Nicolas Kuhn is looking to help Celtic defend their Scottish Cup against Hibs at Parkhead this afternoon.
The German winger has been in superb form for the Hoops this season, contributing 18 goals and 13 assists across all competitions for Celtic.
However, Kuhn is yet to get off the mark in the Scottish Cup as the 25-year-old attacker aims to win his fourth trophy for Celtic in the green and white Hoops.
To do that, though, Kuhn will need to ensure he and his Celtic teammates take care of Hibs, who will bring 7000 fans to Parkhead after the Easter Road club sold out their full Scottish Cup allocation.
And here, the Hoops winger shares what he thinks about the capital club being given such a large portion of Celtic Park for the quarter-final clash.
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Why Nicolas Kuhn is ‘excited’ about 7000 Hibs fans coming to Celtic Park
Kuhn told The Celtic Way, “It is the cup, so there will be a different feel to this match. In the cups, the goal for everyone is to reach the next round; lose, and you are out – it is the same for all teams.
“The fans obviously know this, so you get a great atmosphere at the ties. I am sure that will be the case in this one.
“I like it (the Hibs ticket allocation). For example, the away games in the Champions League are always enjoyable.
“You get the big home crowds and, of course, we always have our supporters with us too.
“It is very exciting that we’re three games away from winning another trophy. We have goals for the rest of the season and the Scottish Cup is very much a part of them.
“We want to win this tie, we want to get back to Hampden Park, to play there again, and, of course, ultimately we want to win the trophy.”
This will be a view shared by many Celtic supporters who will hope that the return to normal ticket allocations will be sooner rather than later in the Scottish Premiership after many clubs decided to start slashing allocations for away fans over the last few seasons.
Nicolas Kuhn’s record for Celtic vs Hibs
Kuhn has faced Hibs a total of five times over his short time at Celtic and has tasted defeat just once.
His best game in a Celtic jersey against the Easter Road club was in the 2-0 win in the capital in the second game of this season, where Kuhn scored one and created the other.
- Scottish Premiership: 7.02.2024 – Hibernian 1 v 2 Celtic
- Scottish League Cup: 18.8.2024 – Celtic 3 v 1 Hibernian
- Scottish Premiership: 11.8.2024 – Hibernian 0 v 2 Celtic
- Scottish Premiership: 7/12/2024 – Celtic 3 v 0 Hibernian
- Scottish Premiership: 22/02/2024 – Hibernian 2 v 1 Celtic
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