SCOTT Brown and Celtic will draw on their previous semi-final experiences in their aim overcome Hibernian this weekend in the League Cup semi-final at Hampden.

The Celtic captain has won five League Cups with the club and will look to lead his side into another final with a win over Hibs this Saturday.

Brown captained Celtic to a historic Treble Treble at Hampden five month ago and the 34-year-old said he and the rest of the Hoops squad would draw on that experience when they come up against a difficult opponent.

“Coming to Hampden for us is always a special occasion,” said Brown. “It’s a special place for us and the last few times we’ve had great performances as well, but we'll have to dig deep.

“Hibs gave us a hard game a couple of weeks ago and made it difficult for us to play out. We went a goal down early doors and they defended well, so we're going to have to make sure we up our game for Saturday.”

Brown said the lack of league form from Hibs was not something Celtic would read too much into and added the past slip-ups from Celtic in the competition must serve as a reminder that they had to remain focused.

“It's always dangerous when a team’s not done as well as they should have done in the last four or five games,” he said. “When they played against us they did really well, they defended well and created a couple chances. They got a little bit lucky with the goal, but it’s one of those things and, in a semi-final, you never know what can happen.

“We need to make sure we've got the right attitude and that we go to Hampden and play our own game.

“It's dangerous, because in the back of our heads, we have to remember how semi-finals have been for us before. We’ve gone to Hampden, not performed well and lost.

“The last couple years we've done really, really well and we need to make sure that we remember those times, but also make sure we've got those other games in the back of our heads as well. It's about us focusing and playing to our strengths now more than anything else.”

Brown: Celtic's Hampden experience will be key in Hibs semi-final