2019–20 Scottish League Cup group stage

The 2019–20 Scottish League Cup Group stage was played from 12 to 28 July 2019.^[1] A total of 40 teams competed in the group stage. The winners of each of the eight groups, as well as the four best runners-up progressed to the second round (last 16) of the 2019–20 Scottish League Cup.

2019–20 Scottish League Cup (group stage)

Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Dates	12 July 2019 – 28 July 2019
Teams	40
Tournament statistics
Matches played	80
Goals scored	248 (3.1 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Kevin Nisbet (5 goals)
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Format

The group stage consisted of eight groups of five teams. The four clubs competing in the UEFA Champions League (Celtic) and Europa League (Rangers, Kilmarnock, and Aberdeen) qualifying rounds were given a bye through to the second round. The 40 teams taking part in the group stage consisted of the other eight teams that competed in the 2018–19 Scottish Premiership, and all of the teams that competed in the 2018–19 Scottish Championship, 2018–19 Scottish League One and 2018–19 Scottish League Two, as well as the 2018–19 Highland Football League and the 2018–19 Lowland Football League champions.

The winners of each of the eight groups, as well as the four best runners-up, progressed to the second round (last 16), which will include the four UEFA qualifying clubs. At this stage, the competition reverts to the traditional knock-out format. The four group winners with the highest points total and the clubs entering at this stage were seeded, with the four group winners with the lowest points unseeded along with the four best runners-up.

The traditional point system of awarding three points for a win and one point for a draw was used, however, for each group stage match that finished in a draw, a penalty shoot-out took place, with the winner being awarded a bonus point.^[2]

The draw for the group stage took place on 28 May 2019 and was broadcast live on the SPFL YouTube channel.

Teams

North

Seeding

Teams in Bold qualified for the second round.

Top seeds	Second seeds	Unseeded
01. Hibernian 02. Heart of Midlothian 03. St Johnstone 04. Dundee	09. Ross County 10. Dundee United 11. Inverness CT 12. Alloa Athletic	17. Arbroath 18. Forfar Athletic 19. Raith Rovers 20. Montrose 21. East Fife 22. Stenhousemuir 23. Brechin City 24. Peterhead 25. Stirling Albion 26. Cowdenbeath 27. Elgin City 28. Cove Rangers

Source:^[1]

South

Seeding

Teams in Bold qualified for the second round.

Top seeds	Second seeds	Unseeded
05. Motherwell 06. Livingston 07. Hamilton Academical 08. St Mirren	13. Ayr United 14. Greenock Morton 15. Partick Thistle 16. Dunfermline Athletic	29. Queen of the South 30. Falkirk 31. Airdrieonians 32. Dumbarton 33. Stranraer 34. Clyde 35. Edinburgh City 36. Annan Athletic 37. Queen's Park 38. Albion Rovers 39. Berwick Rangers 40. East Kilbride

Source:^[1]

North

All times are BST (UTC +1).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		HOM	EFI	DUN	STE	COW
1	Heart of Midlothian	4	2	1	1	0	6	3	+3	9	Qualification for the Second Round		—	—	p1–1	2–1	—
2	East Fife	4	2	1	0	1	5	3	+2	8			p1–1	—	—	2–0	—
3	Dundee United	4	2	0	1	1	6	4	+2	7			—	0–2	—	—	3–0
4	Stenhousemuir	4	1	0	0	3	4	6	−2	3			—	—	1–2	—	2–0
5	Cowdenbeath	4	1	0	0	3	2	7	−5	3			0–2	2–0	—	—	—

Source: ^[3]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.^[4]

Matches

12 July 2019

19:45

Heart of Midlothian	1–1	Dundee United
Irving 44'	[5][6]	Shankland 9'
Penalties
Clare Bozanic Smith Washington Souttar	5–3	Clark McMullan Banks Bouhenna

Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh

Attendance: 9,091

Referee: Kevin Clancy

13 July 2019

15:00

Cowdenbeath	2–0	East Fife
Buchanan 17' Taylor 27'	[7]

Central Park, Cowdenbeath

Attendance: 469

Referee: David Dickinson

16 July 2019

19:30

Stenhousemuir	1–2	Dundee United
A. Munro 70'	[8]	Watson 51' Butcher 54'

Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir

Attendance: 1,156

Referee: Steven Kirkland

16 July 2019

19:45

Cowdenbeath	0–2	Heart of Midlothian
	[9]	Halkett 8' McDonald 22'

Central Park, Cowdenbeath

Attendance: 2,311

Referee: Colin Steven

19 July 2019

19:45

Dundee United	3–0	Cowdenbeath
Sporle 26' Shankland 59' Appéré 86'	[10]

Tannadice Park, Dundee

Attendance: 2,526

Referee: David Lowe

20 July 2019

15:00

East Fife	2–0	Stenhousemuir
Agnew 56', 85' (pen.)	[11]

Bayview Stadium, Methil

Attendance: 308

Referee: Duncan Williams

23 July 2019

19:45

Dundee United	0–2	East Fife
	[12]	Dunsmore 38' Watt 51'

Tannadice Park, Dundee

Attendance: 2,778

Referee: Graham Beaton

24 July 2019

19:45

Heart of Midlothian	2–1	Stenhousemuir
Halkett 82', 87'	[13]	McGuigan 77'

Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh

Attendance: 7,299

Referee: Alan Newlands

27 July 2019

15:00

East Fife	1–1	Heart of Midlothian
Duggan 54'	[14][15]	Walker 15'
Penalties
Agnew Wallace Dowds Duggan Slattery Murdoch Davidson Higgins Dunsmore	7–6	Clare Bozanic Smith MacLean Halkett Keena Walker Mulraney Hickey

Bayview Stadium, Methil

Attendance: 1,998

Referee: David Munro

27 July 2019

15:00

Stenhousemuir	2–0	Cowdenbeath
McGuigan 33' Todd 85' (o.g.)	[16]

Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir

Attendance: 262

Referee: David Dickinson

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ROS	FOR	MON	STJ	BRE
1	Ross County	4	4	0	0	0	12	2	+10	12	Qualification for the Second Round		—	2–0	4–1	—	—
2	Forfar Athletic	4	3	0	0	1	9	4	+5	9			—	—	—	2–1	3–0
3	Montrose	4	1	1	0	2	4	9	−5	5			—	1–4	—	1–0	—
4	St Johnstone	4	1	0	0	3	6	5	+1	3			1–2	—	—	—	4–0
5	Brechin City	4	0	0	1	3	1	12	−11	1			0–4	—	1–1p	—	—

Source: ^[17]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.^[4]

Matches

13 July 2019

15:00

Forfar Athletic	3–0	Brechin City
Travis 20' Kirkpatrick 45' Jackson 65'	[18]

Station Park, Forfar

Attendance: 462

Referee: Duncan Williams

13 July 2019

15:00

Ross County	4–1	Montrose
Mullin 7' Stewart 13', 46' Mckay 85'	[19]	Allan 51'

Victoria Park, Dingwall

Attendance: 1,159

Referee: Chris Fordyce

16 July 2019

19:45

Brechin City	0–4	Ross County
	[20]	Stewart 33', 44' Mckay 49' Spittal 75'

Glebe Park, Brechin

Attendance: 272

Referee: Alan Newlands

16 July 2019

19:45

Montrose	1–0	St Johnstone
Masson 72'	[21]

Links Park, Montrose

Attendance: 866

Referee: Barry Cook

20 July 2019

15:00

Montrose	1–4	Forfar Athletic
Skelly 9' (pen.)	[22]	Hilson 25' (pen.), 45+2' (pen.) Travis 56', 71'

