STEVEN McLEAN will be in charge of Celtic’s crucial Premiership encounter against Danny Rohl’s Ibrox outfit at Parkhead on Saturday.
David McGeachie and Jonathan Bell will be the referee’s line assistants while Kevin Clancy will be in control of VAR.
Clancy was the match official at Fir Park last night as Wilfried Nancy suffered his fifth defeat in seven games in the 2-0 flop against Motherwell.
CLOSE-UP ON CELTIC…Kevin Clancy looks in the direction of Motherwell defender Stephen O’Donnell during the Hoops’ 2-0 loss at Fir Park last night.
The Frenchman has seen the Hoops blow nine points from a possible 15 during his five league games since taking over at the start of this month. He kicked off his career in Scotland with a 2-1 loss to Hearts at Parkhead and went down by the same scoreline to Dundee United at Tannadice in his next Premiership outing.
The loss to Well in Lanarkshire completed a depressing hat-trick.
Rangers can go level on points with the champions if they add to Nancy’s misery.
Brendan Rodgers was in the Hoops dug-out and Russell Martin was in the Ibrox hot seat when the clubs drew 0-0 in Govan earlier in the season in one of the most tedious derbies in living memory.
The clubs also locked horns in the Premier Sports League Cup semi-final last month when interim manager Martin O’Neill led the team to a 3-1 extra-time success at Hampden.
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