Kris Commons convinced 'flaky' Rangers will struggle to cope with Celtic firepower

Confident Kris Commons is convinced Celtic's time is now as they aim to leapfrog Rangers in the race for title glory.

The former Parkhead star admits Ange Postecoglou 's side have him believing once again – eight months after the Ibrox side romped to Premiership glory by 25 points.

But there's only two points in it now and Celtic can go top if they see of their great rivals on home turf under the lights on Wednesday.

Rangers were left reeling at the weekend after Allan McGregor's pair of errors cost them in the 3-3 draw at Ross County.

Celtic then compounded the Ibrox side's very bad day by scoring a last-gasp winner to sink Dundee United.

And Commons believes his former team are in a good place heading into the match.

Speaking in his Daily Mail column, he said: "I believe Van Bronckhorst would bite your hand off right now if you offered him a point.

"Why? Because there is a flakiness and a fragility to Rangers at the moment which has been evident for much of the season.

"We saw it back at the start of August, when 10-man Malmo came from a goal down at Ibrox to dump them out of the Champions League qualifiers.

"We saw it when Hibs went 3-0 up after little more than half an hour of the League Cup semi-final at Hampden in November.

"And we saw it again on Saturday with the concession of three utterly calamitous goals in the 3-3 draw with Ross County.

"After conceding just 13 goals in 38 games across last season's unbeaten campaign, there was always a feeling that Rangers might struggle to replicate those sort of incredible numbers.

"But, by the same token, nor should there be an acceptance of mediocrity and sub-standard defending. This time around, they've already conceded 18 goals in 23 games thus far.

"That's a