Livingston welcome Dundee United with hopes of acquiring all three points. Will they? Check our preview!
- Livingston haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Livingston form and stats
Livingston have collected 17 points from their Premiership home games so far after 5-2-3. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
It's back home for Livingston, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating St. Johnstone away with the result 4-2. Kelly (2) and Penrice (2) found the net in that victory. A goal frenzy last time out for Livingston, with a total of 6 goals in the match against St. Johnstone. Fun stuff to watch! The gifted forward Kelly outdid all the other footballers in that game and was awarded a match rating of 8.84 out of 10. Kelly scored two goals, served one assist and hit one key pass.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Ross County and winning 2-0.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 10 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 6 and lost 2.
Livingston are traveling soon after this match as the Scottish Cup match at Stenhousemuir awaits in three days.
At Tony Macaroni Arena, Livingston has the goal stats of 10-10 (for/against) from 10 league fixtures.
Dundee United form and stats
There's been little loot from Dundee United's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 10 away games in the Premiership. Dundee United only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 4 draws.
Dundee has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Hibernian for a 2-2 draw. Attacker Harkes got a player rating of 7.6 in the game. "Man of the match" Harkes scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Rangers.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Dundee United playing away and similar expectations, we found 12 relevant matches. Results were 4 Dundee United wins, 6 draws and 2 defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Stirling University in just three days.
As for defending, Dundee rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 17 goals from these away matches. Dundee United has visited these top teams three times, and 3 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
The two sides faced each other earlier on this season: Dundee United - Livingston 0-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - two - two (Livingston wins - draws - Dundee United wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less. The games between these sides sometimes lean towards being a bit rough, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Montaño Castillo 4 goals |  B. Anderson 4 goals |   T. Watt 4 goals |
Livingston missing players
Dundee United missing players
| Livingston | Dundee United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 24 | 10 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 10 | 25 |
| 30 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 10 | 17 | 37 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 71% | 60% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 70% | 71% |
| 48% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 57% |
| 19% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 30% | 33% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 20% | 14% |
| 52% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 70% | 43% |
| 24% | 30% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 29% |
| 24% | 20% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 33% |
| 3.9 | 4.4 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 4.5 | 5 |
| 6.5 | 5.4 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 4.7 | 5.1 |
| 2.2 | 2.2 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 1.6 | 2 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 10.7 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 8.9 | 9.9 |
| 3 | 3.3 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.7 | 3.2 |
| 38% | 30% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 37% | 37% |
| 15.5 | 14.4 | 7.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18 | 14.8 | 14.4 |
| 4.5 | 3.9 | 1.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 10 | 4.9 | 4.5 |
- 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 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 65 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 10 | 48 | 58 |
| 2 | Rangers | 21 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 48 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 28 | 49 |
| 3 | Hearts | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 37 | 31 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 35 |
| 4 | Livingston | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 20 | -6 | 31 |
| 5 | Aberdeen | 21 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 35 | 32 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 3 | 29 |
| 6 | St. Mirren | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -5 | 27 |
| 7 | Hibernian | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 29 | 37 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 23 | -8 | 27 |
| 8 | St. Johnstone | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 26 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 22 | -10 | 24 |
| 9 | Motherwell | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 32 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | -6 | 20 |
| 10 | Dundee United | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -12 | 20 |
| 11 | Kilmarnock | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 35 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 21 | -18 | 20 |
| 12 | Ross County | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -20 | 17 |
