Brendan’s Bhoys hot favourites

Celtic face Aberdeen in Scottish Cup final

Saturday brings the final of this season’s Scottish Cup, played at Hampden from 3.00pm in front of the BBC cameras. Click here to mark the occasion with a winning bet, or to place your cup final doubles.

Coral’s traders have Celtic nailed down as winners of this trophy before a ball has been kicked in anger, which is difficult to argue against, given The Bhoys’ form this season. This will be the sixth meeting of these sides this term, and we look at what clues can be taken from recent results.

Rodgers targets a treble

Former Liverpool gaffer Brendan Rodgers is aiming for the perfect end to his first season in charge at Celtic Park. Since taking the wheel, he has led The Hoops to another Premier League title, remaining unbeaten on-route to that success, while the League Cup is also glittering away in the Parkhead trophy cabinet. Will they complete the treble?

The stats certainly believe so, as does the pre-match betting. Celtic won the League Cup back in November thanks to a convincing 3-0 win over Aberdeen at this very venue. Rogic, Forrest and Dembele were all on the scoresheet that day. They have, in fact, already beaten The Dons five times under Brendan, three of those wins coming to nil, and three by, at least, a two-goal margin.

Rogic scoring to continue

Picking this one to follow the form, you will get a tempting 31/20 on Celtic to win to nil after 90 minutes, while there’s a range of options in the handicap market. -1 has been marked up on the board at 5/4, but if you have a tad more confidence in the favourites, we’re giving 16/5 on a final day rout, winning by two clear goals or more.