League Cup dates announced as Celtic v Falkirk handed Friday night slot

All eight fixtures will take place between Friday, August 15, and Sunday, August 17.

Dates for League Cup fixtures announced as Celtic v Falkirk handed Friday night slotSNS Group

The dates and times for the League Cup second round games have been announced.

Teams that qualified from the group stages will be joined by holders Celtic, Rangers, Aberdeen, Hibernian and Dundee United in the last-16.

Tournament sponsors Premier Sports announced the fixtures on Friday.

The Hoops will take on Falkirk on Friday, August 15, with a kick-off time of 7.45pm to get the round underway.

Four games, Greenock Morton v Aberdeen, Partick Thistle v Ayr United, St Johnstone v Motherwell and St Mirren v Hearts, will be at 3pm the next day, with Rangers hosting Alloa at 5.45pm.

The remaining two fixtures will take place on Sunday, August 17, with Kilmarnock hosting Dundee United and Hibs travelling to Livingston.

Both of those ties will kick-off at 3pm.

Premier Sports will show all eight games live, with Celtic v Falkirk and Rangers v Alloa on the main channel and the rest on Premier Sports Player.

A quarter-final place is on the line for the remaining 16-teams who are just two wins away from a place at Hampden for the semi-finals.

The final will be played at the national stadium on December 14.

League Cup last-16 fixtures in full

Friday:

Celtic v Falkirk 7.45pm

Saturday:

Greenock Morton v Aberdeen 3pm

Partick Thistle v Ayr United 3pm

St Johnstone v Motherwell 3pm

St Mirren v Hearts 3pm

Rangers v Alloa 5.45pm

Sunday:

Kilmarnock v Dundee United 3pm

Livingston v Hibernian 3pm

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