Rangers avoid Hampden embarrassment vs Motherwell and book League Cup final date with Celtic

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Celtic now know who they will face in next month’s League Cup final after beating Aberdeen 6-0 yesterday at Hampden.

Celtic booked their place in the Hampden December final after goals from Cameron Carter-Vickers, Daizen Maeda, Nicolas Kuhn and Kyogo Furuhashi demolished Jimmy Thelin’s Aberdeen.

Brendan Rodgers will be desperate to get his hands on the only trophy he missed out on last season plus, as it was the very first trophy he won as Celtic boss, the League Cup holds special memories for the Northern Irishman.

With Motherwell facing a Rangers side still reeling from getting beat by Aberdeen midweek, today’s other semi-final had the potential to throw in a possible cup upset for the Ibrox club.

Celtic will face Rangers in the League Cup final at Hampden

Brendan Rodgers now knows he must beat Rangers after they eventually took care of Motherwell 2-1 at Hampden today.

A goal from Andy Halliday was cancelled out by Cyriel Dessers and Nadim Bajrami to ensure that the Ibrox club booked their place against Celtic and now both clubs will go up against each other in just over a month’s time to win the first piece of silverware this season.

The Celtic boss would have been delighted with whoever he got in the final because after watching his Celtic team dismantle Aberdeen yesterday, neither Motherwell nor Rangers would have held any fear for Rodgers or the Parkhead players.

Celtic’s last five League Cup Final wins

Celtic have a brilliant recent history in the League Cup as the Hoops have enjoyed near-total domination of Scottish football for the last 24 years.

Celtic’s trophy history is rich but in the League Cup, the club have recorded some historic final results so here is how the Parkhead club have fared in the last five finals they have appeared in.

• 2017/18 beat Motherwell 2-0 with goals from James Forrest and Moussa Dembele.
• 2018/19 beat Aberdeen 1-0 with Ryan Christie scoring the only goal of the game.
• 2019/20 beat Rangers 1-0 with the infamous Christopher Jullien goal.
• 2021/22 beat Hibernian 2-1 after a double from Kyogo Furuhashi.
• 2022/23 beat Rangers 2-1 with another double from Kyogo sealing the win.