Brown: Rangers will be better

Scott Brown is anticipating a much tighter contest when Celtic meet Rangers in the Betfred Cup semi-final at Hampden after their Old Firm win last month.

Celtic beat the Gers 5-1 in their Premiership encounter at Parkhead in September and Brendan Rodgers’ side will go to the national stadium four points clear of Aberdeen at the top of the table and remain unbeaten domestically.

However, Brown believes Rangers have improved since their last meeting and is expecting a much tougher afternoon.

“They have been more solid and have a more steady team as well, it hasn’t been chopped and changed,” he said. “It will be a lot tighter. Everyone thinks it is going to be three, four, five nothing for us again because we scored five goals, but it is going to be a lot harder game.

“But again, we have the pace and quality to score a couple of goals. They will have watched us closely in the last couple of weeks knowing this game was coming up.

“They will play a bit differently. I don’t think they will be as open as they were at Celtic Park, but we will have to see what team they put out and who fancies it more on the day.

“Anything can happen on the day, to be perfectly honest, but we are in a stronger position than we were last …

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