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Celtic v Rangers
Co-operative Insurance Cup final
Venue: Hampden Park Date: Sunday, 20 March Kick-off: 1500 GMT
Celtic have Scott Brown and Mark Wilson back from suspension for the Co-operative Insurance Cup final against Rangers at Hampden on Sunday.
But defender Daniel Majstorovic is out with a broken toe on his right foot.
Rangers are without Kyle Bartley and Jamie Ness, while Kyle Lafferty and Vladimir Weiss are doubtful and Richard Foster cup-tied.
But Steven Davis is expected to start despite a knock and Nikica Jelavic returns after European ineligibility.
Kirk Broadfoot and Lee McCulloch of Rangers are long-term absentees through injury, as are Andreas Hinkel and Shaun Maloney of Celtic.
Neil Alexander is expected to start in goal, with Rangers manager Walter Smith having stated that he had been given his place in the Europa League games against PSV Eindhoven to have him match fit for Hampden.
With Bartley and Foster unavailable, Rangers will need a defensive reshuffle and a simple lack of bodies may force Smith to abandon the back five he has deployed in recent matches.
Sasa Papac could move into a central position, with teenage midfielder Gregg Wylde filling in at left-back but assistant manager Ally McCoist has hinted at a more offensive approach.
Steven Naismith and El Hadji Diouf started on the bench during Thursday's 1-0 defeat to PSV and are likely to start this time.
Glenn Loovens filled in for Majstorovic in Celtic's 2-1 Scottish Cup at Inverness on Wednesday, while Thomas Rogne could also be called upon to join Charlie Mulgrew in the heart of defence.
Wilson and skipper Brown are almost certain to reclaim their places, meaning Efrain Juarez will make way at right-back and Ki Sung-Yeung might be the man to miss out in midfield.
Manager Neil Lennon could accommodate Ki and Brown and play Georgios Samaras as a lone striker but that would mean leaving out in-form forward Gary Hooper.
Celtic (from): Forster, Wilson, Loovens, Mulgrew, Juarez, Izaguirre, Ledley, Brown, Kayal, Ki, Samaras, Commons, Forrest, Hooper, Stokes, Zaluska, McCourt, Rogne.
Rangers (from): Alexander, Bougherra, Weir, Whittaker, Davis, Edu, Fleck, Healy, Diouf, Jelavic, Naismith, Papac, Wylde, Hutton, Lafferty, Weiss, Hemmings, McGregor.
9 comments:
Is the 02.03.2011 Celtic v Rangers game going to be broadcast live on here?
yea after this match wait... :)
omg how it not working
cetlic
anyone else stream lagging ?
I JUST CANT GET ENOUGH :D, COME ON CELTIC GET INTO THIS MOB TONIGHT, SHOW US WHAT YOUR BEST AT !!!!!!
Yes the famous Glasgow Certic are very good team like gren and white bumblebees with sting in tail I am thinking.
When streaming stopped refresh page^^
Thank you for putting this up.
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