The 2025/26 Scottish Premiership season has started in electric fashion, with both Celtic and Rangers a long way off the pace behind unlikely leaders Hearts.

With 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.

Watch the goals from the Championship as leaders St Johnstone get back to winning ways, while in League 1, Inverness Caledonian Thistle narrow Stenhousemuir's lead.

Expert recap and game analysis of the Celtic vs. Rangers Scottish League Cup game from November 2, 2025 on ESPN.

Rangers legend Ally McCoist believes the Gers did not benefit from "one of the worst" decisions" ever in defeat against Celtic.

I was proud as punch to get my hands on the Scottish Cup though and it was a wonderful day. We were running on empty a bit by the fin