Image source, SNSCeltic captain Callum McGregor (calf) and defender Liam Scales (cheekbone) are doubts, while Paulo Bernardo (ankle) remains out, but James Forrest is back.
Barry Ferguson will assess some minor issues in his Rangers squad following their European exertions but there are no major injuries.
Watch all the goals from this season's two Old Firm derbies in the Scottish Premiership before the sides meet at Parkhead on Sunday.
Celtic triumphed 3-0 at home in September before Rangers won by the same scoreline at Ibrox in January.
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Image source, SNSCallum McGregor says Celtic are determined to avoid a repeat of the previous Glasgow derby when Rangers travel to Parkhead on Sunday.
The champions suffered a 3-0 new year loss at Ibrox to experience derby defeat for only the second time in 15 matches.
Although Brendan Rodgers' side have a 16-point lead at the top of the Premiership table, the captain insists they're not getting complacent.
"We've bounced back and got ourselves in a really strong position again," McGregor said.
"But the feeling for us after the game was we never did ourselves justice. So we want to come off the pitch fast and foremost, feeling good about what we've done in the game and the performance and what we've given to it.
"And generally, if we do all those things, then we'll win the game and that'll put us in a much better place."
Celtic have had the advantage of a free midweek while Rangers faced 120 minutes of action on Thursday night before beating Fenerbahce on penalties to reach the Europa League quarter-finals.
The champions looked sharp when beating Hibernian last weekend after their first free midweek in 11 weeks and want another fast start on Sunday.
"If you can get on top of the game, the crowd come with you and it's an amazing atmosphere," McGregor said.
"Last week was probably as good as we've been for a while - hunger, willingness to run and freshness, get inside the pressure, get the ball back and Hibs struggled to to live with that.
"So if we can bring a sort of similar level of performance, then we hope that that's enough to to give us a good day."
Image source, SNSBarry Ferguson is braced for even more pelters at Celtic Park on Sunday than he endured on his previous visit.
The current Rangers interim boss was in the directors' box as a club ambassador in September when Celtic defeated the Ibrox side 3-0 in the sides' first meeting of the season.
As he prepares for his debut Old Firm fixture as manager on Sunday, Ferguson said: "I don't mind. I honestly don't mind. Sometimes it crosses the line a wee bit, which disappoints me. But that's part of being in the west of Scotland. I know I took a wee bit, but it was fine.
"I knew what I was coming into. I think it will be a bit worse than when I was sitting in the directors' box. But I'm looking forward to it.
"These are the games you want to play in. These are the games you should look forward to.
"I'm sure I'll get a nice reception when I'm standing at the touchline.
"I'll need to focus on making sure my team go with the gameplan that we're thinking about. And if we carry that out, we've got a right good chance of getting the three points."
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BBC Sport Scotland
Image source, SNSBrendan Rodgers says the points gulf between his Celtic side and Rangers is irrelevant before Sunday's Old Firm derby.
Celtic lead the Scottish Premiership by 16 points from their Glasgow rivals, but Rodgers says the history of the fixture and its significance to supporters means there is no danger of complacency from his players.
Rangers won the last meeting 3-0 at Ibrox after Celtic triumphed in the first derby this season by the same scoreline then won on penalties in the League Cup final in December.
"For me, it's very straightforward to paint the nature of this game," manager Rodgers said. "It wouldn't matter if we were 16 points clear or 60 points clear.
"This is Celtic-Rangers. And it's not a game you want to lose. No matter how far in front you are, or how well you've been playing, this is a game that means everything to supporters, to their lives, to their daily life.
"It means everything to them. And especially on the back of our last performance."
Rodgers praised the way Celtic responded to the setback at Ibrox in January, but still expects his team to make amends at Parkhead.
"Like every team, we have to make it really, really difficult for Rangers coming to the game," he added.
"These are games to really enjoy and go and perform. We never performed anywhere near what the demand of the game was in the last game.
"So we're very hungry to put that right in this game.
"At that time, we were 14 points clear. The response from that game puts us at 16 points clear. So the response to that defeat was very, very good."
George O'Neill
BBC Sport Scotland
Image source, SNSCeltic manager Brendan Rodgers has been talking to the media before Sunday's Old Firm derby against Rangers at Parkhead.
Here are the best bits from his news conference:
Rodgers says his players are "hungry" to make amends for the last meeting when Rangers won 3-0 at Ibrox in January.
The Northern Irishman praised how his players responded to that setback, highlighting they have extended their lead at the top of the Premiership between then and now.
Rodgers sees "a lot of the same traits" in Barry Ferguson's Rangers team as Philippe Clement's - "Some very good performances and some inconsistencies."
