Essential Bite - in this segment from Episode 25 of The Midweek Show, Russell Walker and Steven Pressley discuss this weekend's Scottish League Cup fixtures.

They start with Rangers vs Dunfermline on Friday night and then run the rule over Ayr vs Dundee United, Dundee vs Motherwell and Livingston vs St Mirren on Saturday.

Finally, it's Aberdeen vs Raith Rovers, Arbroath vs St. Johnstone, Hibs vs Kilmarnock and Celtic vs Hearts all on Sunday.

You won't want to miss the predictions for that little lot!

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