Livingston Preview

Last updated : 10 April 2004 By Kevin Smith
Livingston v Celtic
Tennents Scottish Cup Semi Final
Sunday 11th April 2004
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Kick Off 2.00, Live on Sky Sports

Sandwiched between home and away legs against Villarreal, the thought of tomorrow's Scottish Cup Semi Final against Livvy at Hampden doesn't exactly get me too excited. Apparently ticket sales are poor, and tickets for the game can be purchased from the Ticket Office and Celtic Shops.

With Inverness and Dunfermline due to replay their Semi Final, the winner of tomorrow's game will have to wait to see who they will face.

I am in two minds over tomorrow's game. Part of me is hoping for a good victory, setting us up for Wednesday night, and getting us into the Scottish Cup Final in May. The other half of me couldn't really care about the Scottish Cup, and is wishing a second team to be played tomorrow.

Martin O'Neill is likely to mix in some young players for the game, it is a possible chance for the likes of Stephen McManus and possibly Aiden McGeady to get a look at first team action. Alan Thompson will play as he is suspended for Spain, but Henrik Larsson, Chris Sutton and Stan Petrov should be rested.

Livvy will be tough opponents, they have already been to Hampden this year, when they won the CIS Cup against Hibs. Here's hoping they won't be going back after tomorrow.

The game is live on Sky and has a 2pm kick off.

Hail Hail!

Celtic-Mad Prediction: Livingston 0-2 Celtic

No huns at Hampden