Jermain Defoe is replaced with Greg Stewart and the former England striker will probably be disappointed not to have added to his opening goal given the chances he has had.

Meanwhile, Scott Wright continues to impress and fires a snap shot wide.

Cedric Itten has come on for two-goal Kemar Roofe and the Swiss striker is already burrowing away inside the Cove penalty box looking to notch one himself.

So far, though, the Aberdeen side are managing to keep the scoreline down to a respectable level considering the half-time score.

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Former Rangers midfielder on BBC Sportsound

On-loan Aberdeen midfielder Kevin Hanratty is the man to replace the injured Jamie Masson.

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Partick Thistle defender on BBC Radio Scotland

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Rangers 4-0 Cove Rangers

Cove midfielder Jamie Masson goes down in pain inside his own penalty box as his studs catch on the turf trying to repel Nathan Patterson's charge into the penalty box.

It looks a bad one for the 27-year-old former Aberdeen youth and the stretcher is called on to the field.

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Former Rangers midfielder on BBC Sportsound

Scott Wright shows some nimble feet as he confuses marker Ross Graham before sending in a low cross that Kemar Roofe can only turn past the post from a couple of yards out under pressure.

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Former Rangers midfielder on BBC Sportsound

Rangers are peppering that Cove penalty box with passes and, when the ball deflects off a defender, Jermain Defoe has a clear sight at goal but lashes well over from 16 yards.

The veteran striker had fired straight at goalkeeper Stuart McKenzie moments earlier and is pushing for his second goal of the game.

Cove have also made a change, with Rory McAllister, who has himself scored plenty in the lower leagues after starting out with Aberdeen, replacing Mitch Megginson up front.

Manager Paul Hartley is obviously saving his captain for Tuesday's league game against Clyde unless Megginson has also picked up an injury.

Meanwhile, it is Rangers back on the attack...

Cove get the second half under way and will be concerned to see Rangers manager Steven Gerrard making a forward-looking change that suggests he wants plenty more goals.

On comes Ianis Hagi, the Romania attacking midfielder, in place of the more conservative Steven Davis.

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Partick Thistle defender on BBC Radio Scotland

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Former Rangers midfielder on BBC Sportsound

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Partick Thistle defender on BBC Radio Scotland

We can already safely say that it will be Rangers at home to Celtic in the last 16 of the Scottish Cup.

Cove came to Ibrox in good form and with hopes of making it a frustrating night and maybe capitalising on Steven Gerrard's decision to make a host of changes to his first-choice line-up.

However, from the moment Jermain Defoe opened the scoring, there was an air of inevitability about how it would go and a double from Kemar Roofe and a Nathan Patterson strike have the Glasgow side well on their way to a thumping win.

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Former Rangers midfielder on BBC Sportsound

Cove pay the price for trying to play fancy possession football inside their own penalty box.

Nathan Patterson nicks the ball and the teenage Rangers right-back is clinical with his low finish into the far corner.

It's now just a question of how embarrassing this can become for the League 1 part-timers.

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