Summary

  • Listen to commentary on Sportsound

  • Maeda slides in early on & just before break as well as having effort ruled out

  • McCowan flicks in cute finish & Yang adds fourth before Maeda completes hat trick

  • Maeda & McGregor only Celtic players to keep places

  • Goalkeeper Rae & centre-back Murray in for Raith

  • Celtic looking to retain trophy; Raith mid-table in Championship

Live Reporting

Charlotte Cohen

  1. Celtic 5-0 Raith Rovers

    Arne Engels takes a wild swing at the loose ball and smashes it high and wide.

  2. Celtic 5-0 Raith Rovers

    Liam Scales is fouled by Finlay Pollock practically in line with the Raith penalty spot.

    Arne Engels swings one in and Josh Rae has to tip it over the bar!

  3. goal

    GOAL CELTIC 5-0 Raith Rovers

    Daizen Maeda

    Daizen MaedaSNS

    Kyogo who?!

    Daizen Maeda goes racing in at the back post to bundle the ball (and himself) into the back of the net thanks to Luke McCowan's cross.

  4. Celtic 4-0 Raith Rovers

    Dylan Easton tries to get in on the action but Daizen MAeda is right on his heels and win possession back for the hosts.

  5. Celtic 4-0 Raith Rovers

    Another darting run from Daizen Maeda but he can't keep the ball in play.

    Here comes Maik Nawrocki in place of Jeffery Schlupp.

  6. 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.

  7. Celtic 4-0 Raith Rovers

    Here they come now.

    Nicolas Kuhn, Callum McGregor and Hyunjun Yang make way.

    Liam Scales has been handed the captain's armband for the final half an hour.

  8. How many do Celtic want?

    Celtic 4-0 Raith Rovers

    Kheredine Idessane
    BBC Scotland at Celtic Park

    Daizen MaedaSNS

    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.

  9. Celtic 4-0 Raith Rovers

    I just spied Jota getting ready on the edge of the park...

  10. 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.

  11. goal

    GOAL CELTIC 4-0 Raith Rovers

    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.

  12. 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.

  13. 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.

  14. Stick Celtic's name in the hat

    Celtic 3-0 Raith Rovers

    Kheredine Idessane
    BBC Scotland at Celtic Park

    Lovely, deft finish there from Luke McCowan 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?

  15. 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 McCowan gets his toe to it and directs it into the corner.

  16. goal

    GOAL CELTIC 3-0 Raith Rovers

    Luke McCowan

    They've started the second half much the same as the first as Luke McCowan sends Celtic cruising less than two minutes into the second period!

    It's a great ball from Yang for McCowan in the middle who manages to slot it in at the far post.

  17. KICK-OFF

    Celtic 2-0 Raith Rovers

    Back under way at Parkhead!

  18. 'Can't catch Maeda'

    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 RoversSNS

    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.

  19. What's Schlupp?

    HT: Celtic 2-0 Raith Rovers

    Daizen Maeda of CelticSNS

    Jeffrey Schlupp gets his first start in green and white since joining on deadline day

  20. 20 for the season

    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.