Kenny Miller believes a lot can be drawn from the "first act" of an Old Firm derby, admitting that he expects a different atmosphere at Celtic Park to the ones of previous clashes at Hampden.

Rangers travel to the east of Glasgow to face Celtic in the first Old Firm derby of the Scottish Premiership season on Saturday and Miller underlined just how important these fixtures are.

"It's a game you're brought up on," he said. "It's the first fixture you look for on the calander, you want to be playing in the biggest and best games against the best opponents and there's no doubt that within the Scottish game this is two giants going head to head.

"It's a fixture that I've been fortunate enough to pop up in with a few goals."

The two clubs have faced one another in each of the last two seasons but those games have been played at Hampden Park in the semi-finals of both the Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

"Whether it's Ibrox or Parkhead, the atmosphere is a different atmosphere to when you're playing in a semi final or final at Hampden," Miller said.

"Whether it be at home when you've got the backing of 50,000 fans or away from home where there's 50,000 fans against you, there's a real notch up in the noise level for these games.

"It's one to look forward to and I can't wait for it."

Miller spoke about the "first act" of an Old Firm derby and what it can mean, recalling a clash between Barry Robson and Christian Dailly a number of years ago.

"As a player it's different but even as a fan watching it I think you get a little bit of an insight into what it can be like," he said.

"The first act of an Old Firm game... I remember Barry Robson and Christian Dailly after about three seconds when there was a head to in a game.

"So I think just to look at it and watch it as a fan you get a feeling what it means to both sets of players, both sets of fans and both clubs."