Motherwell have been placed in Group F along with Morton, Edinburgh City, Berwick Rangers and Queen's Park for the competition that kicks off in July.
Morton, complete with new signing Bob McHugh, are likely to provide the strongest test of Stephen Robinson's new look squad this summer. We face a first competitive meeting with Edinburgh City but overall we can surely hope for a simple passage into the knock-out phase.
The group stage has each team playing four matches, 2 home and 2 away. The usual 3 points for a win and 1 for a draw applies but there is the addition of a penalty shootout for a bonus point if the score is level after 90 minutes.
The dates nominated for this introduction to the new season are 15 July, 19 July, 22 July, 26 July and 29 July. BT Sport will broadcast selected games and they also have a major say determining the order of the fixtures. Remember our opening match last season when it was decided that Rangers should visit Fir Park?
Despite a decent performance we lost that opener 2-0 but wins over Annan, East Stirlingshire and Stranraer let us advance to the knockout and a 5-0 gubbing at Parkhead. Interest in the Betfred Cup ended in mid-August.
Let’s hope we go a bit longer this time!