Livingston vs Ross County match preview

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Competition: Sat 29.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Tony Macaroni Arena (8716 seats)

After five games we know a little more about the qualities of Livingston and Ross County in this fresh Premiership season. Read our match preview!

Livingston and Ross County should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Livingston form and stats

Livingston have less points than they have played home games in the Premiership so far. Their two previous attempts here have produced 1 point.

No payout for Livingston in their previous match, an away game at Aberdeen that ended in defeat 1-2. Before that, Livingston drew at home versus Rangers.

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 ten matches with the results: Won six, drawn three and lost one.

At Tony Macaroni Arena, Livingston has the goal stats of 1-4 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.

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Ross County form and stats

Four points from two away games for Ross County, meaning one draw and one victory in the Premiership so far.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to St. Mirren (placed 6th) in their previous outing. The Premiership match ended in a draw 1-1. Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Dundee United.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Ross County in our archives, and the results are: four wins for County, one draw and three defeats.

It's early days yet, but Ross County has scored 2 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - two - five (Livingston wins - draws - Ross County wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Ross CountyR. Stewart
R. Stewart
2 goals
LivingstonS. Pittman
S. Pittman
1 goals
LivingstonA. Forrest
A. Forrest
1 goals

Livingston missing players

Ross County missing players

Livingston Ross County
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
5 2 2 Played P 1 2 5
0 0 0 Won W 1 1 2
2 1 1 Drew D 0 1 2
3 1 1 Lost L 0 0 1
4 1 1 Scored S 1 2 6
9 4 4 Conceded C 0 1 5
80% 50% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
60% 50% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 60%
60% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 40%
40% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 20%
20% 50% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
60% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 60%
20% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 40%
40% 50% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3.6 2.5 2.5 Corners for (avg) C F 1 2.5 3.6
3.8 6.5 6.5 Corners against (avg) C A 9 6 6
1.2 0.5 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.5 2.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
38 12 12 Total Shots T S 8 26 55
12 3 3 Shots on Target S O 1 3 11
33% 33% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 67% 55%
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • Livingston has the most conceded goals in the first half (6)
  • Livingston has the the worst goal difference (-3) at home
  • Livingston have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
  • Livingston have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Livingston have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Livingston have yet to win a game.
  • Ross County have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Ross County have not yet lost a game away.
  • Ross County have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Ross County have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Ross County haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Livingston Last season Ross County
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 14   Played P   16 30
10 8   Won W   2 7
9 4   Drew D   5 8
11 2   Lost L   9 15
41 19   Scored S   12 29
39 8   Conceded C   37 60
90% 79%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   88% 90%
77% 64%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   88% 83%
53% 36%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   75% 70%
30% 14%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   38% 37%
10% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 13%
50% 21%   BTTS BTTS   50% 53%
30% 64%   Clean Sheets C S   12% 20%
30% 36%   Failed to Score F T   50% 37%
 
4.6 4.8   Corners for (avg) C F   3.2 3.7
4.8 3.6   Corners against (avg) C A   7 6.8
1.6 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2.1
2 1   Red cards R C   1 2
 
252 127   Total Shots T S   91 184
115 61   Shots on Target S O   38 78
36% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 37%

  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 5 4 1 0 9 0 3 3 0 0 8 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 9 13
2 Hibernian 5 4 1 0 8 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 3 3 0 0 6 1 6 13
3 Ross County 5 2 2 1 6 5 3 1 1 1 4 4 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 8
4 Celtic 3 2 1 0 7 2 1 1 0 0 5 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 5 7
5 Dundee United 5 2 1 2 4 4 3 0 1 2 1 3 2 2 0 0 3 1 0 7
6 St. Mirren 4 2 1 1 3 4 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 3 -1 7
7 Aberdeen 3 2 0 1 3 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 6
8 St. Johnstone 5 1 1 3 3 7 2 0 0 2 0 2 3 1 1 1 3 5 -4 4
9 Hamilton Academical 4 1 0 3 2 7 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 2 5 -5 3
10 Motherwell 5 0 2 3 2 5 3 0 1 2 2 4 2 0 1 1 0 1 -3 2
11 Kilmarnock 5 0 2 3 5 9 2 0 1 1 2 3 3 0 1 2 3 6 -4 2
12 Livingston 5 0 2 3 4 9 2 0 1 1 1 4 3 0 1 2 3 5 -5 2

Read more about Premiership

The Scottish Premiership is the top division of football in Scotland, the Scottish Professional Football League. Twelve teams play 38 fixtures to top the league table in a season running from August to May. The teams first meet each other three times. Then the league splits in two for five more games.