2018 Scottish Cup final

2018 Scottish Cup Final
Event2017–18 Scottish Cup
Date19 May 2018
VenueHampden Park, Glasgow
Man of the MatchMoussa Dembele
RefereeKevin Clancy
Attendance49,967

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.

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

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
GK 1 Craig Gordon
DF 23 Mikael Lustig
DF 20 Dedryck Boyata  79'
DF 35 Kristoffer Ajer  76'
DF 63 Kieran Tierney
MF 8 Scott Brown (c)
MF 21 Olivier Ntcham
MF 49 James Forrest  90'
MF 18 Tom Rogić  72'
MF 42 Callum McGregor
FW 10 Moussa Dembélé
Substitutes:
GK 29 Scott Bain
DF 5 Jozo Šimunović  76'
MF 7 Patrick Roberts
FW 9 Leigh Griffiths
MF 11 Scott Sinclair  90'
MF 14 Stuart Armstrong  72'
MF 88 Eboue Kouassi
Manager:
Brendan Rodgers
GK 1 Trevor Carson
DF 21 Cédric Kipré
DF 19 Tom Aldred
DF 18 Charles Dunne
MF 7 Chris Cadden
MF 22 Allan Campbell  62'  78'
MF 8 Carl McHugh (c)  56'
MF 4 Liam Grimshaw  44'
MF 2 Richard Tait  36'
FW 9 Curtis Main
FW 12 Ryan Bowman
Substitutes:
GK 13 Russell Griffiths
MF 5 Gaël Bigirimana  56'
DF 6 Peter Hartley
MF 11 Elliott Frear  78'
FW 20 Deimantas Petravičius
MF 31 David Turnbull
DF 34 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.