St Mirren vs Celtic LIVE as rumours of a Hampden pitch inspection hit the internet

It's showtime at Glasgow's national stadium and you can only imagine what the pressure would be like if Brendan Rodgers' impeccable Hampden record wasn't brought tumbling down to earth by Aberdeen.

Wilfried Nancy, winless in his first two games as Celtic manager, has the chance to win the Premier Sports Cup by securing his first victory as Parkhead boss.

No pressure, Wilfried.

But there's one problem, a significant issue, and that comes in the shape of a St Mirren team who have caused better Celtic sides than this fits in recent times.

Callum McGregor's long-range belter broke Saints hearts last month but Martin O'Neill's gone and Nancy's blue-sky 3-4-3 is still being bedded in.

The Frenchman is quickly finding out about Glasgow's unmatched lust for victory and will be squaring off against a manager who appears primed for a Hampden glory day.

Stephen Robinson rightly believes and he'll believe his men will have the ability to defeat the holders at the venue which has become a fortress during their trophy-mad recent era.

Join us LIVE for all the thrilling build-up, team news and analysis from the national stadium.

Stephen Robinson's side have come oh-so-close to taking points off the champions this season, with their two meetings to date this season being decided by late goals in favour of Celtic.

In the first meeting on the opening weekend, it took an 88th-minute Luke McCowan strike to finally get the better of the stubborn Saints by a goal to nil and in their last meeting, in Paisley just three weeks ago it took an even later strike deep into stoppage time from captain Callum McGregor to replicate the same scoreline and break Buddies hearts.

Can St Mirren make it third time lucky at the national stadium, or