Links Park, Montrose

Attendance: 611

Referee: Craig Napier

21 July 2019

15:00

St Johnstone	1–2	Ross County
Tanser 8' (pen.)	[23]	Mckay 30', 45+1'

McDiarmid Park, Perth

Attendance: 1,648

Referee: Bobby Madden

24 July 2019

19:45

Ross County	2–0	Forfar Athletic
Graham 15', 76'	[24]

Victoria Park, Dingwall

Attendance: 1,002

Referee: Willie Collum

24 July 2019

19:45

St Johnstone	4–0	Brechin City
Tanser 6' (pen.) Kane 33' Hendry 74' Kennedy 76'	[25]

McDiarmid Park, Perth

Attendance: 1,497

Referee: Steven McLean

27 July 2019

15:00

Brechin City	1–1	Montrose
Reekie 73'	[26][27]	Campbell 57'
Penalties
Hill Crawford Knox McIntosh	2–4	Rennie Milne Steeves Webster McLean

Glebe Park, Brechin

Attendance: 405

Referee: Kevin Graham

27 July 2019

15:00

Forfar Athletic	2–1	St Johnstone
Tapping 2' Forbes 53'	[28]	Kennedy 65'

Station Park, Forfar

Attendance: 1,009

Referee: Euan Anderson

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		HIB	ALO	ARB	ELG	STI
1	Hibernian	4	3	1	0	0	8	1	+7	11	Qualification for the Second Round		—	2–0	3–0	—	—
2	Alloa Athletic	4	2	0	1	1	8	8	0	7			—	—	—	3–3p	2–1
3	Arbroath	4	2	0	0	2	10	8	+2	6			—	2–3	—	2–1	—
4	Elgin City	4	1	1	0	2	7	7	0	5			0–2	—	—	—	3–0
5	Stirling Albion	4	0	0	1	3	3	12	−9	1			1–1p	—	1–6	—	—

Source: ^[29]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.^[4]

Matches

13 July 2019

15:00

Arbroath	2–1	Elgin City
Kader 44' Doris 90+2'	[30]	Sutherland 29'

Gayfield Park, Arbroath

Attendance: 485

Referee: Graham Beaton

13 July 2019

15:00

Stirling Albion	1–1	Hibernian
Wilson 70'	[31][32]	Allan 44' (pen.)
Penalties
Mackin Wilson Lowdon Docherty Peters Truesdale	4–5	James Horgan Allan Mallan Whittaker Murray

Forthbank Stadium, Stirling

Attendance: 2,184

Referee: Greg Aitken

16 July 2019

19:45

Alloa Athletic	3–3	Elgin City
Trouten 54' Buchanan 57' Cawley 75'	[33][34]	Dingwall 30' Sutherland 55' Bronsky 88'
Penalties
Taggart Hetherington Flannigan Trouten Graham Cawley Stirling	5–6	Dingwall O'Keefe Sutherland MacEwan Bronsky Sopel Cooper

Recreation Park, Alloa

Attendance: 316

Referee: Gavin Ross

17 July 2019

19:45

Stirling Albion	1–6	Arbroath
Mackin 47'	[35]	Gold 1', 57' McKenna 28' Hamilton 82' Spence 87', 90'

Forthbank Stadium, Stirling

Attendance: 474

Referee: Craig Napier

20 July 2019

15:00

Elgin City	3–0	Stirling Albion
Sutherland 7', 80' Hester 13'	[36]

Borough Briggs, Elgin

Attendance: 507

Referee: Scott Lambie

20 July 2019

15:00

Hibernian	2–0	Alloa Athletic
Doidge 68' James 84'	[37]

Easter Road, Edinburgh

Attendance: 5,470

Referee: Kevin Clancy

23 July 2019

19:45

Alloa Athletic	2–1	Stirling Albion
O'Hara 69' Buchanan 86'	[38]	Wilson 51'

