Livingston vs St. Mirren match preview: Even contest expected at Tony Macaroni Arena

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Competition: Sat 02.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Tony Macaroni Arena (8716 seats)

Here's every little thing you should know, and then some, about the Livingston - St. Mirren match!

Insights:
  • Livingston have the most dropped points from leading position (6) in Premiership
  • St. Mirren have the most conceded goals (10) away in Premiership

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!

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Livingston form and stats

Livingston have played three Premiership home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 3 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.

Livingston faced defeat in their previous match, away at Hearts (0-3). Adam Lewis (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 6.64/10.

Prior to that, an away loss at Rangers in the League Cup.

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 twelve matches with the results: Won five, drawn four and lost three.

Livingston are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 3 goals in 3 games. On the other hand, Livingston have conceded 4 goals.

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St. Mirren form and stats

Still no away game victory in the Premiership for St. Mirren with 2 draws and 1 loss from their first 3 attempts.

St. Mirren are travelling after their nice 3-2 home win in the Premiership against Aberdeen (placed 7th). The attacker Jamie McGrath got a match rating of 8.32 in that game. McGrath served one assist, hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Hibernian that ended 2-2.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Mirren playing away and similar expectations, we found five relevant matches. Results were two St. Mirren wins, two draws and one defeat.

St. Mirren are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 4 away goals from 3 games (in the league). There are big problems for the St. Mirren defense as they have conceded 10 goals in 3 away games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - three - four (Livingston wins - draws - St. Mirren wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

St. MirrenJ. Shaughnessy
J. Shaughnessy
2 goals
St. MirrenE. Brophy
E. Brophy
2 goals
St. MirrenC. Ronan
C. Ronan
2 goals

Livingston missing players

St. Mirren missing players

Livingston St. Mirren
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
7 3 2 Played P 1 3 7
1 1 1 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 1 2 4
5 2 1 Lost L 0 1 2
3 3 2 Scored S 2 4 8
12 4 2 Conceded C 2 10 14
86% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 71%
71% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 71%
57% 67% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 71%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 100% 57%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 29%
29% 67% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 57%
29% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 29%
57% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 43%
 
4 4.3 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 11 5.7 5.3
6.1 6.7 6 Corners against (avg) C A 8 10.3 5.9
3.1 3 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.7 1.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
7.6 10.3 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 16 10.3 12.3
1.9 2.7 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.3 3.4
23% 38% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 40% 33%
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • All of St. Mirren's away-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
  • Livingston have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Livingston have the fewest scored goals in the second half (0) in Premiership
  • Livingston have the most conceded goals in the second half (9) in Premiership
  • Livingston have the most dropped points from leading position (6) in Premiership
  • St. Mirren have scored more than double the goals of Livingston.
  • St. Mirren have the most conceded goals (10) away in Premiership
  • St. Mirren have yet to win a game away.

  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 7 5 1 1 12 5 3 2 1 0 5 1 4 3 0 1 7 4 7 16
2 Hibernian 7 4 3 0 13 6 4 3 1 0 8 2 3 1 2 0 5 4 7 15
3 Hearts 7 4 3 0 12 5 4 2 2 0 6 2 3 2 1 0 6 3 7 15
4 Motherwell 7 4 2 1 11 7 4 3 0 1 7 4 3 1 2 0 4 3 4 14
5 Dundee United 7 3 2 2 4 5 3 2 0 1 2 2 4 1 2 1 2 3 -1 11
6 Celtic 7 3 1 3 17 5 4 3 1 0 16 1 3 0 0 3 1 4 12 10
7 Aberdeen 7 2 2 3 8 9 3 1 1 1 3 2 4 1 1 2 5 7 -1 8
8 St. Mirren 7 1 4 2 8 14 4 1 2 1 4 4 3 0 2 1 4 10 -6 7
9 St. Johnstone 7 1 3 3 3 5 3 0 1 2 2 4 4 1 2 1 1 1 -2 6
10 Livingston 7 1 1 5 3 12 3 1 0 2 3 4 4 0 1 3 0 8 -9 4
11 Ross County 7 0 3 4 6 15 3 0 2 1 4 6 4 0 1 3 2 9 -9 3
12 Dundee 7 0 3 4 4 13 4 0 3 1 4 5 3 0 0 3 0 8 -9 3

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.