Premier Sports has announced it will show an extra 25 group stage matches from the Premier Sports Cup from the start of this season.
The extra games will be streamed live on the Premier Sports streaming service, which costs £15.99 per month in the UK and forms part of a new three-year agreement between the broadcaster and the SPFL.
Today’s announcement is in addition to the previously announced five live TV broadcasts from the group stages, bringing the total number of first round group stage live games up to 30.
This includes every game involving teams from the William Hill Premiership.
Sky customers with a Premier Sports subscription receive complimentary access to the Premier Sports streaming service.
For those fans only wanting to watch certain matches from the group stages, there will also be a Premier Sports matchday pass at £9.99, giving 48hr access to watch the extra group stage matches.
The original five games picked for TV broadcast are not included in the matchday pass.
Those original five games picked for TV broadcast will continue to be broadcast on Premier Sports 1 via Sky, Virgin, Amazon Prime and the Premier Sports streaming service.
Premier Sports will also broadcast all games live from the second round onwards, either streamed or televised, subject to Saturday 3pm blackout rules.
The news follows Premier Sports acquiring the rights to 20 games from the William Hill Premiership beginning this August and Premier Sports extending their Scottish Cup rights, in each case for the next five years.
Over the course of the 2024/25 Scottish football season, Premier Sports will now be broadcasting more than 75 games across the three competitions.
A full list of all games broadcast or streamed from Matchdays 1 to 5 of the Premier Sports Cup Group Stage are below:
Matchday 1
Saturday 13 July: 3pm – Falkirk v Dundee United (streamed)
Saturday 13 July: 3pm – Elgin City v Hibernian (streamed)
Saturday 13 July: 3pm – Bonnyrigg Rose v Dundee (streamed)
Saturday 13 July: 3pm – Brechin City v St. Johnstone (streamed)
Saturday 13 July: 3pm – Motherwell v Edinburgh City (streamed)
Saturday 13 July: 3pm – Stranraer v Ross County (streamed)
Saturday 13 July: 5.15pm – Queen of the South v Aberdeen (TV game – live on Premier Sports 2)
Matchday 2
Tuesday 16 July: 7.45pm – Dundee United v Stenhousemuir (streamed)
Tuesday 16 July: 7.45pm – Arbroath v Dundee (streamed)
Tuesday 16 July: 7.45pm – Dunfermline Athletic v Forfar Athletic (streamed)
Tuesday 16 July: 7.45pm – Montrose v Motherwell (streamed)
Tuesday 16 July: 7.45pm – Hibernian v Queen’s Park (TV game – live on Premier Sports 1)
Matchday 3
Saturday 20 July: 3pm – East Kilbride v Aberdeen (streamed)
Saturday 20 July: 3pm – Kelty Hearts v Hibernian (streamed)
Saturday 20 July: 3pm – St. Johnstone v Greenock Morton (streamed)
Saturday 20 July: 3pm – Clyde v Motherwell (streamed)
Saturday 20 July: 3pm – Ross County v Raith Rovers (streamed)
Saturday 20 July: 5.15pm – Dundee United v Ayr United (TV game – live on Premier Sports 1)
Matchday 4
Tuesday 23 July: 8.00pm – Buckie Thistle v Dundee United (streamed)
Tuesday 23 July: 7.45pm – Dundee v Annan Athletic (streamed)
Tuesday 23 July: 7.45pm – Alloa Athletic v St. Johnstone (streamed)
Tuesday 23 July: 7.45pm – Hamilton v Academical v Ross County (streamed)
Tuesday 23 July: 7.45pm – Partick Thistle v Clyde (streamed)
Tuesday 23 July: 7.45pm – Aberdeen v Airdrieonians (TV game – live on Premier Sports 1)
Matchday 5
Sunday 28 July: 3.00pm – Aberdeen v Dumbarton (streamed)
Sunday 28 July: 3.00pm – Hibernian v Peterhead (streamed)
Sunday 28 July: 3.00pm – Dundee v Inverness CT (streamed)
Sunday 28 July: 3.00pm – St. Johnstone v East Fife (streamed)
Sunday 28 July: 3.00pm – Ross County v Stirling Albion (streamed)
Sunday 28 July: 3.00pm– Motherwell v Partick Thistle (TV game – live on Premier Sports 1)
