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Ross Pilcher

Hearts and Celtic Scottish Cup final squads revealed

Craig Levein is confident all three of his Scottish Cup final injury doubts will be fit enough to face Celtic at Hampden.

Uche Ikpeazu (hamstring), Peter Haring (groin) and Arnaud Djoum (Achilles) all missed the 2-1 defeat at Celtic Park on the last day of the Ladbrokes Premiership season but have made progress. Haring has declared himself fit while the Ikpeazu and Djoum have taken part in training all week.

Callumn Morrison, Aidan Keena, Ben Garuccio, Demetri Mitchell and Steven Naismith are all still out with knee injuries with Olly Lee joining the list after picking up a similar injury at Parkhead.

Provisional Hearts squad: Zlamal, M Smith, Godinho, Burns, Brandon, Dikamona, Berra, Souttar, Shaughnessy, Cochrane, Mulraney, Bozanic, Djoum, Haring, Clare, Wighton, MacLean, C Smith, ikpeazu, Vanecek, Edwards, Petkov, Hickey, Doyle.

For Celtic, James Forrest and Kieran Tierney have declared themselves fit for the game.

The Parkhead pair have been rested for the last couple of games with hamstring and hernia issues respectively but will be in Neil Lennon's team as they take on the Jambos.

Skipper Scott Brown will also be available following a foot injury while Oliver Burke is hopeful he will take some part despite a knee problem. Ryan Christie (face), Jack Hendry, Vakoun Bayo, Dedryck Boyata (all hamstring), Craig Gordon, Eboue Kouassi and Daniel Arzani (all knee) are still out. Leigh Griffiths is back training after dealing with personal issues.

Provisional Celtic squad: Bain, Toljan, Lustig, Tierney, Benkovic, Simunovic, Ajer, Izaguirre, Brown, Rogic, McGregor, Ntcham, Bitton, Forrest, Dembele, Sinclair, Hayes, Burke, Henderson, Edouard, Johnston, De Vries.

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