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Celtic v Dunfermline line-ups
Celtic: Sinisalo, Johnston, Trusty, Scales, Tierney, McGregor, Engels, Nygren, Yang, Maeda, Forrest
Subs: Doohan, McCowan, Iheanacho, Osmand, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Saracchi, Murray, Tounekti, Ralston
Dunfermline: Oxborough, Chilokoa-Mullen, Ngwenya, Gilmour, M. Todd, Aboulai, A. Todd, J. Tod, Oakley-Boothe, Morrison, Fraser
Subs: Terrell, Benedictus, Hamilton, Rudden, Kearney, Amade, Kane, Cooper, Fyfe.
Early squad news
Long-term absentees Kasper Schmeichel and Cameron Carter-Vickers stay sidelined for Celtic, who emerged from past weekend’s melodramatic title-decider against Hearts pinch a cleanable measure of health.
Dunfermline striker Zak Rudden is disposable for action aft 3 months retired pinch a enarthrosis wounded he sustained successful an earlier information of nan Cup, a Fife derby against Kelty Hearts. Goalkeeper Aston Oxborough has returned connected indebtedness from Motherwell aft being concisely recalled by his genitor club. The Pars are without nan Irish duo of Graham Carey and Freddie Turley, while striker Olly Thomas and centre-back Ewan Otoo are besides unavailable done injury.
Scottish Cup final: Celtic v Dunfermline Athletic
Master and apprentice will guidelines successful adjacent method areas this day arsenic Martin O’Neill and Neil Lennon hole to lead Celtic and Dunfermline retired astatine Hampden Park for nan Scottish Cup final. A Championship broadside whose hopes of promotion ended successful playoff semi-final conclusion past week, Dunfermline Athletic get astatine Hampden Park hoping to triumph their first awesome trophy since 1968. The Scottish Premiership champions transportation up hoping to triumph their first silverware since this time past week.
Having spent nan champion portion of 10 years of his profession arsenic O’Neill midfield lieutenant astatine Leicester City and Celtic earlier taking nan reins astatine Celtic Park himself successful 2010, Lennon has been successful complaint of nan Pars for 14 months. He has bristled astatine descriptions of him arsenic O’Neill’s apprentice, pointing retired that astatine 54, he’s a spot aged to fresh that peculiar measure but admitted today’s juncture will “be surreal considering really agelong I’ve known [Martin], what he’s done for my profession and what power he’s had connected me”.
Celtic are overwhelming favourties, Dunfermline will beryllium hoping to upset nan likelihood and kick-off successful Glasgow is astatine 3pm (BST). We’ll person squad news and build-up and nan meantime.
