Hibs set up final-day SWPL title showdown with win over Celtic

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Postpublished at 18:25 British Summer Time 14 May
Hibernian 2-0 Celtic
Kathleen McGovern sends a teasing ball across the face of the Celtic goal but it just misses the feet of Eilidh Adams.
Postpublished at 18:20 British Summer Time 14 May
Hibernian 2-0 Celtic
Hibs are not letting up here, Lisa Rodgers is forced into action to keep out McGovern from close range.
GOAL HIBERNIAN 2-0 Celticpublished at 18:17 British Summer Time 14 May
Kathleen McGovern
The Hibs number 10 latches onto the end of a Kirsten Reilly header, takes a touch beyond her defender and smashes into the back of the net to double Hibs' advantage!
Postpublished at 18:16 British Summer Time 14 May
Hibernian 1-0 Celtic
Up the other end, Celtic have to scramble clear a chance for Hibs' Eilidh Adams.
End to end stuff so far at Meadowbank.
Postpublished at 18:12 British Summer Time 14 May
Hibernian 1-0 Celtic
Abi Harrison sees a shot saved from close range as Celtic look to get back on the scoresheet.
GOAL HIBERNIAN 1-0 Celticpublished at 18:05 British Summer Time 14 May
Ciara Grant
Breakthrough for the hosts!
Straight from the free-kick, Ciara Grant bends the ball beyond Lisa Rodgers and into the back of the net!
Postpublished at 18:03 British Summer Time 14 May
Hibernian 0-0 Celtic
The hosts have made a bright start as Kathleen McGovern races down the right but can only send her cross behind for a goal-kick.
KICK-OFFpublished at 18:00 British Summer Time 14 May
Hibernian 0-0 Celtic
Celtic's huddle complete, Hibs get things under way at Meadowbank!
Title party at Meadowbank?published at 17:58 British Summer Time 14 May
Hibernian v Celtic (18:00)
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There's a lot of permutations tonight, including several where Hibs clinch the SWPL title.
Let me try to run you through:
Grant Scott's side could win the league tonight, but it's not in their own hands.
If they win, and Rangers and City also win - or if all three sides draw - then it'll go down to the final day.
But if Hibs win, or draw, and the other two lose, the Meadowbank side will be five clear with one to play and will claim the league title.
LINE-UPS from Oriampublished at 17:55 British Summer Time 14 May
Hearts v Rangers (18:30)
Hearts: Johnstone, Brownlie, Robertson, Forsyth, Shore, Timms, Waldie, Ypema, Adamolekun, Hutchison, J. Husband.
Substitutes: Parker-Smith, Wade, Jardine, Handley, Andrews, Powell, Burn, Young, Slattery.
Rangers: Fife, Docherty, Rafferty, Middag, Howat, Hardy, McAulay, Cornet, Maclean, McLeary, Wilkinson.
Substitutes: Esson, Hill, Hay, Ross, Arnot, Berry, Lafaix.
Still to comepublished at 17:55 British Summer Time 14 May
Hearts v Rangers (18:30)
Partick Thistle v Queen's Park (19:45)
Motherwell v Glasgow City (20:00)
Watch livepublished at 17:52 British Summer Time 14 May
Hibernian v Celtic (18:00)
This one is live on BBC Alba once again.
There's also English commentary available on the red button, BBC iPlayer or the BBC Sport Scotland website and app so you can choose how you listen!
LINE-UPS from Meadowbankpublished at 17:51 British Summer Time 14 May
Hibernian v Celtic (18:00)
Hibernian: Schumacher, Hunter, Grant, McAlonie, Adams, McGovern, Gibb, Doran-Barr, Morrison. L. Taylor, Reilly.
Substitutes: Armitage, Papadopoulos, Ferguson, Tweedie, Notley, Livingstone, Bowie, Ramsay, I. Taylor.
Celtic: Rodgers, Lawton, Clark, Barclais, Smith, Cross, Momo, McAneny, Gallacher, Harrison, Noonan.
Substitutes: Daugherty, M. Carstens, Cavanagh, Agnew, Loferski, Ashworth-Clifford, Bruna, Dawson.
Welcomepublished at 17:50 British Summer Time 14 May
It's the penultimate round of SWPL fixtures in the glorious midweek sunshine.
Plenty of excitement coming your way so let's get crackin'

Charlotte Cohen

BBC Sport Scotland

Hibernian go into a final-day showdown with Rangers at Ibrox on Sunday knowing a point will clinch a first SWPL title in almost 20 years after victory over Celtic.

Ciara Grant opened the scoring for the league leaders after just five minutes at Meadowbank when she bent a free-kick into the back of the net.

Kathleen McGovern's nine-minute double midway through the first half put Hibs three up and in control before Saoirse Noonan pulled one back.

Eilidh Adams re-established Hibs dominance five minutes into the second half when she fired beyond Lisa Rodgers.

And although Hibs captain Siobhan Hunter turned the ball into the back of her own net following a corner to give Celtic a second, the deposed champions couldn't trouble the hosts any further.