Rodgers was asked about the significance of Rangers playing 120 minutes against Fenerbahce in the Europa League on Thursday, but insists his focus is on Celtic's own game.
He adds: "Our game's a running game, it's a pressing game, it's an intense game. That's what we want to play from the very first whistle."
Rodgers dismissed the notion Celtic's 16-point lead could bring complacency, saying: "It wouldn't matter if we were 16 points clear or 60 points clear." He wants to deliver a victory for the home supporters.
He is "really looking forward" to having away fans back at the derby, saying "it's what the nature of the fixture is all about".
Captain Callum McGregor will be assessed on Saturday morning having missed team training on Friday. Liam Scales is out with a cheekbone issue that could require surgery and Paulo Bernardo remains sidelined.
McGregor will be given every opportunity to prove his fitness given his "significance" and the "tactical balance" he provides.
Image source, SNSCeltic captain Callum McGregor is hopeful of overcoming a calf problem to be fit for Sunday's derby visit of Rangers.
The 31-year-old has been managing the injury in recent weeks and was substituted in Celtic's past two outings against Hibs and St Mirren.
"You would have noticed that I was not [training] with the group today," McGregor said.
"I'm just trying to step it up. I did a bit of individual work with the physio guys today. Hopefully there's no reaction and then I will be all good to train tomorrow.
"If I can train tomorrow, I will be fit. It's a calf issue. We are giving it every chance by leaving it as long as we can to get me on the pitch and ready.
"It has been a tough week, but I'm doing everything I can to be available for the group.
"Playing for Celtic is a huge honour and you have to play through the pain barrier to give yourself every chance to be involved in these games because it means so much to the club and me personally.
"You feel a huge sense or responsibility to push as hard as you possibly can to make sure you're available.
"It's such a big game with huge expectations and the atmosphere is enough to get you through it."
Image source, SNSCeltic are unbeaten in their last eight home league games against Rangers (W6 D2), winning each of their last five. Never in their history have the Celtic won six consecutive home league Old Firm derbies.
After their 3-0 win in January, Rangers are looking to win back-to-back league derbies against Celtic for the first time since August 2021 under Steven Gerrard, and first time within a single season since winning their first two meetings of the 2020-21 campaign.
Seven of the last 13 league Old Firm's have seen the opening goal scored within the first 10 minutes of the match. The side scoring first has won seven of the last eight league meetings, with the exception being a 3-3 draw in April 2024.
Celtic have won 19 of their last 20 home league games (D1), including each of their last 10 by an aggregate score of 37-1. They've scored two or more goals in all 20 of these matches – their longest ever such run in the league.
Rangers have lost two of their last three league games (W1), as many as their previous 18 beforehand (W12 D4). The Light Blues could lose successive matches in the Premiership for the first time since March 2018 under Graeme Murty.
This is Barry Ferguson's first Old Firm in charge of Rangers. None of the club's last eight managers to face Celtic have won their first meeting in all competitions (D3 L5), with the last being Ally McCoist in September 2011. Away from home, eight of the last 10 Rangers managers to visit Celtic lost their frst trip (D2) since Walter Smith won 2-0 in August 1991.
Ferguson will be the seventh different Rangers manager to face Brendan Rodgers' Celtic in all competitions. No other Celtic manager in history has faced more than four different Rangers managers.
Celtic trio Alistair Johnston, Daizen Maeda, and Nicolas Kuhn are all joint-top for assists in the Premiership this season (seven each), while Rangers pair Vaclav Cerny (66) and James Tavernier (54) are the top two players for chances created.
Charlotte Cohen
BBC Sport Scotland
Image source, SNSIt's fair to say Brendan Rodgers knows his way around Glasgow on derby day.
Of the 21 matches he's managed against Rangers over his two spells in Scotland, his Celtic team have won 16, drawn three and lost two, giving him a win percentage of 76%.
His Celtic side have scored 51 goals to Rangers' 21 with an expected goals of 2.43 to their rivals' 1.05.
So, interim manager Barry Ferguson has a tough test ahead of him on Sunday, especially given Rodgers' record against his predecessor Philippe Clement.
The Celtic boss only lost one of the seven matches he managed with Clement in the opposing dugout (he won five and drew the other).
Of the two defeats Rodgers has suffered against Rangers throughout his career, one came earlier this year- a 3-0 defeat last time the pair met in January - a result the Northern Irishman will be keen to make amends for at Parkhead on Sunday.
That's the only time he's tasted defeat to Rangers this season though. You'd have to go back to one of Ange Postecoglou's final games in charge to find the last time Celtic lost to Rangers and even then, the league title had already been wrapped up by Celtic as they were on the wrong end of a 3-0 defeat at Ibrox.