Recreation Park, Alloa

Attendance: 412

Referee: Grant Irvine

23 July 2019

19:45

Hibernian	3–0	Arbroath
Kamberi 3' Allan 44' (pen.) Murray 87'	[39]

Easter Road, Edinburgh

Attendance: 4,769

Referee: Bobby Madden

26 July 2019

19:45

Elgin City	0–2	Hibernian
	[40]	Newell 10' Kamberi 62'

Borough Briggs, Elgin

Attendance: 2,106

Referee: Willie Collum

27 July 2019

15:00

Arbroath	2–3	Alloa Athletic
Linn 18' Thomson 74'	[41]	Buchanan 18' Trouten 51', 78'

Gayfield Park, Arbroath

Attendance: 590

Referee: Barry Cook

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		DND	ICT	PET	COV	RAI
1	Dundee	4	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	10	Qualification for the Second Round		—	1–0	p0–0	—	—
2	Inverness CT	4	2	0	1	1	7	4	+3	7			—	—	—	3–2	4–1
3	Peterhead	4	1	1	1	1	3	4	−1	6			—	p0–0	—	2–1	—
4	Cove Rangers	4	1	0	1	2	6	5	+1	4			0–0p	—	—	—	3–0
5	Raith Rovers	4	1	0	0	3	4	11	−7	3			0–3	—	3–1	—	—

Source: ^[42]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.^[4]

Matches

13 July 2019

15:00

Peterhead	2–1	Cove Rangers
Lyle 20' McAllister 39' (pen.)	[43]	Masson 14' (pen.)

Balmoor Stadium, Peterhead

Attendance: 744

Referee: Gavin Duncan

13 July 2019

15:00

Raith Rovers	0–3	Dundee
	[44]	Nelson 14', 29' (pen.) Curran 75'

Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy

Attendance: 2,584

Referee: Lloyd Wilson

16 July 2019

19:45

Peterhead	0–0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle
	[45][46]
Penalties
McAllister Gibson Leitch Stevenson Armour Boyle Brown Dunlop Eadie Ferry Fleming	11–10	White Donaldson Todorov Walsh Tremarco Carson Vincent Trafford McCart MacGregor Ridgers

Balmoor Stadium, Peterhead

Attendance: 606

Referee: Steven Reid

17 July 2019

19:45

Cove Rangers	0–0	Dundee
	[47][48]
Penalties
Scott Masson H. Milne Park Higgins	2–3	McGhee Forster Nelson McDaid McGowan

Balmoral Stadium, Aberdeen

Attendance: 1,410

Referee: Scott Lambie

20 July 2019

15:00

Dundee	0–0	Peterhead
	[49][50]
Penalties
McDaid Curran Cunningham Nelson McGowan	4–2	Gibson Leitch Smith Stevenson

Dens Park, Dundee

Attendance: 2,322

Referee: Greg Aitken

20 July 2019

15:00

Inverness Caledonian Thistle	4–1	Raith Rovers
White 6' Donaldson 56' Doran 58' Todorov 90+2'	[51]	Allan 50'

Caledonian Stadium, Inverness

Attendance: 1,054

Referee: Gavin Ross

23 July 2019

19:45

Inverness Caledonian Thistle	3–2	Cove Rangers
White 38' Keatings 55' Todorov 71'	[52]	Megginson 45', 46'

Caledonian Stadium, Inverness

Referee: David Lowe

23 July 2019

19:45

Raith Rovers	3–1	Peterhead
Bowie 4' Miller 21' Allan 80'	[53]	Armour 88'

Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy

Attendance: 788

Referee: Chris Fordyce

27 July 2019

15:00

Cove Rangers	3–0	Raith Rovers
Masson 45' Antoniazzi 52' Glass 73'	[54]

Balmoral Stadium, Aberdeen

Attendance: 791

Referee: Craig Napier

28 July 2019

15:00

Dundee	1–0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Johnson 33'	[55]

Dens Park, Dundee

Attendance: 2,066

Referee: Nick Walsh

South

All times are BST (UTC +1).

