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ABERDEEN have asked the SPFL for a 50-50 split of Hampden for next month’s Betfred Cup final with Celtic.

The Dons took just over 11,000 with a sparse crowd at the National Stadium for Saturday’s 2-0 semi-final win over Morton.

But the decision to play the game at Hampden was criticised with the travelling Red Army forced to make the 150-mile trip to Glasgow for a 12.15pm kick off.

And Aberdeen will make that point at a meeting today to discuss ticket allocation and prices for the November 27 showpiece of the reformatted competition.

The Dons face one of the Old Firm clubs in a final for the first time since taking on both Celtic and Rangers in the League Cup and Scottish Cup respectively in 2000.

A ticket row erupted back then before the clash with Gers at Hampden when the Ibrox side were handed 7000 more briefs and then Aberdeen chief executive Gordon Bennett launched a scathing attack on the SFA.

It was argued the split handed the Ibrox club an unfair advantage for a game they went on to win 4-0 and the Dons are desperate to avoid their fans being outnumbered again.

Aberdeen took around 40,000 to Celtic Park when they lifted the League Cup after a penalty shoot-out win over Inverness and are confident there will be huge demand for next month’s final.

With the game already taking place in the city of their final opponents, the Dons don’t want to be at a further disadvantage in their bid to get their hands on the silverware.

Hibs were handed half of Hampden for last season’s Scottish Cup final but Falkirk were left raging with the SFA in 2009 when they were denied an even split but it will be up to the SPFL to decide on this occasion with the Dons already making their request ahead of today’s meeting.