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FACTS Scottish Cup by numbers

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● 3 – Scottish Cup finals refereed by Willie Collum. The 40-year-old has previously ta ken charge of Celtic’s 2013 win over Hibs and the 2015 clash which saw Inverness beat Falkirk.

● 6 – Scottish Cups Neil Lennon has won as a Celtic player and manager. Craig Levein is still waiting to win his first major trophy.

● 7 – Goals scored by the cup’s top scorer this season so far, Queen of the South frontman Stephen Dobbie. In total, 337 have been scored.

● 8 – Domestic trophies won consecutiv­ely in a row by Celtic so far.

● 24 – Goals netted by both finalists on their way through the rounds. Hearts have run up 11 as they marched past Livingston, Partick Thistle (after a replay), Auchinleck Talbot and Inverness, while the Hoops have notched up 13 as Airdrie, St Johnstone, Hibernian and Aberdeen were all swiped aside.

● 38 – Scottish Cup triumphs Celtic have claimed. The Jambos have lifted the trophy on eight previous occasions.

● 20,200 – Each club’s official ticket allocation for the final.

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