2020–21 Scottish League Cup group stage

Scottish League Cup
(Group Stage)
2020–21
	Scottish League Cup; (Group Stage); 2020–21
Region	Scotland
Dates	6 October 2020 – 15 November 2020
Number of teams	40
Total matches played	8
Total goals scored	28
Top goal scorer	Three players (two goals)
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The 2020–21 Scottish League Cup Group stage is to be played from 6 October–15 November 2020. A total of 40 teams will compete in the group stage. The winners of each of the eight groups, as well as the four best runners-up progress to the second round (last 16) of the 2020–21 Scottish League Cup.

Format[]

The group stage consists of eight groups of five teams. The four clubs competing in the UEFA Champions League (Celtic) and Europa League (Rangers, Motherwell, 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 2019–20 Scottish Premiership, and all of the teams that competed in the 2019–20 Scottish Championship, 2019–20 Scottish League One and 2019–20 Scottish League Two, as well as the 2019–20 Highland Football League and the 2019–20 Lowland Football League champions.

The winners of each of the eight groups, as well as the four best runners-up, progress 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 are 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 is used, however, for each group stage match that finishes in a draw, a penalty shoot-out takes place, with the winner being awarded a bonus point.

The draw for the group stage took place on 10 August 2020 and was broadcast live on FreeSports & the SPFL YouTube channel.

Teams[]

North[]

Seeding[]

Top seeds

Second seeds

Unseeded

01. St Johnstone
02. Hibernian
03. Ross County
04. Heart of Midlothian

05. Dundee United
06. Inverness CT
07. Dundee
08. Arbroath

09. Raith Rovers
10. Montrose
11. East Fife
12. Peterhead
13. Forfar Athletic
14. Cove Rangers

15. Elgin City
16. Cowdenbeath
17. Stirling Albion
18. Brechin City
19. Brora Rangers
20. Kelty Hearts

South[]

Seeding[]

Top seeds

Second seeds

Unseeded

21. Livingston
22. Kilmarnock
23. St Mirren
24. Hamilton Academical

25. Ayr United
26. Dunfermline Athletic
27. Greenock Morton
28. Alloa Athletic

29. Queen of the South
30. Partick Thistle
31. Falkirk
32. Airdrieonians
33. Dumbarton
34. Clyde

35. Stranraer
36. Edinburgh City
37. Queen's Park
38. Annan Athletic
39. Stenhousemuir
40. Albion Rovers

North[]

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	HOM	RAI	ICT	EFI	COW
1	Heart of Midlothian	4	4	0	0	0	8	3	+5	12	Qualification for the Second round	—	3–1	1–0	—	—
2	Raith Rovers	4	2	1	0	1	7	7	0	8		—	—	p3–3	2–1	—
3	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	4	1	1	1	1	4	4	0	6		—	—	—	1–0	p0–0
4	East Fife	4	1	0	0	3	5	6	−1	3		2–3	—	—	—	2–0
5	Cowdenbeath	4	0	0	1	3	0	4	−4	1		0–1	0–1	—	—	—

Source: BBC
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) goal difference, 3) goals scored, 4) away goals scored, 5) matches won, 6) away matches won, 7) drawing of lots.

Matches[]

6 October 2020	East Fife	2–0	Cowdenbeath	Methil
19:45	Hamilton 70' Wallace 82'	Report		Stadium: Bayview Stadium Referee: Chris Graham

6 October 2020	Heart of Midlothian	1–0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Edinburgh
19:45	Walker 62' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Tynecastle Park Referee: Steven McLean

10 October 2020	Cowdenbeath	v	Heart of Midlothian	Methil
15:00				Stadium: Bayview Stadium

10 October 2020	Raith Rovers	v	East Fife	Kirkcaldy
15:00				Stadium: Stark's Park

13 October 2020	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	v	Cowdenbeath	Inverness
18:30				Stadium: Caledonian Stadium

13 October 2020	Heart of Midlothian	v	Raith Rovers	Edinburgh
19:45				Stadium: Tynecastle Park

10 November 2020	East Fife	v	Heart of Midlothian	Methil
19:45				Stadium: Bayview Stadium

10 November 2020	Raith Rovers	v	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Kirkcaldy
19:45				Stadium: Stark's Park