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MOT	GMO	QOS	DUM	ANN
1	Motherwell	4	4	0	0	0	13	0	+13	12	Qualification for the Second Round		—	4–0	—	—	4–0
2	Greenock Morton	4	2	1	0	1	14	8	+6	8			—	—	p3–3	6–1	—
3	Queen of the South	4	1	1	1	1	10	10	0	6			0–3	—	—	—	p3–3
4	Dumbarton	4	1	0	0	3	3	12	−9	3			0–2	—	1–4	—	—
5	Annan Athletic	4	0	0	1	3	3	13	−10	1			—	0–5	—	0–1	—

Source: ^[56]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.^[4]

Matches

13 July 2019

15:00

Annan Athletic	0–1	Dumbarton
	[57]	Tierney 63'

Galabank, Annan

Attendance: 264

Referee: Steven Kirkland

13 July 2019

15:00

Queen of the South	0–3	Motherwell
	[58]	Donnelly 71' (pen.) Seedorf 90' Hylton 90+2'

Palmerston Park, Dumfries

Attendance: 1,956

Referee: Don Robertson

16 July 2019

19:45

Greenock Morton	6–1	Dumbarton
Neill 15' (o.g.) Grant 17' Jacobs 23' Strapp 31' Sutton 45' McHugh 69'	[59]	Neill 63'

Cappielow, Greenock

Attendance: 1,228

Referee: Grant Irvine

16 July 2019

19:45

Queen of the South	3–3	Annan Athletic
Murray 23' Mercer 26' Dobbie 42'	[60][61]	Douglas 34' McLear 54' Wooding-Holt 81'
Penalties
Dobbie Oliver Murray Holt Kidd	5–4	McLean Muir Bradley Nadé Sonkur

Palmerston Park, Dumfries

Attendance: 1,115

Referee: Alan Muir

19 July 2019

19:45

Motherwell	4–0	Greenock Morton
Scott 22', 66' Hylton 76' Donnelly 82'	[62]

Fir Park, Motherwell

Attendance: 3,167

Referee: Willie Collum

20 July 2019

15:00

Dumbarton	1–4	Queen of the South
Crossan 8'	[63]	Paton 10' Oliver 13' Dobbie 17' Murray 22'

Dumbarton Football Stadium, Dumbarton

Attendance: 580

Referee: Gavin Duncan

23 July 2019

19:45

Annan Athletic	0–5	Greenock Morton
	[64]	Nesbitt 7', 83' Cadden 33', 43' Muirhead 90'

Galabank, Annan

Attendance: 478

Referee: Steven Reid

23 July 2019

19:45

Dumbarton	0–2	Motherwell
	[65]	Ilić 42' Hartley 76'

Dumbarton Football Stadium, Dumbarton

Attendance: 1,394

Referee: Colin Steven

27 July 2019

15:00

Greenock Morton	3–3	Queen of the South
Sutton 31' Cadden 45' (pen.) McHugh 56'	[66][67]	Kilday 4' McAlister 62' (o.g.) Semple 78'
Penalties
Nesbitt Jacobs Sutton Tumilty Cadden	4–3	Mercer Oliver Murray Holt Kidd

Cappielow, Greenock

Attendance: 1,388

Referee: Steven Kirkland

27 July 2019

15:00

Motherwell	4–0	Annan Athletic
Donnelly 20', 89' Polworth 44' Scott 90+2'	[68]

Fir Park, Motherwell

Attendance: 2,763

Referee: Alan Newlands

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PAR	HAM	AIR	QPA	CLY
1	Partick Thistle	4	3	0	1	0	8	5	+3	10	Qualification for the Second Round		—	—	1–0	—	3–2
2	Hamilton Academical	4	2	1	1	0	8	5	+3	9			p2–2	—	—	0–0p	—
3	Airdrieonians	4	1	1	0	2	7	8	−1	5			—	2–3	—	p2–2	—
4	Queen's Park	4	0	2	1	1	4	5	−1	5			1–2	—	—	—	p1–1
5	Clyde	4	0	0	1	3	6	10	−4	1			—	1–3	2–3	—	—

