Women's Scottish Cup Final: Hearts and Rangers aiming to lift the trophy for first time
Who will make history at Hampden?
Last updated 24th May 2024
Hearts and Rangers are both seeking to make history at Hampden this weekend by lifting their club’s first ever Scottish Cup trophy.
Jo Potter’s Rangers are the favourites, having already won the Sky Sports Cup in March with a 4-1 victory over Partick Thistle.
It is a first appearance in the final for Hearts, and boss Eva Olid wants to go the final step and take the trophy back to Edinburgh.
The Spaniard said: "It was a massive objective to get to the final but once you are there, of course you want to win.
"We don't want to just play, we will do everything we can to win the game.
"If we believe, anything can happen."
"The mental side is the most important thing because you can prepare for the match but if the players don't believe then we are not going to get a result. But if we believe, anything can happen.
"It is always difficult against the top three teams but the fact that we have won against them this season adds to that belief.
"The most important thing is to enjoy the game, we don't have the pressure to win, we have nothing to lose."
Rangers manager Jo Potter wants her side to take motivation from their crushing last-day league disappointment to finish the season with a historic cup double after retaining the league cup.
The Light Blues lost out on the Premier League title to Celtic last weekend on goal difference, with the Hoops scoring a dramatic winner against Hibs in the last minute of the game.
Potter said: "I wanted them to feel that disappointment at the weekend. It was important.
"We spent a couple of hours together after the game on Sunday and as you can imagine, it wasn't a nice feeling to have.
"But it was important for us to live it, feel it, not want to feel it again and really look forward to Sunday.
"They had a day off on Monday and then we put it to bed. It would have been difficult if we had a game on Wednesday but it is good that we have a cup final to look forward to."
Rangers going for cup double
She added: "It is an opportunity for us to get a cup double and that can be a positive end to the season for us.
"We have Champions League football to look forward to which we didn't have last year, a potential cup double and losing a league title on goal difference, it just shows how close we came to an excellent season.
"But if you don't win on Sunday it looks very different."
Rangers vs Hearts in the Scottish Gas Women's Scottish Cup final is on Sunday 26th May at 2.30pm.