Celtic starting XI for Scottish Cup final against Aberdeen
Victory for Brendan Rodgers' side would secure a historic ninth treble for Celtic, while the Irishman would become the first Hoops boss to achieve that feat on three occasions.
However, Celtic will have to see off Aberdeen in order to make it a clean sweep of domestic trophies this season, having already won the Premiership and League Cup.
And the Celtic manager has named the same starting XI which started Trophy Day against St Mirren last weekend.
The Scottish Cup final at Hampden kicks off at 3pm and you can follow the build-up and all the action on the club website's Match Centre.
MATCH CENTRE
CELTIC: Schmeichel, Johnston, Carter-Vickers, Scales, Taylor, McGregor, Engels, Bernardo, Kuhn, Idah, Maeda.Subs: Sinisalo, Trusty, Yang, McCowan, Schlupp, Kenny, Forrest, Ralston
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