Manager Brendan Rodgers has named his Celtic team vs Aberdeen for today’s Scottish Cup semi-final at Hampden.
The full match squad is as follows:
Starting XI – Hart, Johnston, Carter-Vickers, Scales, Taylor, McGregor, O’Riley, Hatate, Yang, Kuhn, Kyogo.
Substitutes – Bain, Palma, Idah, Nawrocki, Iwata, Bernardo, Kelly, Forrest, Ralston.
This is Celtic’s first visit to Hampden this season. Brendan Rodgers loves this venue and will be eager to continue his incredible winning streak here.
There are two changes to the team that comfortably beat St Mirren last weekend with Callum McGregor making his big return to the starting line-up and Liam Scales coming back from injury.
Broadcast details
Today’s match is live on BBC One Scotland and Premier Sports 1 in the UK & Ireland. It is also available on the BBC website and BBC iPlayer.
Celtic TV will be providing live coverage to global subscribers of the club streaming service outside of the region.
The match is also being carried by several broadcasters around the world including Paramount+ in Australia. A full list of global channels can be found via LiveSoccerTV.
BBC Radio Scotland will have live audio commentary across their platforms over the airwaves and online.
The verdict on Celtic team vs Aberdeen
It’s fantastic to see McGregor again fit enough to feature. He’s come off the bench in recent weeks but the manager will understandably want him to be starting this crucial run of matches with trophies on the line.
We predicted Luis Palma would start in our discussion of the fixture earlier this morning but Hyunjun Yang is preferred by Rodgers right now. That’s the only major call in the line-up with the rest of the eleven pretty much picking itself.
The manager does have a strong bench to pick talent from if needed in the second half. Palma, Adam Idah and James Forrest can all make an impact while Tomoki Iwata is on call to relieve the captain.
It’s a good enough unit to get the job done and hopefully we’re all celebrating progression into yet another Scottish Cup final later today.
