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Listen to commentary on Sportsound Maeda slides in early on & just before break as well as having effort ruled out Mc Cowan flicks in cute finish & Yang adds fourth Maeda & Mc Gregor only Celtic players to keep places Goalkeeper Rae & centre-back Murray in for Raith Celtic looking to retain trophy; Raith mid-table in Championship Charlotte Cohen Celtic 4-0 Raith Rovers Daizen Maeda I'm getting tired just watching you! He bolts in at the back post and heads it on to Johnny Kenny in the middle but he's under pressure from Paul Hanlon who wins the goal kick for the visitors. Celtic 4-0 Raith Rovers Here they come now. Nicolas Kuhn, Callum Mc Gregor and Hyunjun Yang make way. Liam Scales has been handed the captain's armband for the final half an hour. Celtic 4-0 Raith Rovers Kheredine Idessane BBC Scotland at Celtic Park This has long since ceased to be a contest as Celtic head towards their 32nd consecutive home match without defeat. They're through to the last eight of the Scottish Cup and have the mighty Bayern Munich at home on Wednesday in the Champions League. The question is: do they stick or twist? How hungry are they for more goals? Quite hungry, apparently: there'll be a triple change, with Jota, Arne Engels and Johnny Kenny all coming on. Celtic 4-0 Raith Rovers I just spied Jota getting ready on the edge of the park. .. Celtic 4-0 Raith Rovers Nicolas Kuhn skips past three Raith Rovers players before launching a shot at Josh Rae from the edge of the box. The keeper palms it behind for a Celtic corner. Hyunjun Yang What is with me and jinxing things this afternoon? It's a cracking finish from Yang who strikes it first time and sends the ball low and into the corner. Celtic 3-0 Raith Rovers Celtic look pretty happy to just keep hold of the ball here. Three goals to the good that's no real surprise. Celtic 3-0 Raith Rovers Josh Rae gets low to prevent Nicolas Kuhn's driven effort from the right from causing any danger. Raith go up the other end before giving Celtic a throw-in. Celtic 3-0 Raith Rovers Kheredine Idessane BBC Scotland at Celtic Park Lovely, deft finish there from Luke Mc Cowan to put this tie well beyond Raith Rovers' reach now. Can the Fifers keep things respectable - and how much desire to Celtic have to get some more goals? Celtic 3-0 Raith Rovers Pat Bonner Former Celtic goalkeeper on BBC Sportsound Good play by Yang. He takes players on, commits them and Luke Mc Cowan gets his toe to it and directs it into the corner. Luke Mc Cowan They've started the second half much the same as the first as Luke Mc Cowan sends Celtic cruising less than two minutes into the second period! It's a great ball from Yang for Mc Cowan in the middle who manages to slot it in at the far post. Celtic 2-0 Raith Rovers Back under way at Parkhead! HT: Celtic 2-0 Raith Rovers Pat Bonner Former Celtic goalkeeper on BBC Sportsound Daizen Maeda scores to make it 2-0 to Celtic v Raith Rovers The one thing defenders hate is really quick players. Maeda has that. You cannot catch him. His finishing is improving - he's such a handful. HT: Celtic 2-0 Raith Rovers Jeffrey Schlupp gets his first start in green and white since joining on deadline day HT: Celtic 2-0 Raith Rovers Kheredine Idessane BBC Scotland at Celtic Park He simply cannot stop scoring! That's 20 for the season for Daizen Maeda as he eases Celtic into the comfort zone of this cup tie and surely with one massive foot in the quarter-final draw. Right before half-time, too, just when Barry Robson thought he'd be bringing his Rovers side in just the one goal down at the interval. A comfortable lead at half-time for the Scottish Cup holders albeit the score doesn't really tell the story of Celtic's early dominance. You know what they say about 2-0 scorelines though. .. Celtic 2-0 Raith Rovers Pat Bonner Former Celtic goalkeeper on BBC Sportsound Maeda kept running with his pace and scores emphatically into the top corner. Devastating on the counter. Daizen Maeda Ok so I may have jinxed that one. .. Yang feeds Maeda in the middle of the box and he smashes it into the back of the net! Celtic 1-0 Raith Rovers In three minutes of added time at the end of the first 45 minutes. I'm sure Barry Robson would've bitten your hand off for that score at the break before kick-off. Celtic 1-0 Raith Rovers Daizen Maeda has found the back of the net for Celtic's second as he tapped it in from close range. The flag goes up and looking at the replay he's a mile offside. Match report to appear here. Manager: Brendan Rodgers Formation: 4 - 3 - 3 Manager: Barry Robson Formation: 5 - 4 - 1 Manager: Brendan Rodgers Formation: 4 - 3 - 3 Manager: Barry Robson Formation: 5 - 4 - 1 Scottish Cup All competitions All competitions All competitions Copyright © 2025 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.