Rangers v Celtic Prediction: Three bets for the first Old Firm of the season

Celtic have a good chance today to get a result at their rivals who have been greatly affected by covid and will be missing a number of key players. Key to any success the Celtic have planned with be attacking midfielder David Turnbull. He has chipped in with three goals already this season whilst maintaining a huge average of five shots per game. Confidence will be high and I was expecting him to be a lot shorter for just one shot on target. He has completed all but 11 mins so far this season and has been among the top performers of the team so far.

Callum McGregor is a stalwart of this fixture have played in the last 10 Old Firm derbies in a row. He is also quite partial to a card in these games having been booked in half those matches and received a red card in two. He will sit in the middle of the park here and has history has shown us he will no doubt get well stuck in. Celtic will be looking to send out a message here and everything points towards another feisty affair.

Borna Barisic looks set to keep his spot at left back as Rangers continue to deal with covid issues. This will be his second league appearance of this season however across all competitions so far he has high averages for tackles, interceptions and fouls. This is the kind of player that is normally rife for a booking especially in a high intensity match such as the Old Firm. He will be asked to tame two of Celtics best performers this season in Turnbull and Ralston and looks a solid pick for a card.