When the first Rangers vs Celtic clash is as the 2025-26 Premiership fixtures see rules change on marquee fixture
The bitter rivals will clash on the last weekend of August with the traditional Ne'erday derby at Parkhead on January 3
Rangers will host Celtic on matchday four of the new season as the bitter rivals renew hostilities in late August.
Remarkably, the Light Blues had the upper hand in the fixture last season despite finishing a staggering 17 points behind the Premiership champions.
The Light Blues won two of the four league meetings with one defeat and a draw. New Rangers boss Russell Martin will get his first taste of the fixture as a manager after horror memories as a player during a loan spell at Ibrox.
Brendan Rodgers will be keen to get back to winning ways in a fixture he has dominated over two spells as Hoops boss, losing just once in his first spell.
The traditional Ne'erday derby takes place at Parkhead on Saturday, January 3 - with the final pre-split clash at Ibrox at the end of the following month, the earliest it's been in a number of years.
Derby dates in full
Rangers vs Celtic - 31/8/25 (12 noon kick off, Sky Sports)
Celtic vs Rangers - 3/1/26 - (12.30pm kick off, Sky Sports)
Rangers vs Celtic- 28/2/26
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