Queen of the South v St Mirren Scottish League Cup 2nd Round Venue: Palmerston Park, Dumfries Coverage: Updates on BBC Radio Scotland and BBC Sport website Queen of the South 01 Antell 02 Mitchell 03 Holt 05 Durnan 06 Dowie 04 Young 07 McKenna 08 Burns 09 Lyle 10 Paton 11 Carmichael 12 Atkinson 16 McGuffie 17 Higgins 14 Reilly 15 Russell St Mirren 01 Cornell 02 van Zanten 06 Goodwin 14 McAusland 27 Grainger 07 McGinn 11 Mclean 21 Teale 24 Newton 08 Harkins 09 Thompson 30 Dilo 04 McGregor 10 McGowan 16 Caprice 17 Reilly Queen of the South are sweating on the fitness of defender Chris Higgins and striker Michael Paton for the visit of League Cup holders St Mirren. The Doonhamers lost for the first time this season when Hamilton beat them 2-0 on Saturday. St Mirren manager Danny Lennon has warned his players their status as holders will make them a more attractive scalp. Lennon has no fitness concerns ahead of the cup tie at Palmerston. Queen of the South manager Jim McIntyre: "Facing the holders just a few days after losing is the perfect tonic as everyone is desperate to get going again. I may need to freshen the side up after a demanding run of games and I will wait to see what options I have before deciding the team. St Mirren manager Danny Lennon: "Winning the cup last season was such a highlight for everyone associated with this club. It was only the fourth time in 134 years that this club has won a national trophy. The celebrations were great, but nobody hands out trophies for free. We know how hard we worked last year to lift that trophy and we need to work hard to have a chance of doing it again. It's a massive one for us. Everyone wants to knock out the holders of a trophy. Look at last season when the holders, Kilmarnock, were put out by Stenhousemuir. We certainly don't want to suffer a similar fate. We will not be able to drop our standards for even a second against Queen of the South. We need to put in a top performance.