Five changes for Rangers

Alex McLeish makes five changes to his side as he attempted to save their season in today’s Old Firm Tennent’s Scottish Cup quarter-final showdown at Parkhead.

Out go Nuno Capucho, Emerson, Christian Nerlinger, Ronald de Boer and Michael Mols from the side which slumped to defeat at Dundee United last weekend.

Drafted in are Shota Arveladze, Gavin Rae, Peter Lovenkrands, Stephen Hughes and Henning Berg despite his criticism of McLeish this week after being dropped.

Celtic manager Martin O’Neill is forced to make one change with Chris Sutton failing to recover from an ankle injury. He is replaced by Stephen Pearson.

The Northern Irishman, whose side face Barcelona in the UEFA Cup next week, made two more changes with Neil Lennon and Joos Valgaeren coming in for Paul Lambert and John Kennedy.

Celtic: Douglas, McNamara, Balde, Varga, Valgaeren, Agathe, Lennon, Petrov, Pearson, Thompson, Larsson. Subs: Marshall, Sylla, Lambert, Beattie, Kennedy.

Rangers: Klos, Moore, Frank de Boer, Berg, Ricksen, Rae, Arteta, Hughes, Ball, Lovenkrands, Arveladze. Subs: McGregor, Khizanishvili, Ross, Ronald de Boer, Thompson.

Referee: H Dallas (Scotland)