Celtic vs Rangers LIVE SCORE as Davies handball appeal waved away and Dessers shot blocked in cagey Hampden start

THERE’S nothing between the teams after a cagey first half hour in the first Old Firm Scottish Cup final in 22 years.

A whole 8057 days have passed since Saturday May 4, 2002 when Celtic and Rangers last met in this showpiece.

And injury-ravaged Rangers is true to his word by introducing some calculated risk to his line-up.

That means a start for Ridvan Yilmaz, even though the Gers boss said the Turkish star had come to him IN TEARS after aggravating a problem against Hearts.

Leon Balogun comes in too, while John Lundstram only makes the bench, with Nico Raskin prepared in midfield.

Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers has far less big decisions to make – he names his strongest team, with Kyogo starting up front instead of Adam Idah.

• The Scottish Cup final is under way at Hampden Park in Glasgow.
• BBC and Premier Sports BOTH hold TV broadcast rights to the Scottish Cup final
• That means viewers with subscriptions have a choice of provider
• That also means the game can be streamed either on the Premier Sports Player (for subscribers) or via BBC iPlayer
• Highlights will also be available on Sportscene at 10.35pm tonight, on BBC1
• Nick Walsh is the match referee and he’ll be assisted by Calum Spence and David Roome with Steven McLean fourth official
• VAR will be in use and John Beaton will be in the studio at Clydesdale House. He’ll be assisted by David McGeachie
• Celtic XI: Hart, Johnston, Carter-Vickers, Scales, Taylor, McGregor, O’Riley, Hatate, Forrest, Kyogo, Maeda. Subs: Bain, Palma, Idah, Kühn, Nawrocki, Iwata, Bernardo, Ralston, Welsh.
• Rangers XI: Butland, Tavernier, Balogun, Davies, Ridvan, Raskin, Diomande, Cantwell, Sterling, Dessers, Silva. Subs: McCrorie, Dowell, Lundstram, Jack, Sima, Wright, McCausland, McKinnon, Matondo.