Key events
75 min: Gassama wins a corner for Rangers, Trusty with the block once more. Rommens to take.
73 min: Moore splits two Celtic defenders with a pass but Rommens’ cross is cleared. Rangers are having plenty of the ball but Celtic are holding firm at the moment. A Moore shot from the edge of the box balloons over.
71 min: Moore with yet another free-kick into the Celtic box – it’s behind Raskin who tries to twist and fire the ball at goal, but Sinisalo easily catches.
69 min: The tackles are flying in! Naderi with a sublime one to stop Araujo. The intensity it ratcheting up here.
68 min: It opens up briefly for Rangers but Trusty, once more, is in the right place to block the attempt at goal. There is just one Trusty on the pitch, right?
66 min: Sterling takes out Maeda as he dashes down the line – a clear foul cutting across him and a booking for the Rangers defender. Maeda has been lively.
65 mins: Djeidi Gassama is on for Rangers in place of Skov Olsen, who couldn’t find his crossing radar today. Sinisalo comes out to clear again and does.
63 min: Rangers are probing but Sterling plays a ball directly out of play. He clasps his face after such a basic human error – I know the feeling, Dujon.
61 min: Another Rangers dead-ball opportunity. Skov Olsen’s lofted delivery really isn’t quite threatening enough. Celtic win the ball back – but can they keep it?
60 min: Sinisalo comes flying out to punch the ball clear and he does. Dane Murray is on for Celtic in place of Arthur.
58 min: An off-the ball coming together between Chermiti and Trusty leaves the Celtic defender on the deck grasping his leg. Chermiti was trying to slap the ball out of Trusty’s hand and catches his leg – nothing doing, really, but it leads to a bit of shoving between the two sides.
56 min: Double change for Celtic: Oxlade-Chamberlain and Cvancara are on, McCowan and Tounekti are off.
55 min: Butland comes out to claim the ball and clatters into Maeda! Both had to go for it but it’s a sore one for the Japan international. He gets up to run it off. Good to see.
53 min: A narrow escape for Celtic! Good cross from Moore, Fernandez rises high – a towering header – but it’s pinball in the box after the ball strikes a Rangers player and Celtic scramble it away.
52 min: Skov Olsen’s poor cross is cleared by the first man Maeda. Rangers pressing here, and they have a corner – Moore to take. Can he do better than Skov Olsen?
50 min: More excellent penalty box defending from Trusty, who’s been excellent so far this afternoon: he puts his body on the line twice to block Rangers’ attempts.
48 min: Brilliant from Sinisalo! He’s out so quickly after Benjamin Arthur’s error almost lets Chermiti in – however the Celtic goalkeeper is first to the ball and pelts it away.
47 min: A lovely Celtic passing move almost puts in Maeda but Rommens is there to clean up defensively.
46 min: Moore swings in a dangerous free-kick, Araujo does well defensively to just get a touch on it.
Second half begins
Rangers kick off and win a free-kick outside the Celtic box almost immediately.
No changes for either side that I can see as the two teams race back on to the pitch for the start of the second half.
Update: clearly my eyes are as good as some referee’s … A Rangers change: Tochi Chukwuani is on for Diomande, who had been booked.
A video on social media has shown some Celtic fans forcing their way into Ibrox pre-match. Not scenes anyone wants to see for obvious reasons. No reports so far of any issues inside the stadium, so let’s hope that’s the end of it.
An intriguing 45+1 mins that bubbled away but didn’t quite reach boiling point. Rangers had an early penalty shout for handball after the ball struck Trusty’s arm from close range. Celtic were ragged at the start but – to put a positive spin – defended well under pressure and had the ball in the net. But VAR intervened to silence the Broomloan Stand.
Half-time: Rangers 0-0 Celtic
We’re even-stevens at the break. Rangers with more of the play, especially early on, but Celtic thought they had the lead before Maeda’s clinical header was ruled out for an offside in the buildup.
45 min: A great reaction save from Sinisalo as Chermiti steals in! But the whistle had just sounded for offside anyway, so no matter.
44 min: Rangers have a free-kick near the halfway line, just one additional minute before the break.
42 min: … having said that, Rangers break, Sterling plays it in and danger man Chermiti tries a difficult finish inside the box. A tricky one for Chermiti who had a defender on him and was facing away from goal.
41 min: A Celtic throw-in deep in Rangers’ territory – but they work the ball back into midfield. The game has been much more even for the last 15 minutes at least, the visitors have come into it.
38 min: Maeda with pace to burn races through on goal – but Butland reads it and is out to claim the ball just in front of the Celtic forward.
37 min: Nasser Djiga sends a header just past the woodwork as Rangers look to double Celtic’s pain.
NO GOAL! Maeda’s header overturned
McCowan’s cross in, Scales touch and a diving header from Maeda at close range! Now, VAR will have a look at this for offside – and the rest – but will it stand?
It will not! Liam Scales, who’s flicked header set up Maeda, was coming back from an offside position. It was very tight.
