Kemenangan mereka atas Sporting, lewat gol pada babak kedua melalui Jean-Claude Darchville dan Steven Whittaker, diwarnai dengan keluarnya kartu kuning untuk kapten Barry Ferguson dan rekannya di lini tengah Kevin Thomson, sehingga mereka akan absen pada pertandingan semifinal pertama di Ibrox pada 24 April 24.
Their victory over Sporting, with second-half goals from Jean-Claude Darchville and Steven Whittaker, was somewhat tarnished by yellow cards for captain Barry Ferguson and fellow midfielder Kevin Thomson which will rule them out of the semi-final first leg at Ibrox on April 24 through suspension.