Dundee win & Motherwell through - Premier Sports Cup round-up

Dundee secured their archetypal triumph nether Steven Pressley astatine the 3rd clip of asking, but made hard enactment of the 3-1 triumph astatine Lowland League Bonnyrigg Rose.

Pressley's broadside had been roundly criticised aft defeats by Airdrieonians and Alloa Athletic near them with small anticipation of progressing to the knockout stages of the Premier Sports Cup.

Clark Robertson enactment the Premiership broadside successful beforehand connected 20 minutes, but they were pegged backmost by Cameron Ross earlier half-time.

Bonnyrigg defended stoutly and seemed connected people for a constituent earlier precocious goals from Emile Acquah and Billy Koumetio spared Dundee's blushes.

Alloa pb Group C connected 9 points, portion second-place Airdrieonians tin corroborate Dundee's exit erstwhile they look Montrose connected Wednesday.

Dundee decorativeness their group-stage fixtures astatine location to Montrose connected Saturday.

Elsewhere, Motherwell secured their spot successful the adjacent circular with a 3-0 triumph against Greenock Morton and Falkirk came from down to bushed Queen's Park 3-1.

Kilmarnock - the different Premiership nine successful enactment - were held to a goalless gully connected penalties by Kelty Hearts and incapable to gain a bonus constituent arsenic the League 1 broadside triumphed 4-3 connected penalties.

Falkirk moved to the apical acknowledgment to a treble from Ethan Ross and Brian Graham's archetypal extremity for the club.

The Bairns went down to Josh Fowler's aboriginal onslaught for Queen's Park, but rallied to support their unbeaten presumption successful the competition.

Cove Rangers bushed Brechin City 3-0 astatine Glebe Park successful Group A's different game. David Eguaibor enactment the visitors 2-0 up earlier Mitch Megginson completed the scoring.

Cove person 7 points, 1 down Falkirk, portion Spartans person six successful 3rd place.

Falkirk wrapper up their group-stage fixtures against Spartans connected Saturday, portion Cove are distant to fourth-place Queen's Park.

Partick Thistle and Ross County tin some inactive triumph Group B aft the 2 Championship sides bushed lower-league opposition.

Aidan Fitzpatrick and Tsoanelo Letsosa earned Thistle a 2-0 triumph implicit Queen of the South, portion Ronan Hale's hat-trick helped County enactment 8 past Edinburgh City.

Thistle apical the radical connected 9 points, but County - who person 7 points - tin determination supra them erstwhile the sides conscionable successful Dingwall connected Saturday.

Three first-half goals continued Ayr United's flawless League Cup commencement arsenic they overwhelmed Forfar astatine Somerset Park.

Dom Thomas, George Oakley and Curtis Main each recovered the nett for Scott Brown's side, who present person 9 points from their 3 matches.

Meanwhile, Arbroath's Arran Pettifer scored a hat-trick earlier half-time to acceptable up a 6-0 triumph implicit Annan Athletic.

A gully distant to St Mirren connected Sunday would beryllium capable to warrant Ayr apical spot.

Dunfermline edged retired Hamilton 2-1 astatine East End Park.

Andrew Tod enactment the hosts successful beforehand earlier half-time and though Oli Shaw equalised aft the break, Lee Kilday's ain extremity moments precocious secured each 3 points for Dunfermline.

Neil Lennon's broadside person six points and decorativeness their radical signifier against Stirling Albion connected Saturday.

There were goals galore successful Group F arsenic Inverness Caledonian Thistle halted East Kilbride's momentum and St Johnstone bushed Raith Rovers.

SPFL newcomers East Kilbride had won their past 2 matches, but went down 6-2 contempt taking the pb against their Highland opponents.

And St Johnstone made it 3 wins from 3 arsenic goals from Jamie Gullan, Josh McPake and Makenzie Kirk secured a 3-1 triumph.

The Perth outfit apical the radical connected 9 points and volition look to marque it 4 successive wins erstwhile they big Elgin City connected Saturday.

Were they to gaffe up, Inverness could determination supra them with a triumph astatine Raith.

Tawanda Maswanhise was the prima of the amusement for Motherwell arsenic they became the archetypal broadside to advancement to the knockout stages.

The Zimbabwe guardant doubled Motherwell's vantage with a chill debased decorativeness aft Apostolos Stamatelopoulos had tapped successful the opener, but his 2nd of the evening was adjacent better.

Cutting wrong from the left, Maswanhise bent a delightful curling changeable into the apical country from extracurricular the container to seal each 3 points.

Elsewhere successful Group G, Clyde bushed Stenhousemuir 4-3 connected penalties aft the sides drew 2-2.

Kilmarnock were near frustrated by Kelty Hearts, but Stuart Kettlewell's broadside inactive apical Group H with 1 lucifer to play.

The Ayrshire broadside dominated possession and had 19 shots, but were incapable to interruption Kelty down successful 90 minutes and were past beaten 4-3 connected penalties.

East Fife had nary specified occupation against bottommost broadside Brora Rangers - Alan Trouten scoring doubly successful a 3-0 win.

Kilmarnock person 7 points from 3 matches, with some East Fife and Livingston a constituent further back. Kelty person 5 points from their 3 outings.

All to play for past connected Saturday, arsenic Kilmarnock big East Fife and Livingston instrumentality connected Kelty.