Rangers and Celtic lock horns once again this weekend, as the Old Firm giants clash for the fifth and final time in the 24/25 Scottish Premiership campaign.
It has been Brendan Rodgers’ team that have dominated the league once again this season, clocking up their fourth successive - and joint-record 55th - league title with last weekend’s 5-0 thrashing of Dundee United. However, Rangers will hope to embrace the role of party crashers yet again as they look to make it three consecutive wins against their fierce Glasgow rivals.
As it always is when the two sides face other, the debate over which players are better rear their head. Would Nicolas Raskin get in the Celtic team? Is Alistair Johnston now the league’s best right-back over James Tavernier? Just how would a combined Rangers and Celtic XI look if the two squads were fused together?
Using popular football statistics website FotMob, we’ve put together the combined Rangers and Celtic starting XI, based each players’ 24/25 average rating.
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5. LB: Greg Taylor - Celtic
If this is to be his final season at Celtic Park, Taylor has performed admirably, producing seven assists in 21 league starts. He is comfortably the highest ranking left-back in the division with an average rating of 7.50. | SNS Group Photo: SNS Group
6. CM: Callum McGregor - Celtic
To the surprise of absolutely nobody, the Celtic captain is the league's highest ranked midfielder with an average rating of 7.73. Touches the ball more than 98% of other midfielders this year, and has turned into an unexpected goal machine with eight goals and a further three assists. | SNS Group Photo: SNS Group
7. CM: Nicolas Raskin - Rangers
The Belgian has muscled his way into this three man midfield after an excellent season at Ibrox. Rated at 7.48 for his performances, Raskin has scored two goals and provided seven assists from the centre of the park this term and was awarded the club's player of the season award last week. | Getty Images Photo: Getty Images
8. CM: Arne Engels - Celtic
He's been criticised in some quarters, but his debut season at Celtic has saw him provide some excellent numbers. He's scored nine goals, and assisted a further five, all whilst picking up an impressive 7.40 average rating for the Hoops this year. | SNS Group Photo: SNS Group