Moussa Dembele takes the kick-off and we're off and running. Plenty of noise from both sets of supporters as you'd expect.

Michael McWilliams: 5-0 for me, Rangers have nothing to offer. It is only ours to lose.

Andru Blakk: 4-1 Celtic!

Paul McMorram: Celtic can't dominate us any more than Hibs did few weeks ago so I think we have a chance.

Stand by. Kick-off is imminent.

Rangers manager Graeme Murty, speaking to Sky Sports: "[We need to show] intensity, discipline, structure, heart and the quality of our play.

"It’s hard [to come to Celtic Park], it’s a great venue, we know they’re a very good team, but challenges are more interesting the more difficult they are. We relish the challenge. We walk into an arena like this with smiles on our faces.

"By showing how good we are, to make sure the players are mentally prepped. We know all about Celtic, how good they are, we need to look at our players and tell them how good they are. We trust them, now they need to execute it.

"There are areas we want to exploit, spaces, but we want to get our skilled players on the ball to use their ability to cause problems. Composure on transition is vital. We need to steal the ball early and then cause problems."

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers, speaking to BBC Scotland: “Moussa [Dembele] has done well in these games, so has Leigh [Griffiths], so I can go for either or. Leigh did great during the week, and Moussa was great previously.

“The key for us is to have intensity at the top of the pitch.

“Throughout history, it’s never really mattered about the form going into the games. I try to get my players to relax going into the game. If you get caught up in the emotion of it you don’t get to show your true qualities.

“There’s a great intensity around the game but it’s my responsibility to be as calm as possible. They're great games, brilliant to be involved in, so we look forward to that. We hope we can play our game to get the result."

Speaking to Rangers TV ahead of today's game, Rangers manager Graeme Murty: “We’re ready. We’ve done our brief.

"We know how strong they are in certain areas and we also know, if we put our foot on the ball and pass the ball, we have the attributes to go and cause them problems.

“It’s a blow to lose Ryan Jack, but it gives someone else the opportunity to go and have a really good day.

“We’ve been to Pittodrie and won, we’ve been to Easter Road and won, we’ve also been to Murrayfield and won, so we want to take that mind-set into today’s game.

"We don’t want to come here and observe. We want to partake at the highest level in a great game.

“We want to be on the front foot at the right times.”

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Steven Thompson
Former Scotland striker on BBC Sportsound

Pat Bonner
Former Celtic goalkeeper on BBC Scotland

Former Celtic player Kris Commons and former Rangers captain Barry Ferguson have been sharing their Old Firm memories ahead of today's match.

Have a watch...

A quick reminder of what is to come later before we concentrate exclusively on events at Celtic Park.

Scottish Premiership

Aberdeen v Heart of Midlothian

Celtic v Rangers (12:00)

Hibernian v Kilmarnock

Motherwell v Hamilton Academical

Partick Thistle v Ross County

St Johnstone v Dundee

Scottish Championship

Brechin City v Inverness Caledonian Thistle

Dumbarton P-P Greenock Morton

Falkirk v Queen of the South

Livingston P-P Dunfermline Athletic

Scottish League One

Airdrieonians P-P Alloa Athletic

Arbroath v East Fife

Ayr United v Forfar Athletic

Queen's Park v Albion Rovers

Raith Rovers v Stranraer

Scottish League Two

Berwick Rangers P-P Stenhousemuir

Edinburgh City P-P Clyde

Elgin City P-P Stirling Albion

Montrose v Peterhead

BBC Radio Scotland's live coverage is now under way. Click on the link at the top of the page or tune your wireless to 810 MW and join host Richard Gordon for all the pre-match build-up and debate.

Commentator Rob Maclean will take you through the action from midday, with expert analysis and comment from Celtic legend Pat Bonner and former Rangers striker Steven Thompson.

Snow and freezing temperatures had already forced the postponement yesterday of two of today's lower-league games in Scotland - and four more have been called off after morning pitch inspections.

We'll keep you up-to-date should any others be under threat as we approach the 15:00 GMT kick-offs.

Midfielders Daniel Candeias and Josh Windass return to the Rangers line-up in place of the injured Ryan Jack and striker Eduardo Herrera, the latter dropping to the bench.

Centre-back Bruno Alves makes his Old Firm debut, while Niko Kranjcar retains his place in midfield.

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It appears that Moussa Dembele being left on the Celtic bench against Dundee on Boxing Day was more about resting him for today than speculation linking the France Under-21 striker with Brighton & Hove Albion.

The 21-year-old starts up front as manager Brendan Rodgers makes three changes from Tuesday's 2-0 win at Dens Park.

Leigh Griffiths had gestured that "I'm the man" after scoring that day, but the Scotland striker drops to the bench to make way for Dembele.

Stuart Armstrong comes into central midfield in place of Olivier Ntcham, while Scott Sinclair is on the wing in place of Jonny Hayes, whose season is probably over after sustaining a broken leg on Tayside.

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So what are you expecting to unfold at Celtic Park this afternoon?

Celtic have scored 18 goals to Rangers' four in their seven meetings since the beginning of last season, with six victories to Brendan Rodgers' side.

Another comfortable win for Celtic today? Or will Rangers find the tactical inspiration and resilience to deny the champions as they did on their last visit in March?

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Celtic: Gordon, Lustig, Boyata, Ajer, Tierney, Brown, Armstrong, McGregor, Forrest, Sinclair, Dembele.

Substitutes: De Vries, Simunovic, Bitton, Griffiths, Ntcham, Edouard, Johnston.

Rangers: Foderingham, Tavernier, Alves, Wilson, John, Candeias, McCrorie, Holt, Kranjcar, Windass, Morelos.

Substitutes: Alnwick, Barjonas, Herrera, Bates, Hardie, Hodson, Pena.

Celtic’s record-breaking unbeaten domestic run of 69 games may have come to an end against Hearts a fortnight ago, but manager Brendan Rodgers will be keen to hold on to another one today.

His side remain unbeaten in seven Old Firm matches against Rangers in his tenure since the beginning of last season.

Celtic have won six of those, including 5-1 victories at home and away last season.

The one exception saw Rangers, in the final game of Graeme Murty’s first spell in caretaker charge, earn a 1-1 draw in an incident-packed encounter in March. Here's a wee reminder to whet the appetite for today's encounter...

Bit of breaking news for you to kick things off.

Former Rangers full-back Jimmy Nicholl is to return to Ibrox as assistant manager, BBC Scotland can disclose.

The 61-year-old, who remains assistant to Michael O'Neill with Northern Ireland, will leave his post as number two to Paul Hartley at Championship outfit Falkirk after Tuesday's game against Dunfermline Athletic.