Celtic and Rangers Viaplay Cup semi-final referees and VAR announced as experienced officials confirmed

Celtic and Rangers take to the national stadium at Hampden Park this weekend in the Viaplay Cup semi-finals.

For holders Celtic it will be Kilmarnock on Saturday while a tasty encounter between Rangers and Aberdeen is set for Sunday afternoon in Mount Florida. Both of the Glasgow heavyweights won their respective domestic cups last season and should they both progress a derby in the final next month could be on the cards.

It was 2-2 in the first derby encounter of the New Year between Michael Beale and Ange Postecoglou with much of the fallout being centred around VAR and referee John Beaton. And the SFA have chosen experience for the weekend's clashes.

For Celtic vs Kilmarnock it will be Willie Collum as the referee, supported by VAR official Greg Aitken and VAR assistant John McCrossan. For Sunday's encounter between Rangers and Aberdeen, Nick Walsh is the man in the middle and he will be flanked by Alan Muir and Alan Mulvanny in the VAR centre.

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