With their 16 point advantage in the league table, Livingston fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Hearts.
Hearts could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Premiership game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at St. Mirren. 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.
Livingston form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Tony Macaroni Arena as Livingston have scored 19 goals to get 28 points from 14 games. The overall stats in the Premiership are 8-4-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Livingston faced defeat in their previous match, away at St. Johnstone (0-1). The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Celtic.
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 Livingston have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found six games) they have won four times, drawn zero and lost two.
Livingston has scored 19 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. Livingston are not conceding a lot of goals here at Tony Macaroni Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 14 matches.
Hearts form and stats
There's been little loot from Hearts's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 15 away games in the Premiership. Hearts only have 2 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 4 draws.
Two away games in a row for Hearts, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus St. Mirren in the Premiership. A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Motherwell.
We have checked recent matches where Hearts have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those three games were one victory, one draw and one defeat.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Hearts as they have only managed to score 12 times from 15 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Hearts have conceded 29 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Livingston and Hearts have met before this season: Hearts - Livingston 1-1. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: one win for Livingston, four draws and five wins for Hearts. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: eight games.Top Goalscorers
  L. Dykes 10 goals | S. Lawless 8 goals | J. Guthrie 6 goals |
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| Livingston | Hearts | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 30 |
| 10 | 8 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 11 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 9 | 15 |
| 41 | 19 | 8 | Scored | S | 8 | 12 | 31 |
| 39 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 9 | 29 | 52 |
| 90% | 79% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 87% |
| 77% | 64% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 60% | 70% |
| 53% | 36% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 60% | 50% |
| 30% | 14% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 40% | 37% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 27% | 23% |
| 50% | 21% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 40% | 53% |
| 30% | 64% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 13% |
| 30% | 36% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 60% | 47% |
| 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 5.5 | 5.9 |
| 4.8 | 3.6 | 2.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5.3 | 5.2 |
| 1.6 | 1.4 | 0.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 252 | 127 | 42 | Total Shots | T S | 42 | 113 | 292 |
| 115 | 61 | 19 | Shots on Target | S O | 14 | 35 | 109 |
| 36% | 31% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 57% | 34% | 28% |
- Hearts has the fewest clean sheets (4)
- Hearts has the fewest scored goals in the first half (7)
- Hearts have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Hearts have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Livingston has the fewest points from losing position (5)
- Livingston have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
| 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 | 30 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 89 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 12 | 70 | 80 |
| 2 | Rangers | 29 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 64 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 12 | 45 | 67 |
| 3 | Motherwell | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 41 | 38 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 46 |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 40 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 45 |
| 5 | Livingston | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 41 | 39 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 2 | 39 |
| 6 | Hibernian | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 42 | 49 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 27 | -7 | 37 |
| 7 | St. Johnstone | 29 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 28 | 46 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 20 | -18 | 36 |
| 8 | Kilmarnock | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 31 | 41 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 26 | -10 | 33 |
| 9 | St. Mirren | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 28 | -17 | 29 |
| 10 | Ross County | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 29 | 60 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 37 | -31 | 29 |
| 11 | Hamilton Academical | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 50 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 26 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 24 | -20 | 27 |
| 12 | Hearts | 30 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 31 | 52 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 29 | -21 | 23 |