Home advantage could prove decisive in Motherwell - Livingston battle

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Date: Sat 02.November
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Fir Park (13677 seats)

3rd position in the Premiership table for Motherwell so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 6th-placed Livingston visits Fir Park.

It's no vacation for neither Motherwell nor Livingston 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.

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Motherwell form and stats

3-0-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Premiership numbers at home for Motherwell so far this season.

Motherwell's previous game was a Premiership match also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Kilmarnock (placed 5th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Heartbreak before that as Motherwell lost 1-2 at Rangers's place.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Motherwell handle that role? We have found eight games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W3-D3-L2.

Motherwell have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Fir Park with 10 goals in 6 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 11 goals have been conceded.

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Livingston form and stats

There's been little loot from Livingston's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 6 away games in the Premiership. Livingston only have 1 win to counter their 3 defeats and 2 draws.

Livingston are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Hibernian (placed 9th). Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Hearts.

It looked so good for Livingston vs Hibernian, but the job was not completed and two points were lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw.

We have checked recent matches where Livingston have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were W5-D2-L6.

Livingston has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 11 goals from 6 games. For Livingston, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Livingston - Motherwell 0-0. Last ten meetings between the teams: Motherwell won 7, Livingston won 1 and 2 draws. 4 games with over 2,5 goals, 6 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

MotherwellL. Donnelly
L. Donnelly
5 goals
LivingstonS. Lawless
S. Lawless
4 goals
MotherwellD. Cole
D. Cole
3 goals

Motherwell missing players

Livingston missing players

Motherwell Livingston
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
11 6 2 Played P 1 6 11
6 3 1 Won W 0 1 3
1 0 0 Drew D 0 2 4
4 3 1 Lost L 1 3 4
18 10 3 Scored S 1 11 15
16 11 3 Conceded C 3 12 15
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 82%
82% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 82%
73% 83% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 64%
27% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 67% 36%
18% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 9%
55% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 64%
36% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 27%
18% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 27%
 
5.3 4.8 7 Corners For (avg) C F 2 4.3 3.9
4.7 5.5 5.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 9 5.5 5.3
2.3 2 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 1.7 1.9
2 1 1 Red Cards R C 1 1 2
Key stats this season:
  • All of Livingston's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • All of Motherwell's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Livingston have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Livingston have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Livingston have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Livingston haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Motherwell have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Motherwell haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

Motherwell
All Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup
All Home Away Home vs mid
28-09-19 PR St. Johnstone 0 - 1 Motherwell
05-10-19 PR Motherwell 2 - 0 St. Mirren
19-10-19 PR Motherwell 0 - 3 Aberdeen
27-10-19 PR Rangers 2 - 1 Motherwell
30-10-19 PR Motherwell 2 - 1 Kilmarnock
02-11-19 PR Motherwell 16:00 Livingston
10-11-19 PR Celtic 16:00 Motherwell
23-11-19 PR Hibernian 16:00 Motherwell
30-11-19 PR Motherwell 16:00 St. Johnstone
04-12-19 PR St. Mirren 20:45 Motherwell
Livingston
All P1 PR CH LC CF SC
All Home Away Away vs top
28-09-19 PR Hamilton Academical 2 - 1 Livingston
06-10-19 PR Livingston 2 - 0 Celtic
19-10-19 PR Kilmarnock 2 - 1 Livingston
26-10-19 PR Livingston 0 - 0 Hearts
30-10-19 PR Hibernian 2 - 2 Livingston
02-11-19 PR Motherwell 16:00 Livingston
10-11-19 PR Livingston 16:00 Rangers
23-11-19 PR Celtic 16:00 Livingston
30-11-19 PR Livingston 16:00 Hamilton Academical
04-12-19 PR Hearts 20:45 Livingston

  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 11 9 1 1 34 7 5 5 0 0 21 2 6 4 1 1 13 5 27 28
2 Rangers 11 9 1 1 33 7 6 5 0 1 21 5 5 4 1 0 12 2 26 28
3 Motherwell 11 6 1 4 18 16 6 3 0 3 10 11 5 3 1 1 8 5 2 19
4 Aberdeen 11 5 3 3 14 14 5 2 2 1 8 8 6 3 1 2 6 6 0 18
5 Kilmarnock 11 5 2 4 10 10 6 3 2 1 6 3 5 2 0 3 4 7 0 17
6 Livingston 11 3 4 4 15 15 5 2 2 1 4 3 6 1 2 3 11 12 0 13
7 Ross County 11 3 4 4 12 23 5 2 1 2 8 11 6 1 3 2 4 12 -11 13
8 St. Johnstone 11 2 4 5 11 24 6 2 1 3 6 10 5 0 3 2 5 14 -13 10
9 Hibernian 11 1 6 4 12 22 6 1 4 1 9 9 5 0 2 3 3 13 -10 9
10 Hamilton Academical 11 2 3 6 10 20 6 2 1 3 6 7 5 0 2 3 4 13 -10 9
11 Hearts 11 1 5 5 10 15 5 0 3 2 5 7 6 1 2 3 5 8 -5 8
12 St. Mirren 11 2 2 7 5 11 5 2 2 1 3 1 6 0 0 6 2 10 -6 8

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