St Johnstone fans, is this finally the year you win your first Scottish League Cup?

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As for St Johnstone, manager Callum Davidson says his players will go down in history if they can beat Hibernian to reach the Scottish League Cup final.

The Perth side have yet to win the competition in their 137-year history, but have reached the final twice previously in 1969 and 1998.

"It's something you get remembered for," said Davidson.

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"At a club like St Johnstone, I think it's really important for myself and the players to ask 'can we get to a final?' Do opportunities come along that often? No, they don't.

"The players know the importance of the game for the club and for themselves. There is a wee air of hope. Hopefully we can perform on Saturday so that it gives us an opportunity later on in the season."

"The two biggest teams in the country are out, who've dominated the cups - well Celtic have anyway - for the past four years. And Rangers are obviously performing at a high level."

It goes without saying that fans will be dearly missed from this weekend's semi-finals, but a 17:30 kick-off on a Saturday night is just rubbing salt into the wounds!

What a day out that would be. Fingers crossed we're not too far away from experiencing it all again.

Hibs fans, will your side get the job done in tomorrow's semi-final?

Or will it be more Hampden heartache?

Let us know @BBCSportScot.

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After an impressive start to the season, Hibs' form has stuttered recently.

And while fighting at the top end of the Premiership still remains the aim for the Edinburgh side, Ross went on to add how winning silverware has been a "clear ambition" this campaign.

"We have put expectancy on ourselves," says Ross.

"Now we are in another semi-final it's about another step towards achieving that ambition.

"The record in reaching semi-finals is terrific but it's about getting to the next stage. We completely understand the significance of this game. It is huge and the players are really excited."

Brian McLauchlin
BBC Sport Scotland

The first of this weekend's League Cup semi-finals sees St Johnstone take on Hibs on Saturday evening.

The Leith club experienced semi-final hurt in October against city rivals Hearts in the delayed conclusion to the 2019-20 Scottish Cup.

And Hibs head coach Jack Ross has urged his players to learn from their recent Hampden pain.

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"The first thing is to not have that feeling we had back then," said Ross.

"It hurts and it's sore. That may sound very obvious, the rawness of that is felt very acutely by those that are involved at the coal face. We want to have the elation of reaching the final and that's a big driver.

"We have had that experience of playing in the national stadium. The few people in the stadium are so far away and there is no noise whatsoever. It's slightly eerie but we have experienced it."

Hibs, Livi, St Mirren and St Johnstone fans, how are you feeling as we head into this weekend's League Cup semi-finals?

Who has their name on the trophy?

You know the script, get in touch to get involved!

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Not only do we have the last four of the League Cup to look forward to this weekend, but we also have two massive Premiership fixtures which will have implications at both ends of the table.

Stick with us this afternoon as we provide all the build-up to another big weekend of Scottish football.

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