With the nervous opening game out of the way it’s time for the second Premiership game of the season. Livingston look forward to welcoming Aberdeen in front of their home support.
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
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.
Livingston haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 280 minutes ago. J. Emmanuel-Thomas scored that one.
Livingston are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-3 away versus Rangers. Craig Sibbald (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.1/10. Sibbald hit one key pass.
Before that, Livingston had a League Cup home game versus Cowdenbeath which ended with a victory 3-1.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 five, drawn three and lost three.
Aberdeen form and stats
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.
Aberdeen won their last game, 2-0 versus Dundee United played at home. Jack Mackenzie, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.64. Mackenzie won 8 of 12 duels.
Preceding that game, the 0-4 loss visiting Rangers's place.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Aberdeen in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Aberdeen, four draws and two defeats.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: one win for Livingston, three draws and six wins for Aberdeen. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  J. Hayes 1 goals |  C. Ramírez 1 goals |
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| Livingston | Aberdeen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| Livingston | Last season | Aberdeen | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 15 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 6 | 11 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Lost | L | 7 | 12 | ||
| 42 | 20 | Scored | S | 13 | 36 | ||
| 54 | 25 | Conceded | C | 20 | 38 | ||
| 89% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 79% | 82% | ||
| 79% | 74% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 47% | 55% | ||
| 53% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 26% | 32% | ||
| 21% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 16% | 13% | ||
| 8% | 5% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 5% | 8% | ||
| 50% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 21% | 29% | ||
| 29% | 32% | Clean Sheets | C S | 47% | 45% | ||
| 32% | 32% | Failed to Score | F T | 53% | 45% | ||
| 4.3 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 4.5 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.7 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 9.2 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.9 | 10.1 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.2 | ||
| 36% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 30% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rangers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Aberdeen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Hibernian | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Hearts | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Dundee | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | St. Mirren | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Ross County | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | St. Johnstone | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Motherwell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Celtic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Dundee United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Livingston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
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