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Tuesday 22nd November 2016

Betfred Cup final facts and figures

Some facts and figures ahead of Sunday's Betfred Cup final between Aberdeen and Celtic, live on BT Sport with a 3.00pm kick-off.

Some facts and figures ahead of Sunday's Betfred Cup final between Aberdeen and Celtic, live on BT Sport with a 3.00pm kick-off.

# The record League Cup final crowd was set at Hampden in October 1965 when 107,609 fans saw Celtic beat Rangers 2-1 in what was the first of five successive League Cup triumphs for Jock Stein’s side.

# The last player to score a hat-trick in a League Cup final was Henrik Larsson, when Celtic beat Kilmarnock 3-0 in Martin O'Neill's first season in charge in 2000/01.

# Four League Cup finals have been decided on penalties – Rangers beat Aberdeen in 1987/88, Raith Rovers beat Celtic in 1994/95, Rangers beat Dundee United in 2007/08 and Aberdeen beat Inverness Caley Thistle in 2013/14.

# The most common scoreline in a League Cup final is 2-1, with 19 of the 70 finals finishing that way, including Ross County’s victory over Hibernian last season.

League Cup winners
27 Rangers
15 Celtic
6 Aberdeen
4 Heart of Midlothian
3 Dundee
3 East Fife
3 Hibernian
2 Dundee United
1 Kilmarnock
1 Livingston
1 Motherwell
1 Partick Thistle
1 Raith Rovers
1 Ross County
1 St Mirren

Runners-up
15 Celtic
7 Aberdeen
7 Hibernian
7 Rangers
5 Dundee United
5 Kilmarnock
3 Dundee
3 Dunfermline Athletic
3 Heart of Midlothian
3 Partick Thistle
2 Motherwell
2 St Johnstone
2 St Mirren
1 Ayr United
1 Falkirk
1 Inverness Caley Thistle
1 Morton
1 Raith Rovers
1 Third Lanark

Recent winning managers
2006/07 - John Collins (Hibernian)
2007/08 - Walter Smith (Rangers)
2008/09 - Gordon Strachan (Celtic)
2009/10 - Walter Smith (Rangers)
2010/11 - Walter Smith (Rangers)
2011/12 - Kenny Shiels (Kilmarnock)
2012/13 - Danny Lennon (St Mirren)
2013/14 - Derek McInnes (Aberdeen)
2014/15 - Ronny Deila (Celtic)
2015/16 - Jim McIntyre (Ross County)