Since Rangers and Celtic last met in August, both teams have parted company with their managers, and Hearts have surged clear at the top of the Scottish Premiership. Can the League Cup ignite their seasons?

W ith the possible exception of the very early weeks of the season, when Celtic and Rangers meet, it is usual for one of them to be hovering somewhere close to crisis. It is simply the nature of Scottish football, the overwhelming strength and remorseless antipathy of the Glasgow sides. When one is down, the other is presumably up.

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