Source: ^[69]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.^[4]

Matches

Due to pitch works at Hampden Park and Broadwood Stadium, Queen's Park played their home games at the Excelsior Stadium in Airdrie and Clyde played one home match at New Douglas Park in Hamilton^[70] and one at Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir.^[71]

13 July 2019

15:00

Hamilton Academical	0–0	Queen's Park
	[72][73]
Penalties
Oakley Alston McGowan Ogboe McKenna McMann MacKinnon	5–6	Galt Clark Moore McGrory Grant Agyeman Block

New Douglas Park, Hamilton

Attendance: 756

Referee: Nick Walsh

13 July 2019

15:00

Partick Thistle	1–0	Airdrieonians
Crighton 66' (o.g.)	[74]

Firhill Stadium, Glasgow

Attendance: 2,241

Referee: Grant Irvine

16 July 2019

19:45

Queen's Park	1–2	Partick Thistle
Kouider-Aïssa 56'	[75]	Miller 6' Robson 36'

Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie^[70]

Attendance: 944

Referee: David Dickinson

17 July 2019

19:45

Clyde	1–3	Hamilton Academical
Syvertsen 57'	[76]	McMann 31' Alston 50' Smith 76'

Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir^[70][71]

Attendance: 504

Referee: Euan Anderson

20 July 2019

15:00

Hamilton Academical	2–2	Partick Thistle
Cunningham 17', 54'	[77][78]	Williamson 16' Gordon 73'
Penalties
Oakley Cunningham McKenna Gogić Smith McMann	6–5	Bannigan Gordon Miller Mansell Jones De Vita

New Douglas Park, Hamilton

Attendance: 1,693

Referee: John Beaton

21 July 2019

15:00

Clyde	2–3	Airdrieonians
Goodwillie 75', 85' (pen.)	[79]	Roy 34' (pen.), 59' Eckersley 39'

New Douglas Park, Hamilton^[70]

Attendance: 858

Referee: Steven McLean

24 July 2019

19:45

Airdrieonians	2–2	Queen's Park
Wedderburn 54' Gallagher 82'	[80][78]	Summers 6' Purdue 74'
Penalties
Gallagher Carrick Smith Eckersley Roy Fordyce O'Reilly Wedderburn Kerr Millar Hutton Gallagher Carrick	12–11	Galt Summers Clark Kouider-Aïssa Purdue Grant Main Moore Agyeman Little Muir Galt Summers

Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie

Attendance: 645

Referee: Lloyd Wilson

24 July 2019

19:45

Partick Thistle	3–2	Clyde
Gordon 12', 60' Miller 49'	[81]	Wallace 25' Bannigan 65' (o.g.)

Firhill Stadium, Glasgow

Attendance: 2,403

Referee: Kevin Graham

27 July 2019

15:00

Airdrieonians	2–3	Hamilton Academical
Smith 10' Roy 24'	[82]	Cunningham 48' (pen.), 60' (pen.) Ogkmpoe 89'

Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie

Attendance: 814

Referee: Gavin Duncan

28 July 2019

14:30

Queen's Park	1–1	Clyde
Howie 86' (o.g.)	[83][84]	Smith 23'
Penalties
Kouider-Aïssa Main Grant Lidouren Clark Martin Summers	5–4	Wallace Lyon McStay Cuddihy Goodwillie Lamont Fitzpatrick

Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie^[70]

