2018 Scottish Cup Final

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.

2018 Scottish Cup Final
Event2017–18 Scottish Cup
Date19 May 2018
VenueHampden Park, Glasgow
RefereeKevin Clancy
Attendance49,967

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 20.[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

Round Opposition Location Score
Celtic
Fourth round Brechin City Celtic Park 5–0
Fifth round Partick Thistle Celtic Park 3–2
Quarter-final Greenock Morton Celtic Park 3–0
Semi-final Rangers Hampden Park 4–0
Motherwell
Fourth round Hamilton Academical Fir Park 2–0
Fifth round Dundee Dens Park 2–0
Quarter-final Heart of Midlothian Fir Park 2–1
Semi-final Aberdeen Hampden Park 3–0

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

Celtic2 – 0Motherwell
McGregor  11'
Ntcham  25'
Report
Attendance: 49,967
Referee: Kevin Clancy
Celtic
Motherwell
GK1 Craig Gordon
DF23 Mikael Lustig
DF20 Dedryck Boyata 79'
DF35 Kristoffer Ajer 76'
DF63 Kieran Tierney
MF8 Scott Brown
MF21 Olivier Ntcham
MF49 James Forrest 90'
MF18 Tom Rogić 72'
MF42 Callum McGregor
FW10 Moussa Dembélé
Substitutes:
GK29 Scott Bain
DF5 Jozo Šimunović 76'
MF7 Patrick Roberts
FW9 Leigh Griffiths
MF11 Scott Sinclair 90'
MF14 Stuart Armstrong 72'
MF88 Eboue Kouassi
Manager:
Brendan Rodgers
GK1 Trevor Carson
DF21 Cédric Kipré
DF19 Tom Aldred
DF18 Charles Dunne
MF7 Chris Cadden
MF22 Allan Campbell 62' 78'
MF8 Carl McHugh 56'
MF4 Liam Grimshaw 44'
MF2 Richard Tait 36'
FW9 Curtis Main
FW12 Ryan Bowman
Substitutes:
GK13 Russell Griffiths
MF5 Gaël Bigirimana 56'
DF6 Peter Hartley
MF11 Elliott Frear 78'
FW20 Deimantas Petravičius
MF31 David Turnbull
DF34 Barry Maguire
Manager:
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. "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. "Gordon targetting 'double-treble' with Celtic". RTE. 16 April 2018. Archived from the original on 17 April 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  3. "Celtic 2 Motherwell 0: Live". BBC Sport. 19 May 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  4. "Celtic 2 Motherwell 0: as it happened". Guardian. 19 May 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
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