Football Jan 25, 2026

Rangers 5-0 Annan Athletic: Bojan Miovski hits hat-trick in Scottish Cup fourth-round home win over fourth-tier side

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Rangers 5-0 Annan Athletic: Bojan Miovski hits hat-trick in Scottish Cup fourth-round home win over fourth-tier side

Rangers are safely through to the fifth round of the Scottish Cup after a routine 5-0 victory over fourth-tier Annan Athletic at Ibrox.

Bojan Miovski netted a hat-trick as Danny Röhl's much-rotated side, which included nine changes from the weekend, eased to a sixth consecutive victory.

The 34-time winners will learn of their last 16 opponents following Celtic's visit to Rugby Park to face Auchinleck Talbot on Sunday evening.

Prior to kick-off, Rangers revealed by unveiling him to the Ibrox crowd alongside fellow January arrivals Tochi Chukwuani and Tuur Rommens. The 26-year-old joins the club on loan from Wolfsburg until the end of the season, with the option to make that move permanent in the summer.

Miovski opened the scoring on 12 minutes when he created a yard of space on the edge of the area to fire a powerful left-footed effort beyond Charlie Albinson.

The North Macedonia international then doubled his tally 20 minutes later by heading in Findlay Curtis' dinked cross from close range.

Academy graduate Curtis, who has been heavily linked with a loan move away from the club this month, was a constant threat all evening and will now be cup-tied should he depart for another Scottish club this window.

The Light Blues added a third just three minutes into the second half as Kieran Dowell scored on his first appearance since August with a looping header from fellow outcast Joe Rothwell's cross. And they weren't done there.

Miovski completed his hat-trick from the penalty spot in the 75th minute before substitute Thelo Aasgaard rounded off the scoring with a perfectly executed 30-yard free-kick four minutes from time.

New signing Chukwuani, who joined this month from Sturm Graz for an initial fee of £4.3m, was brought on for his Rangers debut, so too was 17-year-old Zebedee Lawson, who signed from Brighton in the summer.

Rangers boss Danny Röhl speaking at his post-match press conference:

"I think in general we can play for two titles at the moment, I think that's what we want.

"In the cup you need fewer wins to be in the final, I think it's a great opportunity, we want to push.

"I think we are hungry in the changing room at the moment. I think there was a big statement in Aberdeen (2-0 win) when I felt the dressing room after the win was really fantastic.

"It showed me that there is something growing, there is a connection, there is a belief, there is a trust to each other, it's really fantastic to see."

On new signings: "I think in general it was a good week for us. We signed three players.

"All in all I'm very happy, I'm proud of what we do at the moment, but we have to be on front foot, we cannot do less.

"We are hungry, all in all you feel it at the moment, and there is big confidence back.

"There is a pride back, but for this we have to work hard to continue like this in the next couple of weeks."

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