Premiership information and pre-match guide: Hibernian small front runner to overcome Livingston

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: Scotland Premiership
Competition: Sat 24.December
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Easter Road Stadium (20421 seats)

Who will get all the points when Livingston travel to Hibernian? In this game guide you'll learn all the relevant info and data needed to predict the outcome.

Insights:
  • Hibernian is in the worst form (1-0-5)
  • Livingston have the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in Premiership

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Premiership. That game was also an away game, at Celtic. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

L W L L L

Hibernian form and stats

The story so far in the Premiership for Hibernian at their home stadium (Easter Road Stadium) is 4 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. It's trouble wherever Hibernian are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.

No payout for Hibernian in their previous match, an away game at Rangers that ended in defeat 2-3. Marshall had a busy but productive day in the Rangers match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented. Nisbet, an attacker, was the champion player for the team in that game, scoring a rating of 7.43 (out of 10). Nisbet scored one goal.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Kilmarnock (0-1).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Hibernian have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 4 games) they have won 2 times, drawn 2 and lost 0.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Hibernian, as the Premiership home game vs Celtic is only four days away.

Hibernian have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Easter Road Stadium with 12 goals in 8 league matches.

L W W L D

Livingston form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Livingston so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-4 (win-draw-lose).

Livingston play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Celtic (placed 1st). That loss was their first after three consecutive league games winning points. It is a bit worrying for Livingston that their goalie Konovalov made nine saves in the Celtic match, but still could not hinder a loss.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Hearts.

We have checked recent matches where Livingston have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 2 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Livingston are hosting St. Mirren in the Premiership only four days away.

As for defending, Livingston rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 14 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The 4 most recent matches involving these teams have all finished as Livingston victories. Are we destined for another one?

The duelists have battled previously this season: Livingston - Hibernian 2-1.

Top Goalscorers

HibernianM. Boyle
M. Boyle
5 goals
HibernianJ. Campbell
J. Campbell
4 goals
HibernianR. Porteous
R. Porteous
3 goals

Hibernian missing players

Livingston missing players

Hibernian Livingston
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 8 2 Played P 1 8 16
6 4 1 Won W 0 2 7
2 2 0 Drew D 0 2 2
9 2 1 Lost L 1 4 7
20 12 4 Scored S 1 8 16
26 8 2 Conceded C 2 14 22
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
65% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 62%
47% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 50%
29% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 12%
18% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 12%
47% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 62% 50%
29% 38% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 25%
24% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 25%
 
6.6 5.4 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 7 3.4 3.9
4.4 4.2 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6 8.1 6.9
2.4 2.8 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.4 2.3
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 3 3
 
16.2 16.4 16.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10 8.8 9.9
5.1 5.4 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.6 2.8
23% 28% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 38% 36%
 
10 8 9 Shots against (avg) S A 6 16.4 15.2
3.3 2.4 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4.8 4.4
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • Hibernian have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Hibernian have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Hibernian haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Hibernian is in the worst form (1-0-5)
  • Livingston have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Livingston have the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in Premiership
  • Livingston haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Celtic 17 16 0 1 53 14 8 8 0 0 24 6 9 8 0 1 29 8 39 48
2 Rangers 17 12 3 2 40 18 9 8 1 0 25 5 8 4 2 2 15 13 22 39
3 Aberdeen 17 8 1 8 31 27 9 6 0 3 24 10 8 2 1 5 7 17 4 25
4 Hearts 16 7 3 6 27 26 8 5 1 2 19 16 8 2 2 4 8 10 1 24
5 St. Johnstone 17 7 3 7 21 22 8 3 2 3 8 6 9 4 1 4 13 16 -1 24
6 Livingston 16 7 2 7 16 22 8 5 0 3 8 8 8 2 2 4 8 14 -6 23
7 St. Mirren 15 6 3 6 17 23 9 5 3 1 11 6 6 1 0 5 6 17 -6 21
8 Hibernian 17 6 2 9 20 26 8 4 2 2 12 8 9 2 0 7 8 18 -6 20
9 Motherwell 16 5 2 9 20 22 7 1 1 5 5 11 9 4 1 4 15 11 -2 17
10 Ross County 17 4 3 10 14 28 9 2 2 5 9 18 8 2 1 5 5 10 -14 15
11 Kilmarnock 17 4 3 10 13 30 8 4 2 2 11 13 9 0 1 8 2 17 -17 15
12 Dundee United 16 3 3 10 17 31 8 3 0 5 10 16 8 0 3 5 7 15 -14 12

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.