2018 Scottish Cup Final
# 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.

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.

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

## 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. 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.

### Details

| 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 |
| 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 | | 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)
