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.^[2] Celtic won the match 1–0, winning their 18th League Cup and 7th consecutive domestic trophy.

2018 Scottish League Cup final

Event	2018–19 Scottish League Cup
Celtic Aberdeen 1 0
Date	2 December 2018
Venue	Hampden Park, Glasgow
Referee	Andrew Dallas[1]
Attendance	50,936
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Route to the final

Main article: 2018–19 Scottish League Cup

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.^[3] Celtic were awarded a penalty in the 52nd minute for a hand-ball by Dominic Ball.^[4] Scott Sinclair's took the penalty, which was saved by Joe Lewis diving to his right. The victory marked Brendan Rodgers seventh straight domestic trophy win with Celtic and Celtic's 18th Scottish League Cup win.^[5]

Details

Celtic	1–0	Aberdeen
Christie 45+5'	Report

2 December 2018

15:00

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 50,936

Referee: Andrew Dallas

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

See also

Played between same teams:

• 2016 Scottish League Cup final (November)
• 2017 Scottish Cup Final