Derbies & festive schedule among Celtic's standout games
The first Glasgow derby of the 2025-26 Scottish Premiership season will be at Ibrox on Sunday, 31 August.Brendan Rodgers' side will make the short trip across the city for a 12:00 BST kick-off.The champions welcome Rangers to Celtic Park for the new year derby on Saturday, 3 January. The final pre-split meeting of the Glasgow rivals is pencilled in for Saturday, 28 February.What about the festive schedule? Celtic host Aberdeen on Saturday, 20 December then complete 2025 with trips to face newly-promoted Livingston and Motherwell.Celtic round off the pre-split campaign on Saturday, 11 April the same way they started it - by hosting St Mirren.Looking at the fixture list, where do you think Celtic will be after 10 games? Share your views here.
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