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Heavy rain falls from above here at Ibrox where Rangers play host to Celtic. Its a sell-out today with the 21,000 capacity stadium completely full.
Rangers are playing in a 3-4-3 formation while Celtic appear to be shaped for 4-3-3.


0.00
Rangers kick off!
2.49
Khalid Sinouh controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Ruuben Hyypia. Ruuben Hyypia threads the ball through to Marc Hyldgaard. Marc Hyldgaard deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Jin Kobayashi. Jin Kobayashi shoots from just inside the box but it flies wide!
3.02
Jurek Joswiak controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Luciano Riquelme. Luciano Riquelme deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Yoshimitsu Ono. Yoshimitsu Ono passes the ball forward to Julian Velasco. Julian Velasco rockets a shot on goal which easily beats the keeper. Goal!!
8.43
Khalid Sinouh threads the ball through to Ruuben Hyypia. Ruuben Hyypia kicks a strong pass forward to Marc Hyldgaard. Marc Hyldgaard threads the ball through to Jin Kobayashi but he's offside!
10.50
Leandro Avalos chips the ball to his team mate, Marc Hyldgaard. Marc Hyldgaard tries a spectacular long range effort but it curls horrendously wide!
12.51
Vasyl Korkishko hacks Jin Kobayashi from behind! The referee reaches into his pocket ... it's a yellow card! Jin Kobayashi runs off the knock.
18.33
Ruuben Hyypia makes a probing pass to Stavros Vellidis. Stavros Vellidis whips in a cross ball towards Marc Hyldgaard. Marc Hyldgaard powers a header at goal. It's there!! Vítor Hugo Ribeiro has to pick the ball from the back of the net!
27.46
Leandro Avalos chips the ball to his team mate, Marc Hyldgaard. Marc Hyldgaard shoots from distance but it is miles over!
34.26
Giorgio Suker knocks the ball forward to Stavros Vellidis. Stavros Vellidis shoots from 20 yards but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
36.46
Giorgio Suker advances with the ball. Giorgio Suker tries a spectacular long range effort but it curls horrendously wide!
40.56
Leandro Avalos barges into Luciano Riquelme. Leandro Avalos is given a warning by the referee! Luciano Riquelme gets up, but that knock is affecting his game.
45.00
The referee blows for the end of the first half


45.00
Celtic start the second half!
48.04
Leandro Avalos makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Jin Kobayashi. Jin Kobayashi lofts in a cross ball towards Marc Hyldgaard. Marc Hyldgaard directs the ball goalwards with his head. Vítor Hugo Ribeiro easily picks it out of the air!
51.34
Sebastian Cuellar sees space and advances. Sebastian Cuellar knocks in a cross ball towards Marc Hyldgaard. Marc Hyldgaard directs the ball goalwards with his head. Vítor Hugo Ribeiro easily picks it out of the air!
57.38
Callum Dalglish kicks a strong pass forward to Leandro Avalos. Leandro Avalos makes a simple pass to Marc Hyldgaard. Marc Hyldgaard shoots from long range. The ball flies into the top corner - goal!!
60.31
Pablo Parra knocks the ball forward to Julian Velasco. Julian Velasco knocks in a cross ball towards David Zanoni. David Zanoni is perfectly placed and heads the ball at goal but Eben Gargo is on top of it.
61.40
Pablo Parra makes a probing pass to Julian Velasco. Julian Velasco knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
63.47
Guy Grun brings the ball forward. Guy Grun sees a break and surges forward. Guy Grun sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but he balloons it over the crossbar!
67.57
Luciano Riquelme passes the ball forward to Julian Velasco. Julian Velasco knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Khalid Sinouh.
69.15
Ruuben Hyypia passes the ball forward to Stavros Vellidis. Stavros Vellidis knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Vasyl Korkishko.
72.42
Guy Grun passes the ball forward to Sebastian Cuellar. Sebastian Cuellar kicks a strong pass forward to Marc Hyldgaard. Marc Hyldgaard finds some space and shoots from distance but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
73.53
Vasyl Korkishko knocks the ball forward to Pablo Parra. Pablo Parra knocks the ball to his team mate, Julian Velasco. Julian Velasco knocks in a cross ball towards Yoshimitsu Ono. Yoshimitsu Ono is perfectly placed and heads the ball at goal. Eben Gargo easily picks it out of the air!
84.51
Stephen Kewell knocks the ball to his team mate, David Zanoni. David Zanoni tries a spectacular long range effort but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
85.34
Luciano Riquelme clumsily knocks into Sebastian Cuellar. Luciano Riquelme is warned by the referee! Sebastian Cuellar stretches but gets up unharmed.
87.02
Jose Javier Pascual knocks the ball to his team mate, Stephen Kewell. Stephen Kewell surges forward with the ball. Stephen Kewell tries a spectacular long range effort but he balloons it over the crossbar!
89.57
Luciano Riquelme controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, David Zanoni. David Zanoni shoots from outside the area but somehow Eben Gargo manages to keep it out.
90.00
Khalid Sinouh chips the ball to his team mate, Ruuben Hyypia. Ruuben Hyypia makes a probing pass to Marc Hyldgaard. Marc Hyldgaard knocks in a cross ball towards Stavros Vellidis. Stavros Vellidis flicks the ball with his head. It's miles wide!
90.00
The referee whistles full-time!


The man of the match was awarded to Marc Hyldgaard of Rangers
Match Statistics
Goals
2
1
Shots on Target
4
4
Shots off Target
8
2
Offsides
1
0
Fouls
1
2
Yellow Cards
0
1
Red Cards
0
0

Possession
51.8%
48.2%
Play Area
21.7%
44.6%
33.7%