THE dates of next month's Betfred Cup have been confirmed by the Scottish Professional Football League.

Celtic take on Hibernian at Hampden Park on Saturday 21 October at 12.15pm.

Rangers will then face Motherwell at the national stadium on Sunday 22 October, with kick-off at 2.30pm.

The SPFL confirmed that both games will be shown live on BT Sport.

The Hoops are looking to defend the trophy they won last season and knocked out Dundee to book a place in the final four on Wednesday.

Hibs fought back from behind to beat Championship Livingston, Rangers defeated Partick Thistle after extra time and Motherwell comfortably beat Aberdeen in the other clashes this week.