Despite the defeat at Ibrox in January, Rodgers has won the other seven meetings since he came back to Glasgow.
After withstanding a Rangers fight-back in the League Cup final earlier this season, Rodgers' men secured the first silverware of the campaign with a 5-4 penalty win.
Since Rodgers returned to Parkhead, Celtic have scored 15 goals to Rangers' eight in Glasgow derbies and kept three clean sheets to Rangers' one.
Scotland defender Kieran Tierney, who will return to Celtic this summer, was on the end of a heavy challenge by Ivan Perisic in Arsenal's aggregate win-completing draw with PSV Eindhoven. (Scotsman - subscription required), external
Image source, SNSCan Jota add to his tally of four goals against Rangers on Sunday?
Celtic winger Jota welcomes the "very special feeling" of playing in the Old Firm derby for the first time in almost two years.
The Portuguese scored four goals against Rangers in his first stint between 2021 and 2023, including two that proved decisive in back-to-back wins in April 2023.
Looking forward to Sunday's Premiership meeting at Celtic Park, he told Celtic TV: "For people to realise what this game is about, they need to be here
"For the players who have the opportunity to actually be involved in this game, it means something different. It's a very special feeling.
"Luckily for me, I've had the opportunity to play a lot of them and I want to play many more. So, I'm just excited about it.
"I would say the feeling of Champions League is something different, but right next to it is the game against Rangers. You can feel it's different. There's this sense in the air that today is the derby and today we go for it."
Jota has netted three goals in 10 outings since returning to Celtic from Rennes in January.
"It has been an amazing time with the lads and just getting back together to see some familiar faces," said the 25-year-old. "It has been a really great experience in these first matches.
"I really like the way things are going and I just can't wait to see what else we can bring.
"I really like the way we train, the way we play and then, as a group, we are all very together and we fight for the same thing. The connection between the coach and the players has been really nice."
Kheredine Idessane
BBC Sport Scotland Senior Reporter
They're one match away from another Scottish Cup final. Three wins away from claiming the league title.
Barring the unlikeliest of semi-final defeats, with the greatest respect to St Johnstone, Celtic now have 11 games left of what may very well be their sixth treble-winning campaign in the past nine years.
While they'll prepare diligently for every remaining opponent, there are four big games that stand out: two matches at Hampden should they progress to the Scottish Cup final and a pair of derbies with Rangers.
The first this weekend would put Brendan Rodgers' men within touching distance of reclaiming their Premiership crown were they to keep up their impressive run of results at Parkhead.
No Scottish side has won there in 16 months. Rangers haven't tasted victory there in well over four years and have lost their past five visits.
Given the exertions they're likely to need against Fenerbahce on Thursday, it's likely to take a Herculean effort from Barry Ferguson's side to arrest that losing streak this weekend.
Which raises the question: if most boxes have been ticked, and there are only a few games left that really matter, is this not the time for Celtic to be making detailed plans for next season?
They already know Scotland defender Kieran Tierney will be returning, an addition that massively strengthens the squad if he can put injury woes behind him.
Another striker looks a priority. Given he's in the form of his life, keeping Daizen Maeda may well be an achievement in itself if clubs come calling for the Japan international.
The same probably applies to assets like Nicolas Kuhn and Reo Hatate. If big offers come in, could Celtic refuse them? If they can't, succession planning must already be in place, with potential replacements already identified.
When Celtic win the title again this season, there is no automatic entry to the Champions League. A tricky play-off lies ahead in the summer, for which Celtic will have to be completely prepared with new players bedded in and ready to hit the ground running.
By their standards, Celtic have spent big under Rodgers, and he'll be looking for the board to push the boat out once again if the fine showing against Bayern Munich isn't to be a flash in the pan.
Proper planning is required to get the recruitment spot on in the summer and allow Celtic to continue to build from a position of strength.
Which leads me to conclude that the really important work in the next few months will be done as much off the pitch as on it.
Celtic transfer target Mathias Kvistgaarden could be set to miss out on Brondby's final league game of the season after being forced off early into his side's loss to Randers on Monday night. (The Scotsman)
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Tino
Fan writer
Played 20, won 20. That's the incredible Scottish Cup record Brendan Rodgers now holds following Celtic's quarter-final win over Hibs.
And with the potential of two further ties in the competition this season it's a winning run he'll only be looking to extend further.
The record itself is a measure of the consistency we've come to expect of Rodgers over two spells in the Celtic hotseat as he's won trophy after trophy following his arrival in May 2016.
