With the group winners and four best placed runners up qualifying for the Last 16 alongside the four teams competing in UEFA competions, it’s a format which has had mixed results for Falkirk over the past five years.
Ahead of this season’s competition, now named the Premier Sports Cup, we look back on every group stage match the Bairns have taken part in since the shake up.
5. Falkirk 3-1 Stirling Albion (2017)
Falkirk got revenge for the previous season's opener as Nathan Austin, Joe McKee, Alex Harris and an Aaron Muirhead penalty got them off to a flying start Photo: Michael Gillen
6. Inverness CT 0-2 Falkirk (2017)
Austin and McKee scored the goals for an away win which but the Bairns on track for qualification after two wins out of two Photo: Michael Gillen
7. Falkirk 4-0 Forfar Athletic
Austin scored again and Myles Hippolyte bagged a hat-trick as Falkirk made it three wins in a row Photo: Michael Gillen
8. Brechin City 0-3 Falkirk (2017)
Joe Mckee, Alex Harris and Lee Miller ensure the Bairns finished top of the group and unbeaten but they would be put out in the Last 16 with a 2-1 defeat to Livingston Photo: Michael Gillen