Rangers 5-0 Peterhead

Niko Kranjcar scored his second goal in this season's League Cup

Niko Kranjcar scored and set up two goals for Clint Hill as Rangers eased past Peterhead to reach the Scottish League Cup quarter-finals.

Kranjcar's impressive strike put Rangers in front and the midfielder's corner led to Hill netting the hosts' second from close range.

A Fiacre Kelleher own goal extended the home side's advantage after the break.

Peterhead then had Nathan Blockley sent off before Hill headed in a Kranjcar corner and Joe Dodoo fired the fifth.

Though Rangers started their Premiership campaign with a 1-1 draw with Hamilton Academical on Saturday, they had won all four of their League Cup first-round group games without losing a goal.

And they set about continuing that record in the competition, with former Tottenham Hotspur man Kranjcar particularly influential.

Hill (far right) scored his first Rangers goals

The Croatian collected Dodoo's pass and swept a shot into the near top corner from the right edge of the penalty area.

James Tavernier had a shot turned on to the crossbar by goalkeeper Graeme Smith before Hill scrambled in his first Rangers goal - a tap-in from Kranjcar's pin-point delivery.

Kelleher diverted Michael O'Halloran's cross into his own net early in the second period.

A reckless tackle by Blockley on Joey Barton was punished with a red card not long before Hill's powerful header converted another Kranjcar corner.

And Dodoo completed the scoring with a clinical finish from Tavernier's cut-back.