Attendance: 414

Referee: Scott Lambie

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LIV	AYR	FAL	STR	BER
1	Livingston	4	3	1	0	0	10	3	+7	11	Qualification for the Second Round		—	2–1	—	—	5–0
2	Ayr United	4	2	0	1	1	12	5	+7	7			—	—	2–1	2–2p	—
3	Falkirk	4	2	0	1	1	6	3	+3	7			1–1p	—	—	1–0	—
4	Stranraer	4	1	1	0	2	9	5	+4	5			1–2	—	—	—	6–0
5	Berwick Rangers	4	0	0	0	4	0	21	−21	0			—	0–7	0–3	—	—

Source: ^[85]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.^[4]

Matches

13 July 2019

15:00

Berwick Rangers	0–7	Ayr United
	[86]	Moffat 21', 36' McCowan 26', 70' Doolan 35', 86' McGuffie 42'

Shielfield Park, Berwick-upon-Tweed, England

Attendance: 603

Referee: Scott Lambie

13 July 2019

15:00

Falkirk	1–1	Livingston
Sammon 90'	[87][88]	Dykes 36'
Penalties
Telfer Tidser Sammon McShane Toshney	3–4	Jacobs Miller Lamie Souda

Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk

Attendance: 2,121

Referee: Alan Muir

16 July 2019

19:45

Falkirk	1–0	Stranraer
McManus 9'	[89]

Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk

Attendance: 1,838

Referee: Chris Fordyce

16 July 2019

19:45

Livingston	2–1	Ayr United
Souda 25' Lamie 83'	[90]	Murdoch 51'

Almondvale Stadium, Livingston

Attendance: 1,097

Referee: Willie Collum

20 July 2019

15:00

Ayr United	2–1	Falkirk
McCowan 26' Geggan 75'	[91]	McManus 42'

Somerset Park, Ayr

Attendance: 1,605

Referee: Barry Cook

20 July 2019

15:00

Stranraer	6–0	Berwick Rangers
Elliot 19' Allan 38' McManus 41' Stewart 45' (pen.), 75' (pen.) Hilton 63'	[92]

Stair Park, Stranraer

Attendance: 247

Referee: Kevin Graham

23 July 2019

19:45

Berwick Rangers	0–3	Falkirk
	[93]	McManus 13' Leitch 51' Johnstone 76'

Shielfield Park, Berwick-upon-Tweed, England

Attendance: 509

Referee: Steven Kirkland

23 July 2019

19:45

Stranraer	1–2	Livingston
Elliott 57'	[94]	Lawless 42' (pen.) Souda 45'

Stair Park, Stranraer

Attendance: 402

Referee: Craig Napier

27 July 2019

15:00

Ayr United	2–2	Stranraer
Moffat 2' Kelly 44'	[95][96]	Cummins 42', 86'
Penalties
McGuffie Moffat Forrest Docherty Bell Harvie	5–6	Allan Hamill Dangana Cummins Hilton Thomson

Somerset Park, Ayr

Attendance: 1,430

Referee: Grant Irvine

27 July 2019

15:00

Livingston	5–0	Berwick Rangers
Lamie 2', 81' Sibbald 16', 84' Lithgow 24'	[97]

Almondvale Stadium, Livingston

Attendance: 692

Referee: Colin Steven

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		DNF	ALB	STM	EKB	EDI
1	Dunfermline Athletic	4	3	0	0	1	13	3	+10	9	Qualification for the Second Round		—	6–0	—	4–0	—
2	Albion Rovers	4	2	0	1	1	3	7	−4	7			—	—	0–0p	—	2–1
3	St Mirren	4	1	1	1	1	3	3	0	6			2–3	—	—	—	1–0
4	East Kilbride	4	1	1	0	2	1	5	−4	5			—	0–1	p0–0	—	—
5	Edinburgh City	4	1	0	0	3	2	4	−2	3			1–0	—	—	0–1	—

Source: ^[98]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.^[4]

Matches

13 July 2019

15:00

East Kilbride	0–1	Albion Rovers
	[99]	Stewart 25'