14 November 2020	Cowdenbeath	v	Raith Rovers	Cowdenbeath
15:00				Stadium: Central Park

14 November 2020	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	v	East Fife	Inverness
15:00				Stadium: Caledonian Stadium

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	HIB	DUN	COV	BRO	FOR
1	Hibernian	4	4	0	0	0	10	3	+7	12	Qualification for the Second round	—	4–1	—	3–1	—
2	Dundee	4	3	0	0	1	9	4	+5	9	Qualification for the Second round	—	—	3–0	—	3–0
3	Cove Rangers	4	1	1	0	2	4	7	−3	5		1–2	—	—	—	1–0
4	Brora Rangers	4	0	0	2	2	6	10	−4	2		—	0–2	2–2p	—	—
5	Forfar Athletic	4	0	1	0	3	3	8	−5	2		0–1	—	—	p3–3	—

Source: BBC
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) goal difference, 3) goals scored, 4) away goals scored, 5) matches won, 6) away matches won, 7) drawing of lots.

Matches[]

6 October 2020	Dundee	3–0 (awarded)^[A]	Forfar Athletic	Dundee
19:45				Stadium: Dens Park

7 October 2020	Hibernian	v	Brora Rangers	Edinburgh
19:45				Stadium: Easter Road

10 October 2020	Cove Rangers	v	Hibernian	Aberdeen
12:30				Stadium: Balmoral Stadium

10 October 2020	Brora Rangers	v	Dundee	Brora
15:00				Stadium: Dudgeon Park

13 October 2020	Brora Rangers	v	Cove Rangers	Brora
19:45				Stadium: Dudgeon Park

13 October 2020	Forfar Athletic	v	Hibernian	Forfar
19:45				Stadium: Station Park

10 November 2020	Dundee	v	Cove Rangers	Dundee
19:45				Stadium: Dens Park

10 November 2020	Forfar Athletic	v	Brora Rangers	Forfar
19:45				Stadium: Station Park

14 November 2020	Cove Rangers	v	Forfar Athletic	Aberdeen
15:00				Stadium: Balmoral Stadium

15 November 2020	Hibernian	v	Dundee	Edinburgh
16:30				Stadium: Easter Road

Notes

^ A: Dundee were awarded a technical 3−0 win over Forfar Athletic who were unable to raise a team after a player tested positive for COVID-19.

Group C[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	STJ	DUN	PET	KEL	BRE
1	St Johnstone	4	3	0	1	0	12	2	+10	10	Qualification for the Second round	—	0–0p	—	—	7–0
2	Dundee United	4	2	1	0	1	7	3	+4	8		—	—	0–1	1–0	—
3	Peterhead	4	2	1	0	1	6	5	+1	8		1–3	—	—	—	3–1
4	Kelty Hearts	4	1	0	1	2	4	4	0	4		1–2	—	1–1p	—	—
5	Brechin City	4	0	0	0	4	3	18	−15	0		—	2–6	—	0–2	—

Source: BBC
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) goal difference, 3) goals scored, 4) away goals scored, 5) matches won, 6) away matches won, 7) drawing of lots.

Matches[]

