In case you missed it last night, the Lichties were drawn in Group A and will face Ross County, Dundee United, Alloa Athletic and Elgin City.
We will play each team once, and have two games at home and two games away from home.
The full fixture list and TV selections will be confirmed in due course, but these are the dates for the Group matches.
Betfred Cup 2018/19 dates
Group stage MD1 – Weekend of Saturday July 14
Group stage MD2 – Tuesday/Wednesday July 17/18
Group stage MD3 – Weekend of Saturday July 21
Group stage MD4 – Tuesday/Wednesday July 24/25
Group stage MD5 – Weekend of Saturday July 28
Second round – Weekend of Saturday August 18
Quarter-finals – Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday September 25/26/27
Semi-finals – Saturday/Sunday October 27/28
Final – Sunday December 2
Our opponents;
We have experience of playing Dundee United, Ross County and Alloa Athletic in the Betfred Cup having faced them over the previous 2 seasons, with all fixtures going to a penalty shoot out for the bonus point. We haven’t played Elgin City since April 2017 when we met them in League 2
Last Meeting – Arbroath 1 – 1 Dundee United (3-5 pens)
Date – Friday 15th July 2016
Competition – Betfred Cup – Group C
Home Ground – Tannadice Park
Distance from Gayfield 24 miles
Last Meeting – Arbroath 0 – 0 Ross County (4-5 pens)
Date – Saturday 29th July 2017
Competition – Betfred Cup – Group D
Home Ground – The Global Energy Stadium
Distance from Gayfield 165 miles
Last Meeting – Arbroath 3 – 2 Elgin City
Date – Saturday 29th April 2017
Competition – SPFL League 2
Home Ground – Borough Briggs
Distance from Gayfield 103 miles
Last Meeting;
Alloa Athletic 3 – 2 Alloa Athletic
Date – Saturday 31st Match 2018
Competition – SPFL League 1
Home Ground – The Indodrill Stadium
Distance from Gayfield 68.9 miles
Group A
Ross County
Dundee United
Arbroath
Elgin City
Alloa Athletic
Group B
St Johnstone
Falkirk
Montrose
East Fife
Forfar Athletic
Group C
Heart of Midlothian
Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Raith Rovers
Cowdenbeath
Cove Rangers
Group D
Dundee
Dunfermline Athletic
Stirling Albion
Brechin City
Peterhead
Group E
Partick Thistle
Morton
Albion Rovers
Ayr United
Stenhousemuir
Group F
Hamilton Academical
Livingston
Berwick Rangers
Airdrieonians
Annan Athletic
Group G
Motherwell
Queen of the South
Clyde
Edinburgh City
Stranraer
Group H
Kilmarnock
St Mirren
Dumbarton
Queen’s Park
Spartans
Read more at https://spfl.co.uk/news/article/betfred-cup-group-stage-draw-69/#sObtW2c8rDjf9SER.99
