SPFL face Celtic and Rangers post split fixture headache amid dramatic top six battle

Celtic and Rangers going head-to-head in an exciting title race brings the usual arguments over decisions, moaning about refs and general tit-for-tat bickering.

Sadly for the SPFL, it also brings back the thorny issue of the split.

And the fairness, or perceived unfairness, of the fixtures for the final five games of the season.

Suffice to say, that can of worms which has been closed over for a decade due to one-sided romps could easily be ripped back open again.

It’s the worst nightmare for the fixture compilers. A situation which leaves one of them feeling hard done-by or they are being conned.

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It’s finely-balanced with 180 minutes to go. It could all work out well for the SPFL – but, at the same time, it could well turn in a disaster zone.

The concept is to try and get each club 19 games at home and 19 away with an even share of two home and away.

When this season’s first section ends, Rangers will have had 17 home games and Celtic 16.

With the final derby due for Glasgow’s east end, that’ll even it up before the scheduling of the other four post-split matches and that’s where it can become extremely tricky.

If the table was being split right now, there’s a problem with Hearts, Dundee United,