Hearts have found out their Betfred Cup opponents ahead of the tournament beginning in October.
Robbie Neilson's side are in Group A of the north section, where they will face Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Cowdenbeath, Raith Rovers and East Fife.
There are 40 clubs involved at this stage, with eight groups of five teams at this stage, selected based on region.
There are four north groups and four north groups, each comprised of a first seed, second seed and three unseeded clubs. The seeding is based on where they finished in their leagues at the end of the 2019/20 season.
All eight group winners and the four best runners-up will go through to the last 16 on November 28 and November 29. They will be joined at this stage by Rangers, Motherwell, Aberdeen and holders Celtic.
The games will be played on the following dates:
MD1: Tuesday October 6
MD2: Saturday October 10
MD3: Tuesday October 13
MD4: Tuesday November 10
MD5: Saturday November 14
Today's draw was made by Alan Stubbs, who won the Scottish Cup with Hibs in 2016.
