Motherwell vs Livingston match preview

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Competition: Sat 06.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Fir Park (13677 seats)

Season ticket holders at Fir Park haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Motherwell languishing in the 9th position so far. The guesting Livingston will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Motherwell have the most conceded goals (28) at home in Premiership
  • Livingston have the most matches over the total-line (16) in Premiership

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Premiership.

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Motherwell form and stats

With 3 Premiership wins, 3 draws and 9 defeats from their home games, Motherwell, who have the most conceded goals (28) at home in Premiership, are certainly not brimming with confidence. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Motherwell, their manager G. Alexander and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Motherwell, as their goalkeeper Liam Kelly has completely shut out the opponents for 221 minutes in the Premiership.

Motherwell enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Hibernian's place. The match ended 2-0 with Devante Cole and Jordan Roberts scoring. 0-0 away at St. Mirren before that.

Motherwell aren't scoring a lot here at Fir Park in the league, with only 13 goals from 15 games. Motherwell have conceded 28 from these games.

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Livingston form and stats

As the visiting team in Premiership matches, Livingston have produced an overall stat of 6-4-5 so far.

The manager D. Martindale was unhappy after their last game, a Premiership match played at their home ground Tony Macaroni Arena. Livingston suffered a 0-1 loss to Rangers (placed 1st). The game before that, in the League Cup, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against St. Johnstone.

Livingston find the net regularly in their away games. 20 goals from 15 away fixtures in the league. Livingston have conceded 18 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Livingston - Motherwell 0-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Motherwell victories, three draws and two Livingston wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

MotherwellD. Cole
D. Cole
6 goals
LivingstonS. Pittman
S. Pittman
6 goals
LivingstonJ. Guthrie
J. Guthrie
5 goals

Motherwell missing players

Livingston missing players

Motherwell Livingston
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
31 15 5 Played P 3 15 30
8 3 2 Won W 2 6 11
8 3 0 Drew D 1 4 7
15 9 3 Lost L 0 5 12
28 13 3 Scored S 5 20 36
46 28 6 Conceded C 2 18 36
90% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 90%
71% 67% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 87% 77%
45% 53% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 53% 47%
19% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 13% 20%
10% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 7%
39% 40% 20% BTTS BTTS 67% 53% 47%
29% 20% 20% Clean Sheets C S 33% 27% 33%
42% 47% 60% Failed to Score F T 0% 27% 30%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 1.8 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.2 1.6
4 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.7 10.1 12 Shots (avg) S ( 10.7 9.9 9.6
2.9 2.9 4.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.6 3.1
31% 30% 13% Goal Efficiency G E 56% 37% 39%
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • Livingston have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Livingston have the fewest matches under the total-line (12) in Premiership
  • Livingston have the most matches over the total-line (16) in Premiership
  • Motherwell have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Motherwell have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Motherwell have the most conceded goals (28) at home in Premiership

  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 31 27 4 0 74 9 15 15 0 0 44 2 16 12 4 0 30 7 65 85
2 Celtic 31 20 7 4 65 23 16 11 3 2 30 10 15 9 4 2 35 13 42 67
3 Hibernian 30 15 7 8 41 28 16 6 5 5 19 19 14 9 2 3 22 9 13 52
4 Aberdeen 31 13 9 9 32 30 16 9 3 4 22 16 15 4 6 5 10 14 2 48
5 Livingston 30 11 7 12 36 36 15 5 3 7 16 18 15 6 4 5 20 18 0 40
6 St. Mirren 31 10 9 12 29 34 17 4 7 6 14 21 14 6 2 6 15 13 -5 39
7 Dundee United 31 8 11 12 28 43 15 5 4 6 18 20 16 3 7 6 10 23 -15 35
8 St. Johnstone 31 8 10 13 32 40 14 3 4 7 6 13 17 5 6 6 26 27 -8 34
9 Motherwell 31 8 8 15 28 46 15 3 3 9 13 28 16 5 5 6 15 18 -18 32
10 Ross County 30 7 5 18 22 54 15 3 4 8 12 27 15 4 1 10 10 27 -32 26
11 Kilmarnock 31 7 4 20 27 43 15 4 3 8 18 21 16 3 1 12 9 22 -16 25
12 Hamilton Academical 30 6 7 17 29 57 15 2 5 8 12 24 15 4 2 9 17 33 -28 25

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.