Hibs and Hearts both have home ties against lower division opponents in the third round of the 2013/14 Scottish League Cup.
Hibs will face Stranraer at Easter Road, whilst Hearts play Queen of the South at Tynecastle.
The ties will take place on either Tuesday 24 or Wednesday 25 September.
The draw took place at Easter Road Stadium earlier today, and was conducted by Minister for Commonwealth Games, Shona Robison MSP, SPFL Trust General Manager, Billy Singh and SPFL Chief Executive, Neil Doncaster.
The full draw is as follows.
Hibernian v Stranraer
Dundee v Inverness CT
Celtic v Morton
Livingston v Motherwell
Hearts v Queen of the South
Falkirk v Aberdeen
Dundee United v Partick Thistle
Hamilton v St Johnstone
Hibs last won the trophy in 2007 after John Collins’ side beat Kilmarnock 5-1 at Hampden thanks to goals from Rob Jones, Steven Fletcher (2) and Abdessalam Benjelloun. Hearts last victory was also against Kilmarnock in 1962 when a Norrie Davidson goal separated the sides.
Hearts of course reached last season’s League Cup Final where they were narrowly beaten by St Mirren after a hard fought encounter at Hampden.
In other news, Hibs have been linked with former Ipswich winger Josh Carson who has been released by Mick McCarthy. The 20 year old has four Northern Ireland caps, and he is believed to be training at the club this week.
Across the city, the SPFL disciplinary tribunal have dismissed Kevin McHattie’s claim of wrongful dismissal following his red card against Aberdeen last week and a one match suspension will be applied immediately which means that he will miss Saturday’s trip to Inverness.
John graduated from Telford College in 2010 with an HNC in Practical Journalism and since then he worked for the North Edinburgh News, The Southern Reporter, the Irish News Review and The Edinburgh Reporter. In addition he has been published in the Edinburgh Evening News and the Hibernian FC Programme.
