The 2007 Scottish League Cup final was played on 18 March 2007 at Hampden Park in Glasgow and was the 60th Scottish League Cup final. The final was contested by Kilmarnock and Hibernian, who had never met before in a cup final. Hibernian won the match 5–1.
Road to the final
The previous year's winners were Celtic, who had beaten Dunfermline Athletic 3–0 in the 2006 final, but they were knocked out in the quarter-finals by Falkirk, who beat them 5–4 on penalties. With Dunfermline also being eliminated in the early rounds, it was the fourth successive year in which both of the previous year's finalists did not make it back to the final.
Rangers' shock 2–0 defeat by First Division club St Johnstone meant that neither Old Firm club featured in the semi-finals. Kilmarnock beat Falkirk 3–0 at Fir Park and Hibernian beat St Johnstone 3–1 after extra time at Tynecastle in the semi-finals.
Kilmarnock Home team Score Away teamRound 2Queen of the South1 – 2 (a.e.t.)KilmarnockRound 3Kilmarnock2 – 1 (a.e.t.)LivingstonQuarter-finalKilmarnock3 – 2MotherwellSemi-finalKilmarnock3 – 0FalkirkHibernian Home team Score Away teamRound 2SPL teams receive a bye to the second round; teams competing in Europe into the third.Hibernian4 – 0 PeterheadRound 3Hibernian6 – 0GretnaQuarter-finalHibernian1 – 0HeartsSemi-finalSt Johnstone1 – 3 (a.e.t.)Hibernian
Match details
KILMARNOCK : GK 1 Alan CombeRB 6 Simon Ford CB 5 Gordon GreerCB 14 Frazer Wright LB 3 Garry Hay (c)RM 18 Paul di Giacomo CM 12 Allan JohnstonCM 2 James FowlerLM 22 Peter Leven CF 9 Colin Nish CF 7 Steven NaismithSubstitutes:GK 13 Graeme SmithDF 15 Grant Murray DF 21 Ryan O'LearyMF 8 Gary Locke FW 10 Gary Wales Manager: Jim JefferiesHIBERNIAN: GK 41 Andrew McNeilRB 2 Steven Whittaker CB 15 Chris Hogg CB 5 Rob Jones (c)LB 3 David MurphyRM 17 Ivan Sproule CM 14 Guillaume BeuzelinCM 7 Scott BrownLM 26 Lewis StevensonCF 20 Steven FletcherCF 10 Abdessalam Benjelloun Substitutes:GK 1 Simon BrownDF 12 Shelton Martis DF 25 Kevin McCann MF 6 Michael StewartMF 4 Merouane Zemmama Manager: John Collins
References
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