Season ticket holders at Tony Macaroni Arena haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Livingston languishing in the 12th position so far. The guesting St. Johnstone will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
Livingston and St. Johnstone 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.
Livingston form and stats
Overall Premiership stats at home this season for Livingston, who have the most conceded goals (14) in Premiership, are 1-1-2 (wins-draw-losses).
In their previous game, the manager G. Holt led his Livingston to a defeat in the Premiership match away at Celtic. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Tony Macaroni Arena. Before that game, the home loss against Hamilton Academical with the scoreline 1-2.
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.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Livingston here at Tony Macaroni Arena in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (3 from 4 games). With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Livingston defense is not exactly impregnable. 6 goals conceded from 4 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
St. Johnstone form and stats
The visitors are W1-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Premiership.
Johnstone have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 198 minutes ago. S. May was the goal scorer.
St. Johnstone might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Ross County proved too strong as Johnstone slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at McDiarmid Park. Prior to that match, the Johnstone manager C. Davidson faced defeat when travelling to Motherwell and losing 0-1.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by St. Johnstone in our archives, and the results are: two wins for St. Johnstone, three draws and five defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Johnstone as they have only managed to score 3 times from 4 away games in the league. Johnstone's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 6 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Livingston won three games, three matches ended with a draw and St. Johnstone has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / eightLivingston missing players
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| Livingston | St. Johnstone | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 14 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 88% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 62% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 38% |
| 62% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 62% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 25% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 62% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.2 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 71 | 39 | 9 | Total Shots | T S | 11 | 39 | 83 |
| 22 | 10 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 14 | 22 |
| 36% | 30% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 21% | 18% |
- Livingston has the most conceded goals (14) in Premiership
- Livingston has the most conceded goals in the first half (8) in Premiership
- Livingston has the most dropped points from leading position (6) in Premiership
- St. Johnstone has the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Premiership
- St. Johnstone have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- St. Johnstone have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- St. Johnstone have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- St. Johnstone 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 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 19 |
| 2 | Rangers | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 19 |
| 3 | Hibernian | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| 5 | Ross County | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -4 | 11 |
| 6 | Dundee United | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -7 | 10 |
| 7 | Kilmarnock | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| 8 | St. Johnstone | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 7 |
| 9 | St. Mirren | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 7 |
| 10 | Hamilton Academical | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -7 | 6 |
| 11 | Motherwell | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -5 | 5 |
| 12 | Livingston | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -6 | 5 |