Key battles

JOHNSTON v SILVA

THE Canada World Cup star’s time at Parkhead has been mainly positive – a whole-hearted player who is solid defensively and gets forward.

However, he’s also guilty of being unnecessarily rash at times. Silva took advantage of that to win his side a penalty in the recent 3-3 draw at Ibrox.

The Portuguese loan star has taken stick from pundits and punters alike (including Rangers fans) for the way he over-reacts to challenges.

He shushed the home support after scoring against Kilmarnock last weekend.

O’RILEY v LUNDSTRAM

ARGUABLY Celtic’s most effective player this season, the Denmark midfielder has 15 goals and 17 assists from 45 club outings.

His successful spot-kick in the 3-3 draw was his first goal against Rangers in his lucky 13th attempt. he’ll be looking to improve on that record today.

Lundstram has had an up-and-down Rangers career. Scored important goals in the club’s run to the europa league final. he slumped at time under gio Van bronckhorst and again under Michael beale but he’s been a regular under Clement.

MAEDA v TAVERNIER

IF you were a spy or a scout writing a report on Maeda, it might read “very fit and very fast but his crossing and finishing can let him down” and his return of 28 goals from 104 matches for the hoops would bear that out.

The Japanese ace’s unselfish work-rate and box-to-box running mean he’s never less than nuisance value and his efforts are appreciated by team-mates. gers captain Tavernier has set all sorts of goalscoring records but has been on the losing side in 21 Old firm games – more than anyone else in the club’s history.