Celtic vs Dunfermline Athletic - prediction, team news, lineups

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Celtic and Dunfermline Athletic volition clash astatine Hampden Park connected Saturday day successful the Scottish FA Cup final.

The Bhoys won 6-2 against St Mirren successful the past round, portion the Pars defeated Falkirk 4-2 connected penalties successful their semi-final clash.

Match preview

Celtic person the accidental to unafraid a home treble connected Saturday, heading into the Scottish FA Cup last disconnected the backmost of a melodramatic Scottish Premiership triumph.

After the instrumentality of Martin O'Neill arsenic interim manager successful January - disconnected the backmost of Wilfried Nancy's disastrous tenure - Celtic enjoyed a fantastic tally of results successful the league.

The Bhoys won 13, drew 2 and mislaid 2 of their adjacent 17 league fixtures, which saw Celtic gradually adjacent the spread connected the Scottish Premiership leaders and yet acceptable up a title-deciding clash with Hearts connected the last day.

A melodramatic extremity to the league play saw Celtic people an 87th-minute winner, followed by Callum Osmand sealing a 5th consecutive league rubric with a 98th-minute goal.

Alongside that singular league rubric triumph, Celtic present person the accidental to adhd different home cupful to their trophy cabinet, having beaten Auchinleck Talbot, Dundee, Rangers and St Mirren to scope the Scottish FA Cup final.

Celtic volition undoubtedly beryllium the favourites to assistance the trophy, entering the clash with 8 consecutive wins, portion lower-league Dunfermline Athletic's signifier tailed disconnected successful the last weeks of the season.

Dunfermline Athletic person won conscionable 1 of their past 5 matches, including a devastating 2-1 nonaccomplishment to Partick Thistle successful the 2nd limb of their play-off semi-final.

That decision sealed a 3-2 aggregate loss, ending Dunfermline Athletic's accidental of earning promotion from the Scottish Championship to the Premiership.

The Pars will, however, look backmost and anticipation to gully assurance from their stunning Scottish FA Cup campaign, beating Queen of The South, Hibernian, Kelty Hearts, Aberdeen and Falkirk to scope the final.

Dunfermline Athletic volition besides look to past season's Scottish FA Cup final, erstwhile underdogs Aberdeen managed to instrumentality Celtic to penalties and triumph 4-3 successful the shootout.

In addition, determination is added information for manager Neil Lennon, who volition pb his Dunfermline Athletic squad against Celtic - a nine helium won galore honours with arsenic some a subordinate and manager.

Celtic Scottish Cup form:

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Dunfermline Athletic Scottish Cup form:

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Team News

Celtic stay without the availability of Tomas Cvancara, Colby Donovan, Julian Araujo, Kasper Schmeichel, Adam Montgomery, Cameron Carter-Vickers and Jota owed to injury.

Kelechi Iheanacho came disconnected the seat to people the victor against Motherwell and had a important interaction successful the 2nd fractional against Hearts, and the attacker could beryllium awarded with a commencement here.

As a result, Daizen Maeda would determination to the near flank, portion the remainder of the broadside is apt to enactment unchanged from the broadside that won against the Jambos.

Meanwhile, Dunfermline Athletic volition beryllium without Graham Carey, Freddie Turley, Zak Rudden, Olly Thomas and Ewan Otoo owed to wounded issues.

Aston Oxborough was controversially recalled by Motherwell earlier Dunfermline's second-leg gathering with Partick Thistle, but the goalkeeper has present returned to the nine and should commencement successful the final.

Celtic imaginable starting lineup:

Sinisalo; Johnston, Trusty, Scales, Tierney; McGregor, Engels; Hyun-Jun, Nygren, Maeda; Iheanacho

Dunfermline Athletic imaginable starting lineup:

Oxborough; Mullen, Ngwenya, Fraser; Kearney, Gilmour, Amade, Todd; Morrison, Kane, Tod

We say: Celtic 2-0 Dunfermline Athletic

Dunfermline Athletic volition beryllium hoping to origin an upset, but Celtic get into the last successful large signifier and confidence, and we judge the Bhoys' prime volition beryllium excessively overmuch for the Pars to handle.

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