7 October 2020	Kelty Hearts	v	St Johnstone	Kelty
19:45				Stadium: New Central Park

7 October 2020	Brechin City	v	Dundee United	Brechin
19:45				Stadium: Glebe Park

10 October 2020	Dundee United	v	Peterhead	Dundee
15:00				Stadium: Tannadice Park

10 October 2020	St Johnstone	v	Brechin City	Perth
15:00				Stadium: McDiarmid Park

13 October 2020	Dundee United	v	Kelty Hearts	Dundee
19:45				Stadium: Tannadice Park

13 October 2020	Peterhead	v	Brechin City	Peterhead
19:45				Stadium: Balmoor Stadium

10 November 2020	Kelty Hearts	v	Peterhead	Kelty
19:45				Stadium: New Central Park

10 November 2020	St Johnstone	v	Dundee United	Perth, Scotland
19:45				Stadium: McDiarmid Park

14 November 2020	Brechin City	v	Kelty Hearts	Brechin
15:00				Stadium: Glebe Park

14 November 2020	Peterhead	v	St Johnstone	Peterhead
15:00				Stadium: Balmoor Stadium

Group D[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ROS	ARB	ELG	STI	MON
1	Ross County	4	3	1	0	0	12	5	+7	11	Qualification for the Second round	—	2–1	—	3–0	—
2	Arbroath	4	3	0	0	1	9	4	+5	9	Qualification for the Second round	—	—	3–0	—	3–1
3	Elgin City	4	2	0	0	2	5	7	−2	6		1–4	—	—	2–0	—
4	Stirling Albion	4	1	0	0	3	3	8	−5	3		—	1–2	—	—	2–1
5	Montrose	4	0	0	1	3	5	10	−5	1		3–3p	—	0–2	—	—

Source: BBC
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) goal difference, 3) goals scored, 4) away goals scored, 5) matches won, 6) away matches won, 7) drawing of lots.

Matches[]

6 October 2020	Stirling Albion	1–2	Arbroath	Stirling
19:45	Ryan 76'	Report	Donnelly 14' O'Brien 32'	Stadium: Forthbank Stadium Referee: Barry Cook

7 October 2020	Montrose	v	Ross County	Montrose
19:45				Stadium: Links Park

10 October 2020	Arbroath	v	Montrose	Arbroath
15:00				Stadium: Gayfield Park

10 October 2020	Elgin City	v	Stirling Albion	Elgin
15:00				Stadium: Borough Briggs

13 October 2020	Montrose	v	Elgin City	Montrose
19:45				Stadium: Links Park

13 October 2020	Ross County	v	Arbroath	Dingwall
19:45				Stadium: Victoria Park

10 November 2020	Elgin City	v	Ross County	Elgin
19:45				Stadium: Borough Briggs

10 November 2020	Stirling Albion	v	Montrose	Stirling
19:45				Stadium: Forthbank Stadium

14 November 2020	Arbroath	v	Elgin City	Arbroath
15:00				Stadium: Gayfield Park

14 November 2020	Ross County	v	Stirling Albion	Dingwall
15:00				Stadium: Victoria Park

South[]

Group E[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	DNF	FAL	KIL	CLY	DUM
1	Dunfermline Athletic	4	4	0	9	2	+7	12	Qualification for the Second round	—	2–0	—	3–2	—
2	Falkirk	4	3	1	9	3	+6	9	Qualification for the Second round	—	—	3–0	2–1	—
3	Kilmarnock	4	2	2	4	6	−2	6		0–3	—	—	—	2–0
4	Clyde	4	1	3	6	9	−3	3		—	—	0–2	—	3–2
5	Dumbarton	4	0	4	2	10	−8	0		0–1	0–4	—	—	—

Source: .
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) goal difference, 3) goals scored, 4) away goals scored, 5) matches won, 6) away matches won, 7) drawing of lots.

Matches[]

6 October 2020	Dumbarton	0–1	Dunfermline Athletic	Dumbarton
19:45		Report	O'Hara 26' (pen.)	Stadium: Dumbarton Football Stadium Referee: Gavin Ross

6 October 2020	Falkirk	3–0 (awarded)^[B]	Kilmarnock	Falkirk
19:45				Stadium: Falkirk Stadium

9 October 2020	Dunfermline Athletic	v	Falkirk	Dunfermline
19:45				Stadium: East End Park

10 October 2020	Clyde	v	Dumbarton	Cumbernauld
15:00				Stadium: Broadwood Stadium

13 October 2020	Falkirk	v	Clyde	Falkirk
19:45				Stadium: Falkirk Stadium

13 October 2020	Kilmarnock	v	Dunfermline Athletic	Kilmarnock
19:45				Stadium: Rugby Park

10 November 2020	Clyde	v	Kilmarnock	Cumbernauld
19:45				Stadium: Broadwood Stadium

10 November 2020	Dumbarton	v	Falkirk	Dumbarton
19:45				Stadium: Dumbarton Football Stadium

14 November 2020	Dunfermline Athletic	v	Clyde	Dunfermline
15:00				Stadium: East End Park

14 November 2020	Kilmarnock	v	Dumbarton	Kilmarnock
15:00				Stadium: Rugby Park

Notes

^ B: Falkirk were awarded a technical 3−0 win over Kilmarnock who were unable to raise a team after six players tested positive for COVID-19.

