Celtic will face Aberdeen at Pittodrie on Wednesday night.
Brendan Rodgers heads up north as the Scottish champions knowing that a win against The Dons could lay a marker down for the Scottish Cup final.
The Celtic manager also has a big date at Hampden to look forward to but after watching the dismantling of Hibs at Parkhead, it’s clear Rodgers has his team fully focused on one game at a time.
As for Aberdeen, their preparations for the season finale took a massive dent after their 4-0 defeat to Rangers at Ibrox at the weekend.
But Dons captain, Graeme Shinnie has denied that Aberdeen’s latest collapse in Glasgow had nothing to do with the upcoming final.
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When asked if players had one eye on the Scottish Cup final with Celtic, Shinnie bit back and denied his team have lost their focus.
Shinnie said in the Daily Record, “Absolutely not. That’s because these types of performances have happened during the season before, so the Cup Final played no part in that.
“We prepared well and until the first goal went in, I don’t know what time it was, 50, 60 minutes, we were fine.
“First half, they had a few chances, but nothing major. We just didn’t create enough. We didn’t do well enough with the ball, especially in the first half.
“Second half, we came out and started well so up to the first goal, it was all right and then after that, it was when it fell apart.
“It wasn’t good enough.”
Celtic’s record vs Aberdeen this season including huge Hampden win
Celtic have been dominant over Aberdeen this season with Rodgers only failing to pick up a win on one occasion.
And as the Celtic boss prepares to face them twice in a matter of weeks, Rodgers will be keen to record his fourth and fifth wins of the season over the Pittodrie club.
So with that in mind, here is how Celtic have fared against Aberdeen over all competitions this season.
- February 25, 2025: Scottish Premiership – Celtic 5 v 1 Aberdeen
- December 4, 2024: Scottish Premiership – Aberdeen 0 v 1 Celtic
- November 2, 2024: Scottish League Cup semi-final – Celtic 6 v 0 Aberdeen
- Oct 19, 2024 Scottish Premiership: Celtic 2 v 2 Aberdeen
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