Ross County vs Livingston match preview: Even contest expected at Global Energy Stadium

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Competition: Sat 16.Sep
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Global Energy Stadium (6541 seats)

Ross County duel Livingston for kudos and football prosperity.

Insights:
  • Ross County have the most conceded goals in the first half (5) in Premiership
  • Livingston have the most conceded goals in the second half (6) in Premiership

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Ross County form and stats

Only two Premiership home games for Ross County so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

Happy days for Ross County in their previous game, a fixture away at Kilmarnock (placed 9th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Goalkeeper Laidlaw got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.45 out of ten. Laidlaw saved a penalty and topped it up with a clean sheet.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Rangers (0-2).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how County have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 12 matches with the results: Won 7, drawn 2 and lost 3.

Early season league goal statistics from Ross County's 2 home games: {2 goals}, 2 conceded.

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Livingston form and stats

Things could have gone better for Livingston in their Premiership away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.

Livingston delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against St. Mirren (placed 3rd) in their previous match. de Lucas was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.02. The defender Lucas scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 11 of 15 duels.

Prior to that result Livingston won their away game at Hibernian. The scoreline was 3-2.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by Livingston in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Livingston, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

It's early days yet, but Livingston has scored 3 and conceded 6 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - two - six (Ross County wins - draws - Livingston wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Ross CountyC. Randall
C. Randall
1 goals
Ross CountyJ. White
J. White
1 goals
Ross CountyS. Murray
S. Murray
1 goals

Ross County missing players

Livingston missing players

Ross County Livingston
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
4 2 0 Played P 0 2 4
2 1 0 Won W 0 1 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 2
2 1 0 Lost L 0 1 1
5 2 0 Scored S 0 3 4
6 2 0 Conceded C 0 6 7
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 75%
75% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 75%
25% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 50%
25% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 50%
25% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 25%
25% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 50%
50% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 25%
25% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 50%
 
5 5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3.5 5
8.2 7.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 7 5.8
3.5 2.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.5 2.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.5 13.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 7 9.8
4 5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3 2.5
31% 20% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 40%
 
17.2 18 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 17.5 13.5
7 6 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 6 4
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • Livingston have the most conceded goals (6) away in Premiership
  • Livingston have the most conceded goals in the second half (6) in Premiership
  • Livingston have the the worst goal difference (-3) away in Premiership
  • Ross County have the most conceded goals in the first half (5) in Premiership

Read more about Premiership

The Scottish Premiership is the top division of football in Scotland, the Scottish Professional Football League. Twelve teams play 38 fixtures to top the league table in a season running from August to May. The teams first meet each other three times. Then the league splits in two for five more games.