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2007 Scottish League Cup final

The 2007 Scottish League Cup final was played on 18 March 2007^[1]atHampden ParkinGlasgow 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[edit]

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-finalsbyFalkirk, 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^[2]atFir Park and Hibernian beat St Johnstone 3–1 after extra time^[3]atTynecastle in the semi-finals.

Match details[edit]

Kilmarnock	1–5	Hibernian
Greer 77'	Report	Jones 28' Benjelloun 59', 85' Fletcher 66', 87'

Attendance: 52,000

Referee: Dougie McDonald

KILMARNOCK : GK 1 Alan Combe RB 6 Simon Ford CB 5 Gordon Greer CB 14 Frazer Wright LB 3 Garry Hay (c) RM 18 Paul di Giacomo  76' CM 12 Allan Johnston CM 2 James Fowler LM 22 Peter Leven  57' CF 9 Colin Nish CF 7 Steven Naismith Substitutes: GK 13 Graeme Smith DF 15 Grant Murray DF 21 Ryan O'Leary MF 8 Gary Locke  76' FW 10 Gary Wales  57' Manager: Jim Jefferies

HIBERNIAN: GK 41 Andrew McNeil RB 2 Steven Whittaker  90' CB 15 Chris Hogg  90' CB 5 Rob Jones (c) LB 3 David Murphy RM 17 Ivan Sproule  79' CM 14 Guillaume Beuzelin CM 7 Scott Brown LM 26 Lewis Stevenson CF 20 Steven Fletcher CF 10 Abdessalam Benjelloun Substitutes: GK 1 Simon Brown DF 12 Shelton Martis  90' DF 25 Kevin McCann  90' MF 6 Michael Stewart MF 4 Merouane Zemmama  79' Manager: John Collins

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External links[edit]

• 2007 final