Mark Walker's Scottish Tips

Celtic aim to try and cement another treble on Saturday and face a horribly out-of-form Aberdeen in the Scottish Cup Final which looks like it could be a mismatch.

While Celtic enjoyed a relaxing few weeks leading up to the Hampden showpiece occasion, with the title wrapped up many moons ago, the Dons have been in a downward spiral of depression.

Jimmy Thelin's side appears to be losing confidence every week. Back-to-back Old Firm hammerings were followed by letting slip a one-goal lead and allowing Dundee United to not only beat them at Tannadice but also overtake them into fourth place.

It's doubtful that a single Aberdeen fan in their 20,000 allocation thinks this will even be a competitive Cup Final, never mind a win.

Their players seem mentally weak and allow their heads to drop when they lose a goal, which they do frequently. Celtic have scored 19 goals in their five meetings so far this term.

The Dons' worst nightmare is seeing some kind of Scottish Cup Final record defeat (6-1 in 1888 and 1972), such is the gulf between the two teams going into this.

Of course, it's a Cup Final, and anything can happen, or so the story goes, but for punters, it has to be all about finding ways to bet on a Celtic annihilation.

The early price of 11/10 on Celtic -1 a goal in the handicaps ws snapped up, but 17/20 is perfectly acceptable, and while that will be a stable bet among punters, they can afford to be brave and go Celtic -2 at 11/5 with McBookie.com.

Aberdeen can at least claim to have scored in four of the five games this season, and it's not impossible they can contribute to the scoring here.
But it's probably safer to assume the champions will score the vast majority of the goals. With that in mind, McBookie.com's 17/10 on over 3.5 goals and Celtic to win looks like a great call.

If anything, Aberdeen's defence has looked even more fragile lately, and they really struggle to defend corners and free kicks into the box.

You would expect Celtic to go from this right from the off against a team whose confidence is shot. Go for Celtic half time/full time at 17/20 with McBookie.com in what could be an embarrassingly one-sided contest.

Freelance Scottish Football journalist for all newspapers. Former Racing Post Scottish Football Correspondent and long-suffering Aberdeen fan.

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