Rangers 3-0 Raith Rovers: Scottish Cup holders ease to semis

Rangers' breakthrough came done the caput of Connor Goldson

Scottish Cup holders Rangers eased past Raith Rovers astatine Ibrox to advancement to the competition's semi-finals.

Michael Beale's broadside dominated proceedings and ne'er looked similar losing to their Championship opposition.

Rangers present articulation Inverness Caledonian Thistle and Celtic successful the last four.

The gully for the semi-finals follows Falkirk v Ayr United connected Monday, unrecorded connected BBC Scotland.

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Incredibly, Raith Rovers astir opened the scoring successful spectacular circumstances erstwhile Isma Goncalves tried to lob Allan McGregor from the half-way enactment - but it bounced conscionable wide.

That was astir each the visitors were capable to conjure up. Rangers soon went astir surrounding the Rovers box, but they struggled to interruption into the country cleanly successful unfastened play.

Instead, they relied connected whipping inviting crosses towards Fashion Sakala and Antonio Colak. They recovered nary joyousness until Goldson joined the onslaught from a corner, and his emphatic back-post header eased immoderate Ibrox nerves conscionable earlier the break.

James Tavernier astir caught retired Jamie MacDonald successful the archetypal fractional with a transverse to the beforehand post. He went person successful the second, collecting a half-cleared country and smashing a half-volley disconnected a post.

Rangers' 2nd extremity was an adjacent amended finish. Unfortunately, it came from a Rovers player. A thing transverse came debased into the container and Nolan someway sliced his clearance precocious implicit MacDonald and in.

The hosts pushed for a third, with Todd Cantwell trying from region and MacDonald producing a astute halt to contradict sub Arfield.

The keeper couldn't halt the 3rd goal, though, with Arfield finishing from adjacent scope pursuing a bully attacking move.

Rudimentary successful the extremity for Rangers.

Player of the lucifer - Borna Barisic (Rangers)

Sometimes lamented but erstwhile allowed clip and space, Barisic tin present inviting crosses implicit and over

Straightforward for Rangers, if lacking successful spark - analysis

Whether looking astatine the crippled statistically oregon conscionable with the bare eye, it was wide that Rangers dominated and deserved to win.

The lone interest Beale and immoderate fans would person is their deficiency of a objective interaction up apical - a astonishment fixed the session they enactment connected against Hibs done the week.

They don't deficiency creativity, but determination was small cutting borderline to their crippled and Beale volition beryllium keen to alteration that.

Colak was sloppy, and with Alfredo Morelos possibly connected his mode out, a caller striker mightiness beryllium apical of the summertime privation list.

What's next?

Rangers question to Motherwell successful league enactment adjacent Saturday (12:30 GMT), portion Raith big Cove Rangers successful the Championship (15:00) the aforesaid day.