Celtic v Dunfermline Athletic: All you need to know about Scottish Cup final
Celtic – overwhelmed finalists final season – began this marketing campaign with a 2-0 win over sixth-tier Auchinleck Talbot, thanks to objectives from Johnny Kenny and Sebastian Tounekti.
They have been then drawn towards Dundee within the fifth spherical and have been moments away from elimination after Ethan Hamilton’s excellent strike gave the guests the lead. However, Junior Adamu scored a 97th-minute equalizer on his debut to drive further time earlier than Tounekti gained it.
Celtic have been once more made to dig deep within the quarter-final as they wanted penalties to beat rivals Rangers at Ibrox.
O’Neill’s aspect had only one shot in 120 minutes, however gained the shootout 4-2 to make it to Hampden.
And there was extra drama within the semi-final as St Mirren’s Mikael Mandron made it 2-2 late on to take it to further time. Celtic’s high quality shone by way of although as 4 objectives in six minutes blew the Paisley aspect away.
Dunfermline in the meantime began with a 2-1 win over Queen of the South thanks to a Chris Kane double.
They then secured the primary of three victories towards top-flight opposition as an own-goal from Hibernian midfielder Miguel Chaiwa proved the distinction.
Kelty Hearts have been dispatched 2-0 within the fifth spherical, earlier than Matty Todd’s early strike and a double from Olly Thomas earned an outstanding 3-0 win over Aberdeen.
That booked their place at Hampden, the place they beat Falkirk 4-2 on penalties after a goalless 120 minutes.
