Scottish League Cup

FT Saturday, October 21, 2017
Celtic WWDWL 4
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Hibernian DWWDL 2
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CEL224
HIBS022
Hampden Park · 39,813 att.

Match Report

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Celtic beat Hibernian to reach Scottish League Cup final

A second-half double by substitute Moussa Dembele gave Celtic a 4-2 win over Hibernian and booked the Hoops' place in the Scottish League Cup final.

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Head to Head

CEL leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

HIBS · 4-2-3-1

  1. 21Ross LaidlawG
  2. 4Paul HanlonCD-L
  3. 25Efe AmbroseCD-R
  4. 16Lewis StevensonLB
  5. 2David GrayRB
  6. 7John McGinnAM
  7. 6Marvin BartleyLM
  8. 8Vykintas SlivkaRM
  9. 28Anthony StokesF
  10. 10Dylan McGeouchAM-L
  11. 20Brandon BarkerAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 32Oliver ShawSUB
  2. 17Martin BoyleSUB
  3. 36Ryan PorteousSUB
  4. 15Simon MurraySUB
  5. 1Ofir MarcianoSUB
  6. 11Danny SwansonSUB
  7. 3Steven WhittakerSUB

CEL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Craig GordonG
  2. 6Nir BittonCD-L
  3. 20Dedryck BoyataCD-R
  4. 63Kieran TierneyLB
  5. 23Mikael LustigRB
  6. 42Callum McGregorAM
  7. 14Stuart ArmstrongLM
  8. 8Scott BrownRM
  9. 9Leigh GriffithsF
  10. 11Scott SinclairAM-L
  11. 7Patrick RobertsAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 18Tom RogicSUB
  2. 24Dorus de VriesSUB
  3. 35Kristoffer AjerSUB
  4. 12Cristian GamboaSUB
  5. 49James ForrestSUB
  6. 21Olivier NtchamSUB
  7. 10Moussa DembéléSUB

Timeline

  1. 15' Goal! Hibernian 0, Celtic 1. Mikael Lustig (Celtic) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dedryck Boyata.
  2. 42' Goal! Hibernian 0, Celtic 2. Mikael Lustig (Celtic) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Leigh Griffiths with a cross following a corner.
  3. 44' Mikael Lustig (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Substitution, Hibernian. Martin Boyle replaces Marvin Bartley.
  5. 45' Substitution, Hibernian. Steven Whittaker replaces David Gray.
  6. 51' Lewis Stevenson (Hibernian) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 59' Goal! Hibernian 1, Celtic 2. Anthony Stokes (Hibernian) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  8. 61' Substitution, Celtic. James Forrest replaces Patrick Roberts.
  9. 61' Substitution, Celtic. Moussa Dembele replaces Leigh Griffiths.
  10. 66' Goal! Hibernian 1, Celtic 3. Moussa Dembele (Celtic) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Scott Sinclair.
  11. 69' Scott Brown (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 70' Substitution, Hibernian. Oli Shaw replaces Vykintas Slivka.
  13. 70' Goal! Hibernian 2, Celtic 3. Oli Shaw (Hibernian) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Steven Whittaker.
  14. 73' Substitution, Celtic. Tomas Rogic replaces Stuart Armstrong.
  15. 88' Goal! Hibernian 2, Celtic 4. Moussa Dembele (Celtic) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Tomas Rogic.

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