CELTIC will face League Cup shock squad Falkirk in the League Cup quarter-final next month.
The Championship side dumped Hearts 2-0 yesterday and have been rewarded with an intriguing tie in the last eight against Brendan Rodgers’ men at Parkhead with the tie due on the weekend of September 21/22.
Two goals from Daizen Maeda helped the Hoops coast through into the next stage as they dismissed Hibs 3-1 in the east end of Glasgow earlier today.
The Japanese winger, leading the attack in place of the injured Kyogo Furuhashi, netted twice in the first-half and Nicolas Kuhn added an opportunist third after the break.
One of the biggest cheers of the afternoon was reserved for the hour mark when £9.5million Adam Idah came on for Maeda for his second debut in Paradise.
In the other ties, Motherwell are at home to Dundee United, Aberdeen host Edinburgh’s Spartans, who knocked out top-flight Ross County, and Philippe Clement’s side take on Dundee, 6-1 victors over Airdrie, at Ibrox.
QUARTER-FINAL DRAW
CELTIC v Falkirk
Motherwell v Dundee United
Aberdeen v Spartans
Rangers v Dundee
Ties due on weekend September 21/22
DAIZEN’S DOUBLE AS HOOPS COAST
