Celtic v Aberdeen

Aberdeen have been drawn away to Celtic in the 5th Round Draw of the William Hill Scottish Cup. The draw took place at Hampden this afternoon.

The full draw is as follows:

Scottish Cup fifth round draw

Alloa Athletic v Dumbarton

Clyde or Stranraer v Inverness Caledonian Thistle

Hibernian v Raith Rovers

Albion Rovers v Stenhousemuir

Brechin City or Forfar Athletic v St Johnstone

Dundee United v Queen of the South or St Mirren

Rangers v Ayr United or Dunfermline Athletic

Ties to be played the weekend of the 8th and 9th of February.

After the draw was made Derek McInnes spoke to RedWeb “First things first, it is as tough a tie as we could have got – away to the favourites. We were looking for a home draw, I would have been happy with a home draw against most teams. We have not got that but what we have got is a terrific tie which we will still relish when the game comes around. For all the players, staff and supporters it is a great tie to be involved in and we will look forward it.

“The game is still a long way away. It is important when the game comes around that we are in good form. It is important that you go into big games in good form. Hopefully by then we will be doing well in the league and go into the game off the back of a good (League Cup) semi final result the week before.

“We want to do well in both cup competitions and to do that we are going to have to beat the favourites and we are going to have to do it the hard way. Any team that is successful normally has to beat some good teams along the way.

“Most people will expect Celtic to get through against us but I think it is a good thing to go and take a challenge like this head on.

“We can now look forward to both the cup games at the start of February. They are both put though on the back burner. We just need to concentrate on the job in hand. I am more concerned about our form over the next period of time starting with the game against St Johnstone on Saturday and hopefully we can start picking up points in the league again.”