2018 Scottish League Cup final
# 2018 Scottish League Cup final

The 2018 Scottish League Cup final was the 73rd final of the Scottish League Cup, which took place on 2 December 2018 at Hampden Park, Glasgow. The clubs contesting the final were Celtic and Aberdeen. Celtic won the match 1–0, winning their 18th League Cup and 7th consecutive domestic trophy.

## Route to the final

As both clubs participated in European competitions, they both received a bye through the 2018–19 Scottish League Cup group stage.

### Celtic

| Round | Opposition | Score |
| - | - | - |
| Second round | Partick Thistle | 3–1 (a) |
| Quarter-final | St Johnstone | 1–0 (a) |
| Semi-final | Heart of Midlothian | 3–0 (n) |

### Aberdeen

| Round | Opposition | Score |
| - | - | - |
| Second round | St Mirren | 4–0 (h) |
| Quarter-final | Hibernian | 0–0 (6–5 p) (a) |
| Semi-final | Rangers | 1–0 (n) |

## Match

### Summary

Ryan Christie scored the only goal of the game in the fifth minute of time added on in the first half when he took down a ball on the edge of the penalty area from Dedryck Boyata, his initial shot with his right foot was saved by Joe Lewis but he followed up by shooting with his left foot to the roof of the net. Celtic were awarded a penalty in the 52nd minute for a hand-ball by Dominic Ball.

Scott Sinclair's took the penalty which was saved by Joe Lewis diving to his right. The win was Brendan Rodgers seventh straight domestic trophy win with Celtic and Celtic's 18th Scottish League Cup win.

### Details

| Celtic | Aberdeen |
| - | - |
| GK | 29 | Scott Bain | |
| RB | 23 | Mikael Lustig (c) | |
| CB | 20 | Dedryck Boyata | 61' |
| CB | 32 | Filip Benković | |
| LB | 63 | Kieran Tierney | |
| CM | 18 | Tom Rogic 59' | 64' |
| CM | 42 | Callum McGregor | |
| CM | 17 | Ryan Christie 50' | |
| AM | 49 | James Forrest 24' | 86' |
| AM | 11 | Scott Sinclair | |
| FW | 22 | Odsonne Édouard | |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 1 | Craig Gordon | |
| DF | 5 | Jozo Šimunović | 61' |
| MF | 8 | Scott Brown | 64' |
| FW | 9 | Leigh Griffiths | |
| DF | 12 | Cristian Gamboa | |
| MF | 15 | Jonny Hayes | |
| MF | 21 | Olivier Ntcham | 86' |
| Manager: ||
| Brendan Rodgers ||
| GK | 1 | Joe Lewis | |
| RB | 2 | Shay Logan 68' | |
| CB | 5 | Scott McKenna | |
| CB | 4 | Andrew Considine | |
| LB | 29 | Max Lowe | |
| CM | 21 | Dominic Ball 60' | |
| CM | 3 | Graeme Shinnie (c) | |
| AM | 10 | Niall McGinn | 70' |
| AM | 19 | Lewis Ferguson 78' | |
| AM | 11 | Gary Mackay-Steven | 45+2' |
| FW | 16 | Sam Cosgrove 78' | 79' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 20 | Tomáš Černý | |
| MF | 8 | Stephen Gleeson | |
| FW | 9 | James Wilson | 70' |
| FW | 15 | Scott Wright | |
| FW | 17 | Stevie May | |
| FW | 25 | Bruce Anderson | 79' |
| FW | 27 | Connor McLennan | 45+2' |
| Manager: ||
| Derek McInnes ||
| Match officials Referee: Andrew Dallas | 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 |
