2025/26 Scottish Cup quarter-final teams and line-ups confirmed

Rangers and Celtic have confirmed their starting squads for their Scottish Cup quarter-final meeting at Ibrox on Sunday.

The arch-rivals shared an epic in the same Premiership setting a week ago when Celtic recovered from 2-0 down to secure a 2-2 draw through Reo Hatate’s 91st-minute equaliser.

Third-placed Gers are a point behind Celtic, who won 2-1 at Aberdeen on Wednesday to move five clear of leaders Hearts

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🏠 Setup for @Scottish Cup action. pic.twitter.com/E6v5TxOUE0

— Rangers Football Club (@RangersFC) March 8, 2026

Rangers have confirmed the starting line-up against Celtic

Forwards Mikey Moore and Ryan Naderi were questionable for the Rangers but started. Defender Derek Cornelius (muscle) and midfielder Bailey Rice (knee) are injured.

Head coach Danny Roll made two changes, introducing centre-back Nasser Dzigha and midfielder Mohamed Diomande for John Suttar and Tochi Chukwuani.

Rangers starting XI: Jack Butland, Dujon Sterling, Nasser Djiga, Emmanuel Fernandez, Tuur Romens, Nicolas Raskin, Mohamed Diomande, Andreas Skov Olsen, Mikey Moore, Ryan Naderi, Youssef Chermiti

Rangers Subs: Liam Kelly, Jayden Megoma, John Soutar, James Tavernier, Tochi Chukwani, Nedim Bajrami, Jaydy Gassama, Telo Asgaard, Bojan Miovski

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Celtic made five changes, bringing in defender Ouston Trusty, who has two suspensions in three league games but is available for the cup.

Luke McCowan, Sebastian Tounecti, Benjamin Arthur and Hatate also enter.

Dane Murray was questionable but is on the bench. Fellow defenders Cameron Carter-Vickers (Achilles), Alastair Johnston (hamstring), (muscle) and Kieran Tierney (foot) are injured, as is Callum McGregor, so Liam Scales is captain.

Midfielder Arne Engels (thigh) and forwards Iota (knee) and Callum Osmand (hamstring) are also out. Goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel is ill.

Celtic starting XI: William Sinisalo, Julian Araujo, Benjamin Arthur, Auston Trusty, Liam Scales, Reo Hatate, Luke McCowan, Benjamin Nygren, Hyun-jun Yang, Sebastian Toneckty, Daisen Maeda

Celtic Subs: Ross Doohan, Thomas Kwankara, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Paul Bernard, Joel Mwuka, Marcelo Sarachi, Dane Murray, James Forrest, Colby Donovan

How to watch Rangers vs Celtic: TV channel, live stream online

Date	Start time	Channel	Streaming
Sunday, March 8	13:00 GMT (08:00 AM ET / 05:00 AM PT)	Premier Sports 1	Premier Sports App

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Rangers vs Celtic Stats

• The hosts are unbeaten in their last six league meetings with Celtic (W3 D3) having lost four of their previous five before that (D1)
• They have had four different managers in those five clashes (Philip Clement, Barry Ferguson twice, Russell Martin, Danny Roll)
• Rangers had won their previous 10 home games in all competitions by a combined 32-4 before last Sunday’s tie
• Their record is 19 times Scottish Cup runners-up leveled only by Celtic, who lost the 2025 final on penalties to Abderdeen
• They have scored in 20 of their last 21 games in all competitions, including an 8-0 home win over Queens Park in round five
• Celtic have won two of their last 13 games away to Rangers in all competitions (D5 L6), although each of their last three have ended in a draw. The Hoops had previously made three consecutive visits to Rangers in March 1996
• It was Celtic head coach Martin O’Neill’s first Scottish Premiership Old firm derby as Celtic boss after a 2-1 win at Ibrox in April 2005; Northern Irishman has won eight of his last 11 league games against Rangers as Hoops boss (L2)
• They are the most successful team in the history of Scottish Cup (42 titles to Rangers’ 34)
• O’Neill’s side have scored in each of their last 16 games in all competitions, although the run began with a 3-1 home defeat to Rangers in former manager Wilfred Nancy’s last game in charge on January 3
• However, they lost away in 2026, Celtic are on an eight-match unbeaten run (W5) and won 2-0 against non-league Auhinleck Talbot in the fourth round