Group F[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	AYR	ANN	STR	HAM	ALB
1	Ayr United	4	2	1	0	1	8	5	+3	8	Qualification for the Second round	—	1–0	p1–1	—	—
2	Annan Athletic	4	2	0	1	1	9	4	+5	7		—	—	1–1p	3–1	—
3	Stranraer	4	1	1	2	0	6	5	+1	7		—	—	—	2–1	2–2p
4	Hamilton Academical	4	2	0	0	2	7	6	+1	6		2–1	—	—	—	3–0
5	Albion Rovers	4	0	1	0	3	5	15	−10	2		2–5	1–5	—	—	—

Source: .
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) goal difference, 3) goals scored, 4) away goals scored, 5) matches won, 6) away matches won, 7) drawing of lots.

Matches[]

6 October 2020	Albion Rovers	2–5	Ayr United	Coatbridge
19:45	Aitken 23' (pen.), 38'	Report	McCowan 30' Walsh 35' Anderson 40', 82' Zanatta 59'	Stadium: Cliftonhill Referee: David Lowe

6 October 2020	Annan Athletic	3–1	Hamilton Academical	Annan
19:45	Swinglehurst 31' Fulton 38' Purdue 43'	Report	McMann 51'	Stadium: Galabank Referee: Craig Napier

10 October 2020	Annan Athletic	v	Stranraer	Annan
15:00				Stadium: Galabank

10 October 2020	Hamilton Academical	v	Ayr United	Hamilton
15:00				Stadium: New Douglas Park

13 October 2020	Stranraer	v	Albion Rovers	Stranraer
19:30				Stadium: Stair Park

13 October 2020	Ayr United	v	Annan Athletic	Ayr
19:45				Stadium: Somerset Park

10 November 2020	Albion Rovers	v	Annan Athletic	Coatbridge
19:45				Stadium: Cliftonhill

11 November 2020	Stranraer	v	Hamilton Academical	Stranraer
19:30				Stadium: Stair Park

14 November 2020	Ayr United	v	Stranraer	Ayr
15:00				Stadium: Somerset Park

14 November 2020	Hamilton Academical	v	Albion Rovers	Hamilton
15:00				Stadium: New Douglas Park

Group G[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	STM	QOS	PAR	GMO	QPK
1	St Mirren	4	2	2	0	0	8	4	+4	10	Qualification for the Second round	—	—	4–1	p1–1	—
2	Queen of the South	4	1	1	2	0	7	5	+2	7		2–2p	—	0–0p	—	—
3	Partick Thistle	4	1	2	0	1	3	4	−1	7		—	—	—	p0–0	2–0
4	Greenock Morton	4	1	0	3	0	4	3	+1	6		—	2–2p	—	—	1–0
5	Queen's Park	4	0	0	0	4	1	7	−6	0		0–1	1–3	—	—	—

Source: .
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) goal difference, 3) goals scored, 4) away goals scored, 5) matches won, 6) away matches won, 7) drawing of lots.

Matches[]

6 October 2020	Greenock Morton	2–2 (2–4 pen)	Queen of the South	Greenock
19:45	McGinty 18' Nesbitt 68'	Report	Dobbie 53' Shields 79'	Stadium: Cappielow Referee: Don Robertson
	Penalties
	Jacobs Colville Muirhead Omar		McKee McCabe Gibson Shields Buchanan