The victory means Grant Scott's side head to Ibrox for their final game of the season three points clear of Rangers, who do have a far superior goal difference so would win the title themselves with a victory.

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Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points	Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first
1 Hibernian	31	23	5	3	89	21	68	74	Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Win
2 Rangers	31	22	5	4	139	26	113	71	Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Win
3 Glasgow City	31	22	5	4	105	18	87	71	Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Win
4 Hearts	31	18	5	8	91	30	61	59	Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Loss
5 Celtic	31	18	5	8	91	30	61	59	Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss
6 Motherwell	31	10	2	19	52	80	-28	32	Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss

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Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points	Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first
1 Partick Thistle	31	10	9	12	39	49	-10	39	Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win
2 Aberdeen	31	11	5	15	43	94	-51	38	Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Draw Result Win
3 Spartans	31	11	3	17	42	68	-26	36	Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Win
4 Montrose	31	10	4	17	39	90	-51	34	Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Win
5 Queen's Park	31	3	3	25	16	121	-105	12	Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss
6 Dundee United	31	2	1	28	23	142	-119	7	Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Loss

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Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points	Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first
1 Glasgow City	22	17	3	2	90	10	80	54	Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Win
2 Hibernian	22	17	3	2	71	14	57	54	Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Win
3 Rangers	22	16	4	2	112	18	94	52	Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Draw
4 Celtic	22	16	3	3	82	15	67	51	Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Loss
5 Hearts	22	14	4	4	73	14	59	46	Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Draw
6 Motherwell	22	10	2	10	51	46	5	32	Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Loss
7 Partick Thistle	22	5	9	8	29	39	-10	24	Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw
8 Aberdeen	22	6	3	13	20	81	-61	21	Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Win
9 Spartans	22	5	2	15	23	58	-35	17	Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Loss
10 Montrose	22	4	2	16	22	82	-60	14	Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Win
11 Queen's Park	22	2	2	18	10	101	-91	8	Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw
12 Dundee United	22	1	1	20	14	119	-105	4	Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss

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home team, Hibernian

Manager: Grant Scott

Formation: 4 - 3 - 3

Number 12,
N. Schumacher
Number 19,
C. Gibb , substituted for A. Ferguson at 93 minutes
Number 4,
S. Hunter , Yellow Card at 81 minutes
Number 31,
L. Taylor
Number 22,
L. Doran-Barr
Number 32,
K. Reilly , Captain
Number 6,
C. Grant
Number 8,
M. McAlonie , substituted for E. Notley at 93 minutes
Number 9,
E. Adams , substituted for R. Livingstone at 51 minutes
Number 10,
K. McGovern
Number 29,
K. Morrison

Substitutes

home team, Hibernian

Number 25,
R. Armitage
Number 24,
T. Bowie
Number 7,
A. Ferguson
Number 18,
R. Livingstone
Number 16,
E. Notley
Number 5,
S. Papadopoulos
Number 37,
J. Ramsay
Number 38,
I. Taylor
Number 15,
L. Tweedie

away team, Celtic

Manager: Elena Sadiku

Formation: 3 - 4 - 1 - 2

Number 19,
L. Rodgers
Number 2,
C. Barclais
Number 15,
K. Clark , Captain
Number 23,
E. Lawton , Yellow Card at 51 minutes, substituted for D. Dawson at 95 minutes
Number 17,
M. Cross , substituted for L. Ashworth-Clifford at 65 minutes
Number 25,
M. Nakao , substituted for C. Cavanagh at 66 minutes
Number 7,
A. Gallacher , Yellow Card at 73 minutes
Number 8,
J. Smith , substituted for Bruna Lourenço at 46 minutes
Number 73,
M. McAneny
Number 20,
S. Noonan
Number 9,
A. Harrison , substituted for K. Loferski at 46 minutes

away team, Celtic

Number 12,
M. Agnew
Number 22,
L. Ashworth-Clifford
Number 10,
M. Carstens
Number 11,
C. Cavanagh
Number 30,
K. Daugherty
Number 46,
D. Dawson
Number 21,
K. Loferski
Number 24,
Bruna Lourenço

Hibernian
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home team, Hibernian

Manager: Grant Scott

Formation: 4 - 3 - 3

Number 12,
N. Schumacher
Number 19,
C. Gibb , substituted for A. Ferguson at 93 minutes
Number 4,
S. Hunter , Yellow Card at 81 minutes
Number 31,
L. Taylor
Number 22,
L. Doran-Barr
Number 32,
K. Reilly , Captain
Number 6,
C. Grant
Number 8,
M. McAlonie , substituted for E. Notley at 93 minutes
Number 9,
E. Adams , substituted for R. Livingstone at 51 minutes
Number 10,
K. McGovern
Number 29,
K. Morrison

Substitutes

Number 25,
R. Armitage
Number 24,
T. Bowie
Number 7,
A. Ferguson
Number 18,
R. Livingstone
Number 16,
E. Notley
Number 5,
S. Papadopoulos
Number 37,
J. Ramsay
Number 38,
I. Taylor
Number 15,
L. Tweedie

Referee:: Abbie Hendry

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