Summary

  • Holders Ross County out after 3-2 loss at Alloa

  • Brechin beat St Johnstone 8-7 on pens after 1-1 draw

  • League One Peterhead beat Dundee 2-1

  • Vigurs hat-trick helps Inverness to 5-1 win at Dunfermline

  • Kilmarnock, 2-0 down, win 3-2 at League Two Berwick

Live Reporting

  1. LINE-UPS

    Livingston v Ayr United (19:45)

    Livingston: Kelly, Miller, Lithgow, Longridge, Halkett, Sinclair, Crighton, Mullin, Mullen, Carrick, Buchanan. Subs: Jamieson, Knox, Pittman, Cadden, Byrne, Orr, Watt

    Ayr United: Fleming, Devlin, Boyle, Murphy, Crawford, Donald, Adams, Docherty, Cairney, Meggatt, Thomas. Subs: Hart, Wardrope, McGuffie, McCracken, O'Connell & Rose.

  2. LINE-UPS

    Dunfermline v Inverness CT (19:45)

    Dunfermline: Hutton, Williamson, Ashcroft, Richards-Everton, Talbot: McCabe, Spence, Geggan, Cardle: Moffat, Higginbotham. Subs: Martin, Paton, Thomas, Smith, McMullan, Gill.

    Inverness CT: Mackay, Raven, McNaughton, Warren, Tremarco, Tansey, Polworth, Mulraney, Vigurs, King, Boden. 

    Subs: Draper, Horner, Fisher, Fon Williams, Jason Brown, Sutherland.

  3. goal

    GOAL Queen's Park 1-0 Airdrie (Cummins)

    Another early goal at one of the three 19:30 kicks-offs as English defender Adam Cummins puts the hosts ahead against fellow League one side Airdrie.

  4. LINE-UPS

    Motherwell v East Stirlingshire (19:45)

    Motherwell: Samson, Tait, Hammell, Heneghan, McManus, Johnson, Cadden, Lasley, Clay (T), Thomas, McDonald. Subs: Brill, Laing, Ainsworth, Chalmers, MacLean. Mackin, Turnbull

    East Stirlingshire: Dolan, Greene, Murray, A. Grant, Fisher, MacGregor, McGuigan, Ure, Faulds, D. Grant, Hogg. Subs: Shaw, Buist, Sludden, Peddie, Comrie, White, McMillan

  5. goal

    GOAL Alloa 1-0 Ross County

    Nightmare start for the holders, as Jordan Kirkpatrick puts the League One side ahead on Alloa's new artificial pitch. 

  6. LINE-UPS

    Stenhousemuir v Partick Thistle (19:30)

    Stenhousemuir: McCabe, McCormack, Meechan, Kerr, McMaster, McCroary, Gilhaney, Berry, Millar, Cook, McMenamin. 

    Subs: Nash, Hamilton, Runciman, Allan Smith, Stirling, Howarth. 

    Partick Thistle: Crawford, Gordon, Syme, Lindsay, Booth, Amoo, Welsh, Edwards, Lawless, Doolan, Pogba. 

    Subs: Erskine, Cerny, Azeez, Wilson, McDaid, Nisbet, Penrice.

  7. LINE-UPS

    Queen's Park v Airdrieonians (19:30)

    Queen's Park: Murphy, Millen, McGeever, Cummins, Gibson, Woods, Brown, Miller, Burns, Bradley, Malone. 

    Subs: Galt, MacPherson, Watt, Williams, McVey, Wharton, Fotheringham. 

    Airdrieonians: Ferguson, Stewart, Gorman, MacDonald, McIntosh, Fitzpatrick, McLaughlin, Daly, Brown, Ryan, Iain Russell. 

    Subs: Loudon, Schmidt, Higgins, Cairns, Kerr, Truesdale, Cameron Russell.

  8. 'New format has created a bit of interest'

    St Johnstone boss Tommy Wright

    We’ve tried to embrace it. I don’t think it’s perfect. I do think at this stage of the season more subs could be allowed, that could be increased to five. I think that’s one thing that could be looked at, but other than that I think it’s been good. It’s created a bit of interest, got a bit of profile for the Scottish game when there’s not much football going on.

    St Johnstone Manager Tommy Wright on the revamped League Cup

    St Johnstone manager Tommy WrightSNS

    St Johnstone manager Tommy Wright

  9. Feet of Clay?

    Motherwell v East Stirlingshire (19:45)

    Motherwell are another Premiership side who need a win tonight, at home to East Stirlingshire, who dropped out of the SPFL last season.  The hosts include 24-year-old midfielder Craig Clay, a trialist who has signed a short-term deal after being released by Grimsby.  Striker Scott McDonald also returns from injury.

  10. Highland sides 'need a result'

    Alloa v Ross Co (19:30), Dunfermline v Inverness (19:45)

    We're approaching the end of this initial phase of the League Cup. Some teams will have completed their four games tonight. There are three more fixtures tomorrow, and then a final round of fixtures this weekend. 

    You can see the state of play in each of the eight groups by clicking on this link.

    Holders Ross Country could be in a bit of bother if they don't win at League One Alloa - who have won their first two games - tonight. Fellow Highlanders Inverness CT also need a result at Dunfermline. You can listen to commentary from East End Park on Sportsound on Radio Scotland, 810MW.  Click the link above for all the build-up.

    Remember the eight group winners, plus the four best runners-up, progress to join Celtic, Aberdeen, Hearts and Hibs in the second round on 9/10 August.

  11. League Cup on the menu

    12 group games

    Evening. It's still July, but we're already into the fourth week of the Scottish football season. And there's no let-up tonight. 

    12 more games in the League Cup group stage, with seven Premiership teams in action.  Rangers are already through, so who's going to join them?