7 October 2020	St Mirren	v	Partick Thistle	Paisley
19:45				Stadium: St Mirren Park

10 October 2020	Partick Thistle	v	Queen's Park	Glasgow
15:00				Stadium: Firhill Stadium

10 October 2020	Queen of the South	v	St Mirren	Dumfries
15:00				Stadium: Palmerston Park

13 October 2020	Greenock Morton	v	Queen's Park	Greenock
19:45				Stadium: Cappielow

13 October 2020	Queen of the South	v	Partick Thistle	Dumfries
19:45				Stadium: Palmerston Park

10 November 2020	Queen's Park	v	Queen of the South	Glasgow
19:45				Stadium: Hampden Park

11 November 2020	St Mirren	v	Greenock Morton	Paisley
19:45				Stadium: St Mirren Park

14 November 2020	Partick Thistle	v	Greenock Morton	Glasgow
15:00				Stadium: Firhill Stadium

14 November 2020	Queen's Park	v	St Mirren	Glasgow
15:00				Stadium: Hampden Park

Group H[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	LIV	ALO	EDI	AIR	STE
1	Livingston	4	4	0	0	0	15	3	+12	12	Qualification for the Second round	—	2–1	—	4–1	—
2	Alloa Athletic	4	3	0	0	1	9	5	+4	9	Qualification for the Second round	—	—	2–1	—	4–2
3	Edinburgh City	4	1	0	1	2	5	9	−4	4		1–5	—	—	—	2–2p
4	Airdrieonians	4	1	0	0	3	3	7	−4	3		—	0–2	0–1	—	—
5	Stenhousemuir	4	0	1	0	3	4	12	−8	2		0–4	—	—	0–2	—

Source: .
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) goal difference, 3) goals scored, 4) away goals scored, 5) matches won, 6) away matches won, 7) drawing of lots.

Matches[]

6 October 2020	Edinburgh City	1–5	Livingston	Edinburgh
19:45	Handling 70' (pen.)	Report	Robinson 7' Mullin 22', 40' Poplatnik 65' Lokotsch 77'	Stadium: Ainslie Park Referee: Willie Collum

7 October 2020	Airdrieonians	v	Alloa Athletic	Airdrie
19:45				Stadium: Excelsior Stadium

10 October 2020	Edinburgh City	v	Stenhousemuir	Edinburgh
15:00				Stadium: Ainslie Park

10 October 2020	Livingston	v	Alloa Athletic	Livingston
15:00				Stadium: Almondvale Stadium

13 October 2020	Stenhousemuir	v	Airdrieonians	Stenhousemuir
19:30				Stadium: Ochilview Park

13 October 2020	Alloa Athletic	v	Edinburgh City	Alloa
19:45				Stadium: Recreation Park

10 November 2020	Stenhousemuir	v	Livingston	Stenhousemuir
19:30				Stadium: Ochilview Park

11 November 2020	Airdrieonians	v	Edinburgh City	Airdrie
19:45				Stadium: Excelsior Stadium

14 November 2020	Alloa Athletic	v	Stenhousemuir	Alloa
15:00				Stadium: Recreation Park

14 November 2020	Livingston	v	Airdrieonians	Livingston
15:00				Stadium: Almondvale Stadium

Best runners-up[]

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	E	Falkirk	4	3	0	0	1	9	3	+6	9	Qualification for the Second Round
2	D	Arbroath	4	3	0	0	1	9	4	+5	9
3	B	Dundee	4	3	0	0	1	9	4	+5	9
4	H	Alloa Athletic	4	3	0	0	1	9	5	+4	9
5	C	Dundee United	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	+4	8
6	A	Raith Rovers	4	2	1	0	1	7	7	0	8
7	F	Annan Athletic	4	2	0	1	1	9	4	+5	7
8	G	Queen of the South	4	1	1	2	0	7	5	+2	7

External links[]

Scottish Professional Football League – League Cup official website


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[cnote_A] A: Dundee were awarded a technical 3−0 win over Forfar Athletic who were unable to raise a team after a player tested positive for COVID-19.

[cnote_B] B: Falkirk were awarded a technical 3−0 win over Kilmarnock who were unable to raise a team after six players tested positive for COVID-19.

[A]

[B]


Scottish League Cup (Group Stage) 2020–21
Region	Scotland

Dates	6 October 2020 – 15 November 2020
Number of teams	40

Total matches played	8
Total goals scored	28
Top goal scorer	Three players (two goals)


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