Mathilde Carstens does so well to break free of Nic Docherty and Lizzie Arnot before the referee brings play to a halt and gives the hosts a free-kick.

She would've been happy to play the advantage surely.

The pace of this opening two minutes has been breathless! Proper end to end stuff already...

Morgan Cross gets through on goal but is pulled to ground by Kathy Hill and can't get that final touch to put it past Vic Esson.

Under way in Hamilton!

Rangers boss Jo Potter tells BBC Alba: "This is our cup, we're super keen to retain it, but we know it's not an easy feat.

"To play your rivals in a semi final, we've done it twice before and we know what it's about. It's just about trying to win this tie today.

"It should do. These games always pose something a little bit different anyway. I'm sure they're using that to their advantage as well, to try and change that fate.

"But we've got to make sure we're pulling on those experiences, that we're remembering all the good stuff we've done against our opponents and what's made us succesful."

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Celtic manager Elena Sadiku tells BBC Alba: "It feels like forever ago with that [first] game [in charge], because that year feels like three years for me.

"What we need to look at now is what was the game like the last time we played them, what we've done since then.

"We're all in a very good place when it comes to confidence in what we want to do tonight."

Amy Canavan
BBC Scotland at New Douglas Park

Oh, I've just heard folks wish each other a Happy New Year... surely we're waaay past that now?

Flash back to this time last year and Elena Sadiku had just taken over as Fran Alonso's successor at Celtic. Her first task was an Old Firm showdown for a place in the SWPL Cup final.

Rangers edged that game 3-2 and went on to lift the trophy before making it a double with the Scottish Cup - but it was Celtic who took bragging rights in the league, winning it on the last day for their first Scottish women's title.

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While much of the talk this week has been about Rangers and Celtic potentially joining the WSL in future, bosses Jo Potter and Elena Sadiku are fully focused on the task at hand - the SWPL Cup semi-final.

According to reports, , externalboth sides of the Old Firm have held exploratory talks with the top flight down south.

"That's not my focus, that's not something I've been speaking about," Potter said as she prepares for Sunday's semi-final against Celtic.

"We've got full focus on Celtic in what is a big game for us."

Celtic head coach Sadiku shared similar sentiment: "I think if we talk about the WSL rumours, it's nothing we can focus on or should think about."

Under way in Edinburgh!

Amy Canavan
BBC Scotland at New Douglas Park

Coupla keen onlookers today...

Former Rangers midfielder and Scotland international Sam Kerr, now on loan at Liverpool from Bayern Munich is here supporting her old side and some of her pals... Looking at you, Nic Doc.

Scottish FA's head of elite women's football - and various youth team's head coach -Michael McArdle is also here.

There's also SWPL action this afternoon with the rearranged Hearts v Montrose match going on as we speak.

Eva Olid's side are 2-0 up at half-time in Edinburgh.

Northern Ireland internationals Kerry Beattie and Toni-Leigh Finnegan go straight into the starting line-up for Scott Booth.

Hibs are serial winners in this competition with seven League Cup triumphs, and 12 final appearances, to their name.

No other team has won it more. Aberdeen, on the other hand, have never reached the final.

While it's been almost six years since Hibs contested - and won - their last League Cup final, current manager Grant Scott is calling on his players to write their names into club folklore.

"Our history is one thing but we need to make some new history now and this group is more than capable," said Scott.

Aberdeen manager Scott Booth lost two League Cup finals - both to Hibs - during his Glasgow City tenure and has endured a tough start in the Pittodrie hotseat as his side languish in the SWPL relegation zone.

But Booth has begun bolstering his squad, with Northern Ireland internationals Toni-Leigh Finnegan and Kerry Beattie joining the Dons - both should be available for Sunday's match.

"Ultimately, if you can stay in the game, if we can get that bit right, then you just never know, you can find yourself in a cup final," Booth said.

It's been over two months since the last round of this competition.

A wee reminder of how each of the semi-finalists made it here:

Motherwell 1-8 Rangers

A comfortable day out at K-Park for Jo Potter's side who eased past Motherwell.

Celtic 0-0 Glasgow City (4-3 pen)

A decidedly less comfortable day out for Sadiku's side. They were taken to extra time and penalties by Glasgow City where they - narrowly - came out on top.

Partick Thistle 1-4 Hibernian

Partick Thistle have so often been a bogey team for Hibs but not this time. Grant Scott's side comfortably booked their place in the final four at Petershill.

Boroughmuir 1-3 Aberdeen

The only one of our semi-finalists to come up against lower league opposition, Aberdeen managed to pass by Boroughmuir Thistle and have certainly strengthened since then.

Celtic: Logan, Lawton, Hayes, Clark, Barclais, Ross, McGregor, Gallacher, M. Carstens, Cross, Noonan.

Substitutes: Daugherty, Richardson, Smith, Cavanagh, Agnew, Ashworth-Clifford, Bruna, Luana, McAneny.

Rangers: Esson, Docherty, Eddie, Hill, Hay, Hardy, McAulay, Arnot, Cornet, McLoughlin, Wilkinson.

Substitutes: Fife, Rafferty, Middag, Howat, Bell, Ross, Ewens, Lafaix, McLeary.

Hibernian: Schumacher, Hunter, Papadopoulos, Grant, McAlonie, Adams, Doran-Barr, Bowie, Morrison, Taylor, Reilly.

Substitutes: Clachers, Leishman, Ferguson, McGover, Tweedie, Notley, Livingstone, Boyle.

Aberdeen: McCann, Gover, Stewart, MacPherson, Ogilvie, McEvoy, Ilijoski, Thomson, Black, Beattie, Finnegan.

Substitutes: MacLean, Edwards, Noble, Jameison, Murray, Fraser, Innes, Kraft, Elder.

We've got two tasty semi-finals to get stuck into this afternoon as Celtic host Glasgow rivals Rangers while Aberdeen travel to Edinburgh to take on Hibs.

By 18:00 (BST), barring any extra-time and penalties, we should have our SWPL Cup finalists.

No time to waste - let's get started.