Rangers need to find new way to beat us, says Lustig
The Hoops are targeting a tenth unbeaten result against the Gers
Mikael Lustig believes Rangers will need to try something different to get a result against Celtic - stating nothing they've done recently has worked.
The Hoops are hoping to make it 10 games in a row unbeaten against their city rivals as they aim for a second successive domestic treble.
Asked if that run could play on the minds of the Gers players, the Sweden international said: "Maybe a little bit. Obviously you need to find a new way to play or do something different and that cannot be good.
"But we will see what they do. We should be favourites, absolutely.''
On that theme, Lustig claims Rangers, 13 points behind the Ladbrokes Premiership leaders, have taken only a "small step'' towards closing the gap on the Parkhead side.
He said: "They have been struggling a bit and they have tried everything to take new players in and make them a better team so of course it seems they have maybe taken a small step.
"Last season we were 30 points ahead of them and it is not that amount right now.
"If you look at it that way, they have maybe become a little bit closer but we have the chance to win a treble but we are still not really happy with the way we have been playing this season.
"We know we can do better. If we look to ourselves as well, we feel we can play better.''
Lustig also believes the 3-2 win over Rangers at Ibrox in the Ladbrokes Premiership clash last month, when the visitors came back from behind twice and finished the game with 10 men, will give the Celtic players added confidence.
He said: "It is massive, the way things happened in the game.
"They probably thought they had a really good chance to win it and we go down one man and still win, it is really good for us.
"Of course they haven't won in a bit against us so they probably saw the opportunity.'