Balde misses Ibrox clash

Celtic manager Martin O’Neill will be without Bobo Balde for today's Bank of Scotland Premier League showdown with Rangers at Ibrox.

The giant defender was sent off for lashing out at a Hibernian player last week and automatically misses the top-of-the-table Old Firm clash.

But O’Neill will be able to call on defensive duo Joos Valgaeren and Johan Mjallby after lengthy injury lay-offs while Didier Agathe is expected to recover from a thigh problem.

Provisional squad: Hedman, McNamara, Varga, Mjallby, Valgaeren, Agathe, Lennon, Sutton, Petrov, Thompson, Larsson, Hartson, Miller, Douglas, Gray, Sylla, Petta, Maloney.