2018_Scottish_Cup_Final

2018 Scottish Cup final

2018 Scottish Cup final

Football match

The 2018 Scottish Cup Final was the 133rd final of the Scottish Cup and the final of the 2017–18 Scottish Cup, the most prestigious knockout football competition in Scotland. The match took place at Hampden Park on 19 May 2018 and was contested by Celtic and Motherwell.

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The fixture was a repeat of the finals in 1931, 1933, 1951 and 2011, all of which were won by Celtic. It was also a repeat of the League Cup final earlier in the same season, which Celtic won 2–0.[1]

Celtic completed a successive domestic treble ("double treble"), a feat which had not previously been achieved in Scottish football.[2]

Route to the final

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Match

Summary

Callum McGregor opened the scoring for Celtic after 11 minutes with a right foot half volley from the edge of the penalty area into the left corner of the net after the ball broke to him.[3] Olivier Ntcham made it 2–0 after 25 minutes with a low right foot finish to the left corner of the net after a pass from Moussa Dembélé.[4]

Details

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Attendance: 49,967
Referee: Kevin Clancy
Celtic
Motherwell
GK1Scotland Craig Gordon
DF23Sweden Mikael Lustig
DF20Belgium Dedryck BoyataYellow card 79'
DF35Norway Kristoffer Ajerdownward-facing red arrow 76'
DF63Scotland Kieran Tierney
MF8Scotland Scott Brown (c)
MF21France Olivier Ntcham
MF49Scotland James Forrestdownward-facing red arrow 90'
MF18Australia Tom Rogićdownward-facing red arrow 72'
MF42Scotland Callum McGregor
FW10France Moussa Dembélé
Substitutes:
GK29Scotland Scott Bain
DF5Croatia Jozo Šimunovićupward-facing green arrow 76'
MF7England Patrick Roberts
FW9Scotland Leigh Griffiths
MF11England Scott Sinclairupward-facing green arrow 90'
MF14Scotland Stuart Armstrongupward-facing green arrow 72'
MF88Ivory Coast Eboue Kouassi
Manager:
Northern Ireland Brendan Rodgers
GK1Northern Ireland Trevor Carson
DF21Ivory Coast Cédric Kipré
DF19Scotland Tom Aldred
DF18Republic of Ireland Charles Dunne
MF7Scotland Chris Cadden
MF22Scotland Allan CampbellYellow card 62'downward-facing red arrow 78'
MF8Republic of Ireland Carl McHughdownward-facing red arrow 56'
MF4England Liam GrimshawYellow card 44'
MF2Scotland Richard TaitYellow card 36'
FW9England Curtis Main
FW12England Ryan Bowman
Substitutes:
GK13England Russell Griffiths
MF5Burundi Gaël Bigirimanaupward-facing green arrow 56'
DF6England Peter Hartley
MF11England Elliott Frearupward-facing green arrow 78'
FW20Lithuania Deimantas Petravičius
MF31Scotland David Turnbull
DF34Scotland Barry Maguire
Manager:
Northern Ireland Stephen Robinson

Match rules

  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
  • Seven named substitutes
  • Maximum of three substitutions in normal time (a fourth substitution may be made in extra time)

References

  1. [1]
    "Motherwell: Liam Grimshaw delighted with club's double final feat". BBC Sport. BBC. 16 April 2018. Archived from the original on 20 December 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  2. [2]
    "Gordon targetting 'double-treble' with Celtic". RTE. 16 April 2018. Archived from the original on 17 April 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  3. [3]
    "Celtic 2 Motherwell 0: Live". BBC Sport. 19 May 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  4. [4]
    "Celtic 2 Motherwell 0: as it happened". Guardian. 19 May 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
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