This could be an interesting match as Livingston have their presumed home advantage while Motherwell are ahead 10 points in the Premiership table.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Livingston form and stats
When playing at home in the Premiership, Livingston, who have the most clean sheets (8) at home in Premiership, have managed 6 wins, 3 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 11 games. After failing to beat Hamilton Academical here at Tony Macaroni Arena, Livingston has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.
A strong away win for Livingston against Hamilton Academical the last match, as Scott Pitman, Steven Lawless, Craig Sibbald and Lyndon Dykes were on target. Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against St. Johnstone.
A goal frenzy last time out for Livingston, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Hamilton Academical. Fun stuff to watch!
This is expected to be a close game, with Livingston perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Livingston as a small favourite), we find eleven games. Livingston has won 6 of these, drawn 5 and lost 0.
Livingston are traveling soon after this match as the Premiership match at Ross County awaits in four days.
The Livingston fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 11 matches. Livingston have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 5 goals.
Motherwell form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 7 wins, 1 draw and only 3 losses in the Premiership. A great winning streak in away games for Motherwell as they have managed to win four matches in a row as the visitors. Not since the Hibernian have they travelled home without three points.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Motherwell goalkeeper Mark Gillespie is eager to challenge this, with his 193 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Motherwell's last game was the home draw against Hibernian (0-0). Prior to that result Motherwell won their away game at Aberdeen. The scoreline was 1-0.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Motherwell in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Motherwell, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Motherwell are hosting Celtic in the Premiership only four days away.
Motherwell find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 16 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. Motherwell have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Motherwell - Livingston 2-1. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 1 win for Livingston, 2 draws and 7 wins for Motherwell. Over 2,5 goals: 4 times; under 2,5 goals: 6 games.Top Goalscorers
  L. Dykes 9 goals |  S. Lawless 7 goals |   L. Donnelly 6 goals |
Livingston missing players
Motherwell missing players
| Livingston | Motherwell | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 8 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 35 | 14 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 16 | 34 |
| 31 | 5 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 27 |
| 87% | 73% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 91% |
| 83% | 64% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 64% | 74% |
| 61% | 27% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 55% | 61% |
| 35% | 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 27% | 22% |
| 13% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 9% |
| 52% | 9% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 45% | 43% |
| 35% | 73% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 45% | 43% |
| 26% | 45% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 18% | 22% |
| 4.1 | 3.9 | 1 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 5.4 | 4.9 |
| 4.4 | 3.5 | 3.3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 2.3 | 3.8 | 4.4 |
| 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 190 | 93 | 20 | Total Shots | T S | 22 | 93 | 238 |
| 86 | 42 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 39 | 90 |
| 41% | 33% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 41% | 38% |
- Livingston has the most clean sheets (8) at home
- 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 | 22 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 61 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 47 | 58 |
| 2 | Rangers | 21 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 55 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 42 | 53 |
| 3 | Motherwell | 23 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 34 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 41 |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 37 |
| 5 | Livingston | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 35 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 26 | 4 | 31 |
| 6 | Hibernian | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 31 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 21 | -6 | 29 |
| 7 | Kilmarnock | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 20 | -10 | 23 |
| 8 | St. Johnstone | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 19 | -18 | 23 |
| 9 | Ross County | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 45 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 24 | -23 | 22 |
| 10 | St. Mirren | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 18 | -13 | 20 |
| 11 | Hamilton Academical | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 40 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -17 | 18 |
| 12 | Hearts | 23 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 19 | -16 | 17 |