The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Livingston are in the 5th position while the guesting St. Johnstone worry at 9th.
It's no vacation for neither Livingston nor St. Johnstone as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
St. Johnstone are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.
Livingston form and stats
The story so far in the Premiership for Livingston, who have the most clean sheets (7) at home in Premiership, at their home stadium (Tony Macaroni Arena) is 5 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats. It’s been three wins in a row for Livingston here at Tony Macaroni Arena, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
The Livingston supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Raith Rovers in Scottish Cup and win 3-1. Before that, Livingston had a Premiership home game versus Hibernian which ended with a victory 2-0.
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 seven games) they have won 3 times, drawn 1 and lost 3.
There will be little rest for Livingston after this match as they are travelling to Hamilton Academical for a Premiership game in only three days.
The Livingston fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 10 matches. Defensively Livingston have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (5 in 10 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
St. Johnstone form and stats
Playing away, St. Johnstone have won 2 games, drawn 4 and suffered 3 defeats in the Premiership this season. St. Johnstone love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
St. Johnstone won their last game, 3-0 versus Greenock Morton played at home. A draw for St. Johnstone before that, at their own venue hosting Ross County (1-1).
St. Johnstone are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 0 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of eight matches.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Kilmarnock in just three days.
The attacking power of St. Johnstone when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 9 league matches away. The St. Johnstone manager T. Wright has some worries about the defense as 18 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; St. Johnstone - Livingston 2-2. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 2 wins for Livingston, 3 draws and 5 wins for St. Johnstone. Over 2,5 goals: 2 times; under 2,5 goals: 8 games.Top Goalscorers
 
L. Dykes
8 goals
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S. Lawless
6 goals
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J. Guthrie
5 goals
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Livingston missing players
St. Johnstone missing players
| Livingston | St. Johnstone | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 30 | 13 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 7 | 16 |
| 29 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 18 | 34 |
| 86% | 70% | 33% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 89% | 89% |
| 86% | 70% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | 63% |
| 62% | 30% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 44% | 42% |
| 33% | 10% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 44% | 42% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 16% |
| 52% | 10% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 33% | 42% |
| 33% | 70% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 33% | 26% |
| 29% | 50% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 44% | 42% |
| 4 | 3.7 | 5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 8 | 4.9 | 4.9 |
| 4.4 | 3.2 | 2.3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 5.8 | 4.8 |
| 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.7 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 174 | 86 | 27 | Total Shots | T S | 39 | 83 | 187 |
| 79 | 40 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 27 | 65 |
| 38% | 32% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 26% | 25% |
- Livingston has the fewest points from losing position (0)
- Livingston has the most clean sheets (7) at home
- Livingston have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- St. Johnstone has the fewest scored goals (16)
- St. Johnstone has the fewest scored goals in the first half (3)
- St. Johnstone have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- St. Johnstone have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 55 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 42 | 52 |
| 2 | Rangers | 19 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 53 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 42 | 50 |
| 3 | Motherwell | 21 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 33 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 37 |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 36 |
| 5 | Livingston | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 30 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 1 | 25 |
| 6 | Hibernian | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 29 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 21 | -7 | 25 |
| 7 | Kilmarnock | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 18 | -7 | 23 |
| 8 | Ross County | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 42 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | -20 | 21 |
| 9 | St. Johnstone | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 | -18 | 20 |
| 10 | St. Mirren | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 17 | -12 | 19 |
| 11 | Hamilton Academical | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 19 | -14 | 18 |
| 12 | Hearts | 21 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 19 | -17 | 13 |