Arbroath welcome Ross County tonight for our final Group A match in the Betfred Cup. The two sides met at the very same stage last season in a game which ended goalless before County triumphed in the penalty shoot out.

Alloa Athletic travelled to Elgin last night to play their 3rd match and recorded a 3-0 win moving them into 1st place in the group with 8 points and a goal difference of plus 5.

The Lichties really require a victory this evening over Ross County to stand any chance of going through but Saturday’s fixture between Alloa Athletic and Ross County looks like it will decide the outcome of the group.

Arbroath will be without Thomas O’Brien who will serve a one match suspension for picking up two yellow cards in the competition so far, but newest signing Finn Graham will be again in the squad and Ryan McCord should also return to the squad.

Ross County Squad (including summer arrivals)

Goalkeepers

1 – Scott Fox
21 – Ross Munro

Defenders

2 – Marcus Fraser
3 – Sean Kelly
4 – Liam Fontaine
5 – Callum Morris (Dunfermline Athletic)
12 – Stelios Demetriou (St Mirren)
15 – Keith Watson (St. Johnstone)

Midfielders

6 – Ross Draper
7 – Michael Gardyne
8 – Jamie Lindsay (Celtic, loan made permanent)
11 – Iain Vigurs (Inverness Caledonian Thistle),
14 – Joshua Mullin (Livingston)
16 – Dylan Dykes
17 – Davis Keillor-Dunn
18 – Ryan Dow
22 – Tony Dingwall
24 – Harrison Paton (Heart of Midlothian)

Strikers

9 – Billy McKay
10 – Declan McManus (Dunfermline Athletic)
43 – Greg Morrison
44 – Russell Dingwall

Summer departures from the Global Energy Stadium;

Jason Naismith (Peterborough United, £100k),
Craig Curran (Dundee United),
Andrew Davies (Hartlepool United),
Blair Malcolm (Cowdenbeath, loan made permanent),
Thomas Mikkelsen (Breidablik),
Chris Routis (Servette),
Alex Schalk (Servette),
Reghan Tumilty (Greenock Morton),
Mattias Kait (Fulham, end of loan),
Max Melbourne (West Bromwich Albion, end of loan),
Harry Souttar (Stoke City, end of loan),
Greg Tansey (Aberdeen, end of loan),
Tim Chow,
Aaron McCarey,
David N’Gog,
Jim O’Brien

Suspensions;

Thomas O’Brien serves a one-match suspension for Arbroath for picking up two bookings.

Officials;

Referee – Steven Kirkland
Assistant Referee 1 – Stuart Stevenson
Assistant Referee 2 – Gordon McCabe

Admission Prices

£12 – Adults
£6 – Concessions
£15 – Adult and Child Gate

Season Tickets NOT Valid

Matchday Programme;

Tonight’s programme will be on sale just inside of Gayfield and is the 1st programme of new season and is priced at £2 with Thomas O’Brien on the front cover. This is the same double header programme that was on sale for the Elgin City Match

We hope to see another fantastic support cheering on the Lichties!

We hope you can make it along!

C’mon the Lichties!