The Scotsman

TEAM NEWS

WHO’S FIT AND WHO’S NOT?

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Celtic

Scott Bain will start in goal for the holders after playing in all of the earlier rounds, with regular No 1 Craig Gordon on the bench. Captain Scott Brown is looking to regain his starting place after making his comeback from injury in the final 13 minutes of Celtic’s Europa League win over Rosenborg on Thursday. Jozo Simunovic, Mikey Johnston and Marvin Compper are unlikely to feature because of fitness issues, while Nir Bitton is in the early stages of his comeback from knee trouble. Kristoffer Ajer (fractured eye socket), Eboue Kouassi and Daniel Arzani (both knee) remain out.

Aberdeen

Dons centre-half Michael Devlin faces a battle to make the teamsheet. The former Hamilton skipper, who has formed such an impressive partnershi­p with Scott Mckenna, has a foot injury and was only given an outside chance of playing at Hampden. Another two centre-backs – Tommie Hoban (shoulder) and Mark Reynolds (knee) – remain out, while midfielder Greg Tansey is yet to feature after recovering from a groin problem.

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