K-Park Training Academy, East Kilbride

Attendance: 230

Referee: Steven Reid

14 July 2019

15:00

St Mirren	2–3	Dunfermline Athletic
Cooke 63' Mullen 65'	[100]	Dow 18' Ryan 24' Beadling 40'

St Mirren Park, Paisley

Attendance: 2,067

Referee: Steven McLean

17 July 2019

19:45

Dunfermline Athletic	6–0	Albion Rovers
Turner 2', 53' Nisbet 19', 25', 45' Comrie 40'	[101]

East End Park, Dunfermline

Attendance: 1,693

Referee: Lloyd Wilson

17 July 2019

19:45

St Mirren	1–0	Edinburgh City
Djorkaeff 88' (pen.)	[102]

St Mirren Park, Paisley

Attendance: 1,235

Referee: Greg Aitken

20 July 2019

15:00

East Kilbride	0–0	St Mirren
	[103][104]
Penalties
Carmichael Sinnamon Reid Kavanagh Coll Cairns Brownlie	6–5	P. McGinn Andreu Flynn MacPherson Mullen Djorkaeff Cooke

K-Park Training Academy, East Kilbride

Referee: Colin Steven

20 July 2019

15:00

Edinburgh City	1–0	Dunfermline Athletic
Handling 87'	[105]

Ainslie Park, Edinburgh

Attendance: 1,035

Referee: Grant Irvine

23 July 2019

19:45

Albion Rovers	0–0	St Mirren
	[106][107]
Penalties
Phillips Fotheringham Wharton East Osadolor	3–4	P. McGinn Andreu Flynn Magennis

Cliftonhill, Coatbridge

Attendance: 512

Referee: Barry Cook

23 July 2019

19:45

Edinburgh City	0–1	East Kilbride
	[108]	Brady 71'

Ainslie Park, Edinburgh

Attendance: 208

Referee: David Dickinson

27 July 2019

15:00

Albion Rovers	2–1	Edinburgh City
East 8' Paterson 54'	[109]	Henderson 62' (pen.)

Cliftonhill, Coatbridge

Attendance: 157

Referee: Duncan Williams

27 July 2019

15:00

Dunfermline Athletic	4–0	East Kilbride
Nisbet 3', 50' Coley 7' Beadling 16'	[110]

East End Park, Dunfermline

Attendance: 1,607

Referee: David Lowe

Best runners-up

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	B	Forfar Athletic	4	3	0	0	1	9	4	+5	9	Qualification for the Second Round
2	F	Hamilton Academical	4	2	1	1	0	8	5	+3	9
3	E	Greenock Morton	4	2	1	0	1	14	8	+6	8
4	A	East Fife	4	2	1	0	1	5	3	+2	8
5	G	Ayr United	4	2	0	1	1	12	5	+7	7
6	D	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	4	2	0	1	1	7	4	+3	7
7	C	Alloa Athletic	4	2	0	1	1	8	8	0	7
8	H	Albion Rovers	4	2	0	1	1	3	7	−4	7

Source: ^[111]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.^[4]

Qualified teams

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Notes
Heart of Midlothian	Group A Winner	27 July 2019
Ross County	Group B Winner	24 July 2019	Seeded for the second round
Hibernian	Group C Winner	26 July 2019	Seeded for the second round
Dundee	Group D Winner	28 July 2019
Motherwell	Group E Winner	27 July 2019	Seeded for the second round
Partick Thistle	Group F Winner	24 July 2019
Livingston	Group G Winner	27 July 2019	Seeded for the second round
Dunfermline Athletic	Group H Winner	27 July 2019
Forfar Athletic	Best 4 Runners Up	27 July 2019
Hamilton Academical	Best 4 Runners Up	27 July 2019
Greenock Morton	Best 4 Runners Up	27 July 2019
East Fife	Best 4 Runners Up	28 July 2019