2018 Scottish Cup final explained

2018 Scottish Cup Final
Event:2017–18 Scottish Cup
Team1:Celtic
Team1score:2
Team2:Motherwell
Team2score:0
Date:19 May 2018
Stadium:Hampden Park
City:Glasgow
Attendance:49,967
Previous:2017
Next:2019

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

width=125Roundwidth=140Oppositionwidth=125Locationwidth=80Score
Celtic
5–0
3–2
3–0
4–0
Motherwell
2–0
2–0
2–1
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

GK 1
DF 23
DF 20
DF 35
DF 63 Kieran Tierney
MF 8 Scott Brown (c)
MF 21
MF 49
MF 18
MF 42
FW 10 Moussa Dembélé
Substitutes:
GK 29
DF 5
MF 7
FW 9
MF 11
MF 14
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
MF 8
MF 4
MF 2
FW 9 Curtis Main
FW 12 Ryan Bowman
Substitutes:
GK 13 Russell Griffiths
MF 5
DF 6 Peter Hartley
MF 11
FW 20
MF 31
DF 34 Barry Maguire
Manager:
Stephen Robinson

Match rules

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Motherwell: Liam Grimshaw delighted with club's double final feat . BBC Sport . BBC . 16 April 2018 . 16 April 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181220020441/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43784121 . 20 December 2018 . live . dmy-all .
  2. Web site: Gordon targetting 'double-treble' with Celtic . RTE . 16 April 2018 . 16 April 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180417022951/https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2018/0416/954754-gordon-targetting-double-treble-with-celtic/ . 17 April 2018 . live . dmy-all .
  3. Web site: Celtic 2 Motherwell 0: Live. 19 May 2018. BBC Sport. 15 August 2019.
  4. Web site: Celtic 2 Motherwell 0: as it happened. 19 May 2018. Guardian. 15 August 2019.