Should he claim the Scottish Cup as well as this season's Premiership title that would bring his tally to 12, making him undoubtedly our most successful manager in modern times.
The fact we're on track for a ninth treble in our history – with Rodgers already responsible for two of those – is testament to just how much he has achieved already.
And though there were reservations among some fans about his return to the club, those concerns are now over just how long we can keep the man whose current deal expires at the end of next season.
Make no mistake, Rodgers is the perfect fit for Celtic and is the man who could see us take further strides in Europe following the success of this season's campaign.
Things change in football but as it stands we have a manager who seems content, capable and energised for the challenge of progressing this club.
Should he continue to be backed by the board – and signings like Arne Engels (£11m), Adam Idah (£9.5m) and Jota (£8m) shows that has absolutely been the case so far – there may be less inclination to make another move and more reason to continue with the current project.
Rumours of Rodgers signing an extended deal have yet to come to fruition but should Celtic complete another domestic clean sweep this season then it would be the icing on the cake to tie down a man who has barely known anything other than success here in Scotland.
If Michael Nicholson and the Celtic board can make that happen then we can all sail into the summer full of excitement and expectation about what the next couple of seasons may bring.
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Image source, SNSSteven McLean will take charge of Sunday's Scottish Premiership meeting at Parkhead between Celtic and Rangers.
John Beaton, who officiated two of the sides' previous three meetings this season, is the VAR this weekend, assisted by Sean Carr, while Graeme Stewart and Dougie Potter are the assistant referees.
McLean last refereed an Old Firm derby in May 2023, a 3-0 win for Rangers over Celtic at Ibrox.
This weekend will be the first league meeting of the sides since 2023 where away fans will be present, with Rangers supporters allocated "4% of saleable capacity".
It will also be the first derby in the dugout for interim manager Barry Ferguson.
Celtic hold a 16-point lead and are three wins away from retaining the title.
Celtic have reportedly scouted Dundee United forward Owen Stirton, the 18-year-old forward on loan at Montrose. (National), external
Image source, SNSHolders Celtic will take on St Johnstone in the Scottish Cup semi-finals next month.
The tie will be played at Hampden on the weekend of 19-20 April.
Hearts face Aberdeen in the other semi-final.
Image source, SNSArne Engels insists "nobody needs to be motivated" for next weekend's derby against Rangers.
Celtic go into the game at Parkhead 16 points clear at the top of the Premiership table having booked a spot in the Scottish Cup semi-final and with the League Cup trophy already in the bag.
But in the game at Ibrox earlier this year, Brendan Rodgers' side suffered their first domestic defeat of the season with a 3-0 loss away from home.
"Nobody needs to be motivated for that game," Engels said.
"Everybody knows what kind of game it is and what kind of game everybody wants to have.
"We just need to win and don't need to show everybody how good we are because we showed it already a lot of times
"It's now about winning every game and that's always our mindset and it will always be our mindset every week. We are really ready for it and everybody is really focused now on that game.
"We just have the mentality of winning every game and that's what we did already the whole year and what we are going to do now the next weeks.
"Just going into every game with our winning mentality and with a lot of energy, which has allowed us to produce really good results and really good performances.
"We just need to keep on going like this and not look too much forward. Just to the next game and going there with full energy and full focus."
Image source, SNSAdam Idah scored the second goal in Celtic's 2-0 Scottish Cup win over Hibs
Sunday Mail chief football writer Scott McDermott says Adam Idah can overcome a "tough" spell at Celtic and fight for a starting spot.
The Irishman made a permanent move from Norwich in the summer and spent the majority of the season playing second fiddle to Kyogo Furuhashi before he left for Rennes in the winter window.
Since the turn of the year though, Daizen Maeda has emerged as a preferred option up top for Celtic.
The Japan international started up front in Celtic's 2-0 victory over Hibernian in the Scottish Cup on Sunday and scored the opening goal for Brendan Rodgers' side while Idah was brought on in the final minutes and nabbed the second.
"Try and put yourself in Adam Idah's mind," McDermott told the BBC's Scottish Football Podcast.
"When Kyogo goes, he's probably at the back of his mind celebrating, thinking this is brilliant I'm the first choice number nine here.
"Little does he know that a couple of weeks later, Daizen is the new number nine for Celtic because Brendan Rodgers obviously changes it up.
"We know what Maeda gives through the middle and again when it was such a big game [against Hibs], Brendan Rodgers reverts to what now looks like his first choice 11 and that doesn't have Adam Idah in it.
"So it's tough for him but all he can do is what he did on Sunday. He was only on the park for about 10 minutes and he comes on, looks a threat and gets his goal. So he'll be pleased with that but he'll definitely want more minutes."
