A lot at stake in this fixture, with Livingston in 4th and Hearts at 3rd. Read the preview!
- Livingston haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Hearts haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
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 story so far in the Premiership for Livingston at their home stadium (Tony Macaroni Arena) is 5 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. Livingston have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
Livingston are returning here after visiting Stenhousemuir in a Scottish Cup fixture and winning with a 3-1 scoreline.
A strong away win before that one, visiting St. Johnstone and winning 4-2.There will be little rest for Livingston after this match as they are travelling to Celtic for a Premiership game in only three days.
Early season league goal statistics from Livingston's 10 home games: {10 goals}, 10 conceded.
Hearts form and stats
Playing away, Hearts have won 3 games, drawn 4 and suffered 4 defeats in the Premiership this season.
The Hearts goalkeeper Zander Clark is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 266 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Two travels in a row for Hearts, whose coach Neilson could celebrate last time after the Scottish Cup win against Hibernian.
Before that, Hearts secured a home win against Aberdeen with the score 5-0.A new game in only three days for Hearts, the Premiership home match versus Rangers. Busy days.
Hearts find the net regularly in their away games. 14 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Hearts have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
This happened when the teams met previously this season; Hearts - Livingston 1-1. Rowles (Hearts) was sent off when these teams last played each other. Stats for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: one win for Livingston, five draws and four wins for Hearts. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: nine games.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Shankland 16 goals |   C. Montaño Castillo 4 goals |  B. Anderson 4 goals |
Livingston missing players
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| Livingston | Hearts | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 22 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 24 | 10 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 14 | 42 |
| 30 | 10 | 5 | Conceded | C | 3 | 15 | 31 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 82% | 86% |
| 48% | 40% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 45% | 64% |
| 19% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 27% | 45% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 27% |
| 52% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 55% | 59% |
| 24% | 30% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 18% |
| 24% | 20% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 36% | 23% |
| 3.9 | 4.4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4.9 | 4.9 |
| 6.5 | 5.4 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | 10.7 | 4.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 10.3 | 12.5 |
| 3 | 3.3 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.5 | 4.1 |
| 38% | 30% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 46% |
| 15.5 | 14.4 | 18.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.5 | 15.2 | 14.9 |
| 4.5 | 3.9 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.5 | 4.6 |
- Hearts haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- 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 | 22 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 69 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 10 | 52 | 61 |
| 2 | Rangers | 22 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 51 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 29 | 52 |
| 3 | Hearts | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 42 | 31 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 38 |
| 4 | Livingston | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 20 | -6 | 31 |
| 5 | Aberdeen | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 35 | 37 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 27 | -2 | 29 |
| 6 | Hibernian | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 29 | 37 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 23 | -8 | 27 |
| 7 | St. Mirren | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 23 | -9 | 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 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 38 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 21 | -19 | 20 |
| 12 | Ross County | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -20 | 17 |
