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Celtic vs Raith Rovers: TV channel, kick-off time, team news, referee & VAR

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Celtic face off against Raith Rovers in the Scottish Cup this weekend.

It is a competition the Hoops are currently the holders of and they will be determined to get through round five unfazed.

Brendan Rodgers will likely make changes to his side with Viljami Sinisalo already confirmed as a debutant with Kasper Schmeichel suffering a slight back injury.

The important thing is the victory over the returning Barry Robson‘s outfit from the Scottish Championship and hopefully coming through the action with no fresh injury worries.

The club have a mammoth Champions League tie vs Bayern Munich to contend with on Wednesday evening at Parkhead and Rodgers will hope to see his top men fit and available for that.

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But the Irishman has been focused fully on Raith in the build-up to this fixture to avoid complacency creeping in.

Is Celtic vs Raith Rovers on TV? If so, what channel is it on? What does Celtic’s team news look like ahead of kick-off and what time does the match start?

67 Hail Hail has everything you need to know ahead of this one.

Celtic vs Raith Rovers kick-off time

Celtic host Raith Rovers on Saturday evening, February 8 in the Scottish Cup at Celtic Park. Kick-off is at 5.30pm GMT.

Celtic vs Raith Rovers TV channel

Celtic vs Raith Rovers will be broadcast live on TV. You can watch the game on Premier Sports provided you have a subscription. Their coverage starts at 5pm GMT.

You can also listen to the game live via Sportsound on BBC Radio Scotland. The programme will commence near kick-off.

Celtic team and injury news

Kasper Schmeichel, as mentioned, will miss the action with a back problem so Sinisalo will play from the start.

James Forrest has been out of action for some time but is closer to a return. He won’t be back in time for this one.

Referee & VAR

Chris Graham will be the man in the middle with his assistants Gordon Crawford and David Dunne.

On VAR will be Andrew Dallas with his assistant VAR official being Graham McNeillie.