With the crazy whirlwind of emotions that led to the 3-3 draw before the penalties in favor of Celtic who then lifted the League Cup to the sky of Hampden Park still in their eyes, the two iconic Glasgow teams meet again. This time, the Old Firm counts towards the championship, where, once again, Celtic seems untouchable and destined to triumph for the fourth consecutive year. However, this is a challenge in itself that, at the moment, given the 14-point gap that Celtic has over Rangers, lives on the latter's spasmodic desire for revenge and on the desire for affirmation of the black and greens, also winners in the first championship match. On Thursday, the game will be played at Ibrox Stadium, the home of Rangers and the last Old Firm played there, in April, was, speaking of incredible spectacle and intensity: another 3-3 with Rangers equalizing in the 93rd minute.

Rangers' main shape and statistics

According to the latest results, which see the Gers winning 1 time in the last 5 games, the challenge appears, for them, to be very tough. The second place in the standings must be calibrated with the 14 points of detachment from the rivals who lead the way but this is more to the credit of Celtic than to the demerit of the Rangers.

The general conduct in the Premiership which says 11 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats is still good while the breakdown of Rangers' home games in the league can be defined as excellent which speaks of 10 wins in the last 11.

Ibrox Park, therefore, is an important factor and, not surprisingly, considering the last 10 derbies played at Rangers' home, the balance is in perfect parity: 4 wins each and 2 draws.

Celtic's main shape and statistics

50 points in 18 league games (16 wins and 2 draws) and the last two results which were two 4-0 without history, encapsulate well the current dimension of Celtic who are clearly the current queen of the Premiership.

In these 18 games then, Celtic have conceded only 4 goals and this is a statistic that certifies the domination in their homeland of Rodgers' team, unbeaten in general for 27 games.

Even among the greats, namely in the Champions League, the green and whites still make themselves respected greatly and have a chance of advancing to the playoffs: in 6 matches, in fact, they have lost only 1 time at Dortmund's home.

Match prediction and tactical overview

The last Old Firm could be the key to understanding how the next one will go, that of a tough, hard-fought, spectacular match, which ended precisely, before the penalty kicks with a score of 3-3. What leads us towards this vision is the Rangers' desire for redemption and their internal record which, even though it is a derby, can have an impact at least to score at least once against a defense that, as we have seen, in the Premiership almost never concedes goals. Celtic, on their side, also have an atomic attack, therefore, the idea is to see, again, both teams score, a prediction that BetMines believes can occur about two thirds of the time.

• BetMines algorithm prediction for Rangers vs Celtic is that both teams will score at least one goal at 65%
• BetMines algorithm prediction for Rangers vs Celtic is that at least one of the two teams will not score at 35%

Rangers vs Celtic predicted lineups

Rangers (4-2-3-1): Butland; Tavernier, Sterling, Balogun, Yilmaz; Diomande, Raskin; Cerny, Bajrami, Hagi; Igamane. Coach: Clement

Celtic (4-3-3): Schmeichel; Johnston, Carter – Vickers, Trusty, Taylor; Paulo Bernardo, McGregor, Hatate; Kuhn, Kyogo, Maeda. Coach: Rodgers.