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Rangers v Motherwell commentary BBC Radio Scotland This video can not be played Rangers v Motherwell commentary BBC Radio Scotland Scottish League 2 Annan Athletic 2-2 Stranraer Dumbarton 0-1 Stirling Albion East Kilbride 1-0 Clyde Edinburgh City 1-2 Spartans Forfar Athletic 2-1 Elgin City Scottish League 1 Alloa Athletic 0-0 Stenhousemuir East Fife 0-1 Kelty Hearts Montrose 0-1 Inverness CT Peterhead 0-2 Cove Rangers Queen of the South 2-0 Hamilton Academical A Yan Dhanda penalty right at the end of the half has the home side in front. Scottish Championship Arbroath 0-0 Airdrieonians Greenock Morton 0-1 Ayr United Queen's Park 1-2 Partick Thistle Raith Rovers 0-2 Dunfermline Athletic Ross County 0-0 St Johnstone Livingston 2-4 Celtic Livingston are in disarray. No real basis to judge Nancy’s Celtic on. Steve For every goal Nygren scores, he misses seven or eight good chances. He isn't the answer after Maeda departs Peabo Gotta say it's farcical that that’s a penalty. Maeda clearly pushes Finlayson first, then he’s off balance yet referee doesn’t see that but deems enough for a penalty. We have no faith in the Scottish VAR system. How can we as observers, ex footballers and pundits call it yet our men in charge somehow don’t? Ridiculous! Referees/VAR need to be microphoned up so we as fans know what’s going on and why. Steven A lot of effort, but no real quality so far for either side. A little look at the x G tells you there's been chances, but no sitters. St Mirren have 0. 43 compared to Kilmarnock's 0. 53 and that comes from nine shots to seven. Greg Kiltie has caught the eye for the visitors, while Roland Idowu could make a case as St Mirren's best player. Just the six goals for that first half then? What a blistering 45 minutes at Almondvale after which Celtic find themselves ahead, but they certainly made hard work of it. A double from Cristiano Montano, a double from Benjamin Nygren, a goal from Hyun-jun Yang as well as a penalty from Arne Engels. Will these two keep up the tempo in the second half? Yan Dhanda (pen) Finn Yeats is penalised for handball and Yan Dhanda tucks away the spot-kick. It's goalless at Ibrox, but it easily could be about 3-3. Lukas Fadinger and Callum Hendry went close for Motherwell early on as the visitors started brightly, but at the other end Calum Ward pulled off a great double save to keep out Connor Barron and then Djeidi Gassama. Thelo Aasgaard also went close for the hosts, while Eli Just was denied by Rangers keeper Jack Butland. No goals, but plenty drama. More please. Dundee 0-0 Falkirk Dundee are looking for a penalty for a handball inside the area. The ref is at the monitor for the second time. Livingston 2-4 Celtic Livingston are still in this. .. Viljami Sinisalo flaps one away before Tony Ralston gets his body in front of Tete Yengi at the back post. Cristiano Montano's shot is then deflected off the foot of Auston Trusty before Sinisalo wins a foul and Celtic get a chance to get their breath back. Rangers 0-0 Motherwell A wee flurry from both teams as the game edges towards half-time. Elijah Just is denied by Jack Butland at one end, with Motherwell screaming for a handball moments later. The game then switches to the other end, with Djeidi Gassama's effort repelled by Calum Ward. Rangers 0-0 Motherwell Chermiti couldn't strike a match, we would be better with an empty matchbox than having him on the pitch. Alexander Dundee 0-0 Falkirk Amy Canavan BBC Sport Scotland at Dens Park Dundee goalkeeper Jon Mc Cracken is having an absolute mare. And the home fans are growing increasingly frustrated. Kicking balls against opposition forwards, rushing out his goal like a headless chicken and grasping at thin air. Someone must've had a good Christmas. .. Arne Engels (pen) Engels hesitates before smashing the ball into the bottom left corner, sending Jerome Prior the wrong way. Livingston 2-3 Celtic From a corner, the ball pings off the arm of Daniel Finlayson. The ref goes for a look and decides there's enough for a pen. There's been a few like that this season, some given, some not. St Mirren 0-0 Kilmarnock Roland Idowu flashes a long-range effort just wide. There have been a few shots for St Mirren, but that was about the closest they've come. Moments later, Idowu goes down in the box. He thinks Killie midfielder David Watson has handled the ball as he slid in and put it behind for a corner. Dundee 0-0 Falkirk Amy Canavan BBC Sport Scotland at Dens Park The referee couldn't have been any quicker in flashing out the red card for Brad Spencer, but the Falkirk skipper was not so speedy leaving the pitch. Adamant it wasn't a red, he lingered while the lengthy VAR check played out. A wise move, it turned out. It's far from a fab view at Dens, but it didn't look like a red from here. .. Livingston 2-3 Celtic Allan Preston Former Livingston wing-back on BBC Sportsound What a hit. I tell you want, the Celtic board have been criticised for some of their signings. You can't say that about Benjamin Nygren. It was a brilliant finish. That's two players on a hat-trick before half time. Benjamin Nygren What a strike! Kieran Tierney rolls the ball to Benjamin Nygren on the edge of the Livingston box, he sets himself up and lashes the ball off the inside of the far post and into the back of the net Last Updated 27th December 2025 at 15: 51 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. Manager: Danny Röhl Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Jens Berthel Askou Formation: 4 - 3 - 2 - 1 Manager: Danny Röhl Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Jens Berthel Askou Formation: 4 - 3 - 2 - 1 Scottish Premiership All competitions All competitions All competitions Rangers have won just one of their last five league meetings with Motherwell (D2 L2), going winless in their last three (D2 L1) since a 2-1 victory in August 2024. Never before in their club’s history have they gone four games without a league win against the Steelmen. Motherwell have won two of their last three away league games at Rangers (L1), as many as their previous 45 beforehand (W2 D7 L36). They are looking to win successive such visits for the first time in their history, with this their 141st trip. Rangers have won three of their four home league games under Danny Röhl (D1), this after only winning two of their previous 10 prior to his arrival (D4 L4). Motherwell’s Tawanda Maswanhise has scored more goals (8) than any other player aged 23 or younger in the Scottish Premiership this season, while he also has the joint-most goal involvements (9 – 8 goals, 1 assist) by players 23 or under (level with Kieron Bowie). Rangers’ James Tavernier has been directly involved in 18 goals in 27 Scottish Premiership appearances against Motherwell (9 goals, 9 assists), only having a hand in more against St. Johnstone (20 – 8 goals, 12 assists) and Ross County (19 – 8 goals, 11 assists) in the competition. Copyright © 2025 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.