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How Rangers will beat Celtic - Derek McInnes has been given perfect midweek blueprint

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Rangers will be keen to pick up where they left off against Celtic on Sunday.

Derek McInnes is currently at the highest point of his Ibrox career after an Old Firm win last time out.

A Dan Neil brace and a Kevin Kelsy strike made all the difference in the Premier Sports Cup quarter-final.

That was the sort of result that the Gers desperately needed as they made it five wins out of five in all competitions.

The Hoops had been on a positive run, but that was brought to a grinding halt in Govan.

Celtic fell to defeat once again in midweek, but what can Rangers learn from that.

Badredine Bouanani has key part to play vs Celtic

Martin O'Neill's side kicked off their Europa League, league phase campaign on Thursday.

They played host to Hungarian outfit Ferencvaros and fell to a 3-1 defeat at Parkhead.

McInnes will have been keeping a keen eye on proceedings as it will give him a look into how his Light Blues side can thrive on Sunday.

It looks as if faith can be put in Badredine Bouanani after right winger, Bamidele Yusuf thrived against Celtic on Thursday.

The 25-year-old scored one and assisted two while also creating the most chances on the pitch with four.

It was a challenge for Kieran Tierney to deal with him, so Rangers' Moroccan will surely be watching on licking his lips.

The summer signing is yet to register a goal or assist in his opening two games, but an Old Firm could be the perfect chance to do so.

Derek McInnes celebrating looking towards a Celtic badge
How Rangers can break 18-month Old Firm history vs Celtic on Sunday

Rangers know how to deal with Camilo Duran

Ferencvaros proved that the Hoops defence is there to be gotten at with their Europa League showing.

They also proved that there is a way to stop Camilo Duran.

The Colombian has already contributed to nine goals in 11 outings for Celtic, so Rangers need to stop him if they want to secure victory.

The Hungarian outfit have provided a perfect plan to do exactly that.

Their centre-backs Toon Raemaekers and Mariano Gomez completed a combined 19 defensive actions and seven duel wins.

They were totally solid and hardly gave Duran an inch.

He may have taken six touches in the opponents box, but that is good as it got.

Rangers need to follow suit and put a stop to the 24 year old's attacking exploits.

Should the Light Blues follow the example set by Ferencvaros, there's no reason why they shouldn't make it back-to-back wins against Celtic in consecutive weeks.

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