Sky Sports activities Cup: Celtic host holders Rangers; Hibernian go to Partick Thistle in semi-finals | Soccer Information

Celtic will face holders Rangers, whereas Partick Thistle have been drawn in opposition to Hibernian within the Sky Sports activities Cup semi-finals.

Rangers beat their Outdated Agency rivals 2-1 within the first SWPL assembly between the golf equipment this season as they moved high of the league desk.

Partick Thistle – who’re within the semis for the primary time – will host final season’s runners-up Hibernian because the Easter Highway membership bid to win the competitors for a document eighth time.

The semi-finals will happen on or earlier than January 21 because the 4 golf equipment battle to succeed in the ultimate in March which is solely dwell on Sky Sports activities from Tynecastle Park.

Path to the semi-finals

Celtic – who final gained the match in 2021 – booked their place the final 4 with a 3-0 win over Glasgow Metropolis.

Natalie Ross, Amy Gallacher and Equipment Loferski had been on track as Glasgow Metropolis had been knocked out earlier than the semis for the primary time in 13 years.

Final season’s runners-up Hibernian reached the semi-finals for the ninth time in a row as they thrashed Dundee United 7-0.

Eilidh Adams’ hat-trick plus objectives from Jorian Baucom, Ellis Notley, Siobhan Hunter, and Lauren-Dorran Barr imply the membership are on monitor to win the competitors for a document eighth time.

Holders Rangers additionally loved a 7-0 win over the one SWPL 2 aspect who had been left within the competitors – Boroughmuir Thistle.

Tessel Middag, Megan Bell, Kirsty Howat, Laura Berry, Eilidh Austin and a double from Rio Hardy noticed Jo Potter’s aspect progress.

And Partick Thistle’s goals of reaching their first-ever cup ultimate stay alive as they got here from behind to beat Montrose 2-1.

Rachel Donaldson and Imogen Longcake bought the objectives as they reached the semi-finals for the primary time.

Last returns to Tynecastle Park

The ultimate returns to Hearts’ Tynecastle Park on March 23 or 24 – dwell on Sky Sports activities.

Rangers beat Hibernian 2-0 in a recreation that noticed Lizzie Arnot open the scoring with final season’s purpose of the season.

SWPL managing director Fiona McIntyre mentioned: “We’re delighted to be returning to Tynecastle Park for the 2023/24 Sky Sports activities Cup Last. The suggestions we had from the golf equipment and followers after final 12 months’s ultimate was extremely optimistic, coupled with a document attendance on the day.

“The environment on a matchday inside Tynecastle is recognised by Scottish soccer followers as among the best within the nation, so we’re already trying ahead to a different improbable event and alternative to showcase the easiest of ladies’s soccer in Scotland on the ultimate in March. We encourage followers to maintain that weekend free and are available alongside to point out their help.

Coronary heart of Midlothian CEO Andrew McKinlay added: “It is a privilege to as soon as once more host the Sky Sports activities Cup Last at Tynecastle Park.

“Girls’s soccer in Scotland continues to go from power to power, and I hope that the Tynecastle expertise performs a component in making the ultimate a memorable event for everybody concerned.”

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