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title: "Rangers: Pundits react to Scottish Cup draw"
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# Rangers: Pundits react to Scottish Cup draw

**Ally McCoist says it’s ‘brilliant’ to see Rangers pitted against Celtic in the semifinals of the Scottish Cup.**

### The lowdown

Celtic won 3-0 away at Dundee United to book their place in the last four of the competition.

Rangers had beaten Dundee FC by the same scoreline a day earlier, and the Glasgow rivals will now meet at Hampden Park in the middle of April.

They were already due to lock horns at Ibrox on 3 April in a match that promises to be crucial in the Scottish Premiership title race, with just three points separating the sides.

And following the split, a further SPFL clash will be in store in the spring too.

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### The latest

Speaking live on talkSPORT on Monday night, McCoist expressed excitement at prospect of three Old Firm games in a short space of time.

“Wow, brilliant,” he said (via [Ibrox News](https://www.ibroxnews.com/2022/03/15/ally-mccoist-reacts-to-rangers-vs-celtic-scottish-cup-semi-final-draw/)). “That’ll be three in a month, or three in six weeks anyway. It’ll be brilliant.”

Meanwhile, Michael Stewart, speaking on [Premier Sports](https://twitter.com/PremierSportsTV/status/1503492510936539138?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1503492510936539138%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fd-344905213979379625.ampproject.net%2F2202230359001%2Fframe.html), also greeted the draw positively, but predicted that Celtic would edge it.

“It’s a huge semi-final draw to look forward to,” he said.

“As Chris \[Sutton\] mentioned there, it’s very, very difficult to predict those games. Rangers have reacted very well to that defeat against Celtic.

“Semi-final, I do think it’s toss of the coin stuff. If everyone is fit, at the moment, I think Celtic edge it.”

### The verdict

It’s one apiece after two Old Firm derbies this season, with Rangers winning the first and Celtic gaining revenge in the second.

But while Rangers only won 1-0 at Ibrox, Celtic dealt them an emphatic 3-0 beating at Parkhead, and so might possess a psychological advantage coming into this one.

For a club of the Gers’ stature – they’ve won the title [55 times](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-9335061/Rangers-CONFIRMED-Scottish-champions-55th-time-history.html#:~:text=0%20at%20Tannadice-,Rangers%20have%20won%20their%20first%20Scottish%20Premiership%20title%20in%20a,both%20inside%20and%20outside%20Ibrox.) – a run of [ten years without a domestic cup title](https://theathletic.com/3180418/2022/03/14/aaron-ramsey-rangers-dundee-scottish-cup/) is bitterly disappointing.

But this semifinal almost feels like a final in itself, given that the potential opponents in the showpiece (Hearts and Hibernian) are 20 and 33 points worse off respectively in the top flight.

**In other news, [Jordan Campbell showers this man with praise](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/rangers-fc-news/jordan-campbell-praise-ryan-kent-dundee-scottish-cup/).**