.
• Rangers enter winless in the league under new head coach Russell Martin after a 6-0 loss at Club Brugge completed a 9-1 aggregate defeat in qualifying.
• Celtic have won all their domestic games and have conceded scarcely outside the shootout, with bookmakers pricing them odds-on (examples include 10/11 and 17/20).
• Kieran Tierney is set for his first Old Firm since 2019 for Celtic, while Rangers weigh changes with James Tavernier on standby at right-back after Max Aarons’ midweek red card and Cyriel Dessers listed as injured.
• Bookmakers are pushing match offers, including up to £40 in football free bets for new customers with talkSPORT BET and an SBK promo offering £5 in free bets for eligible existing customers.