Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Celtic & Aberdeen face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Scottish Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
The hosts Celtic saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Europa League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Lille.
Celtic form and stats
3W-0D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Scottish Cup for Celtic.
Celtic shared the glory with Lille in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. A 3-3 draw away in the Premiership before that, with Aberdeen the opponent.
Opportunity lost for Celtic in the Lille match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw.
With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Celtic friendly games in pre-season: Celtic played five friendlies, won 1, drew 2 and lost 2. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Celtic scored 5 goals and conceded 8 in these five games.
Aberdeen form and stats
Aberdeen's mission in Scottish Cup last season failed in the semi-finals.Total Scottish Cup statistics for Aberdeen: 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. Aberdeen are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played nine in a row without losing.
Aberdeen's last game was the home draw against Celtic (3-3). That result followed a home victory 4-2 versus Hamilton Academical in the Premiership.
As you can tell from the result, the match against Celtic was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Celtic won eight games, two matches ended with a draw and Aberdeen has zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / threeTop Goalscorers
  L. Ferguson 8 goals |   A. Ajeti 5 goals |  O. Édouard 4 goals |
Celtic missing players
Aberdeen missing players
| Celtic | Aberdeen | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 7 | 13 | ||
| 6 | 0 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | ||
| 53 | 29 | Scored | S | 18 | 41 | ||
| 27 | 10 | Conceded | C | 7 | 24 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 84% | ||
| 84% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | ||
| 60% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 40% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 44% | ||
| 8% | 10% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 32% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 350 | 156 | Total Shots | T S | 136 | 273 | ||
| 142 | 75 | Shots on Target | S O | 58 | 107 | ||
| 35% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 38% | ||
- Aberdeen FC
- Daily Record - (local newspaper)
- Evening Express - (local newspaper)