Livingston battle against Aberdeen for glory and sporting success.
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.
Livingston form and stats
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 Livingston have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eleven matches with the results: Won six, drawn three and lost two.
Last season, Livingston's league statistics were 10 wins, 9 draws and 11 losses, resulting in a 5th position in the Premiership. Over these 30 matches they scored 41 goals and conceded 39. Playing at home last season Livingston managed 8-4-2 (win-draw-lost) with 19 goals and 8 conceded.
Aberdeen form and stats
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Aberdeen playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were four Aberdeen wins, four draws and two defeats.
Let's have a look at how Aberdeen performed last season in the Premiership: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 9 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 40 and conceded 36 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 6 and lost 4 with 17/17 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Aberdeen - Livingston 0-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - three - six (Livingston wins - draws - Aberdeen wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Ferguson 9 goals |   S. Pittman 7 goals |  J. Guthrie 5 goals |
Livingston missing players
Aberdeen missing players
| Livingston | Aberdeen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 35 | 17 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 17 | 35 |
| 12 | 6 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 14 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 6 | 11 |
| 15 | 7 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 41 | 19 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 11 | 34 |
| 49 | 20 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 15 | 32 |
| 91% | 88% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 76% | 80% |
| 80% | 71% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 41% | 54% |
| 51% | 41% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 18% | 29% |
| 23% | 24% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 11% |
| 9% | 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 6% | 9% |
| 51% | 47% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 18% | 29% |
| 29% | 35% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 53% | 49% |
| 29% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 53% | 43% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 1.9 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9.3 | 9.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9.8 | 9.9 |
| 3.1 | 2.8 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.9 | 3.1 |
| 38% | 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 22% | 31% |
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