Premiership match prediction and preview for Ross County vs Livingston clash

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Date: Wed 05.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Global Energy Stadium (6541 seats)

Season ticket holders at Global Energy Stadium haven't seen too many victories this season, with Ross County languishing in the 9th position so far. The guesting Livingston will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Ross County and Livingston.

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Ross County form and stats

4-2-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Premiership numbers at home for Ross County, who have the most conceded goals (50) in Premiership, so far this season. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Ross County to get some points in this home game.

The fans are hoping that Ross County will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the Premiership game against Kilmarnock (placed 7th). Heartbreak before that as Ross County lost 0-2 at Rangers's place.

Ross County has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 21 goals have been conceded.

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Livingston form and stats

Livingston have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Premiership, after 2-4-6 (12 played). The fact that Livingston have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.

Livingston go into this game after a win, the home game against Motherwell that ended 1-0. Preceding that game was the away victory against Hamilton Academical with the score of 4-2.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Scottish Cup trip to Inverness CT.

Livingston has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 21 goals from 12 games. For Livingston, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Livingston - Ross County 4-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Ross County wins - draws - Livingston wins). As for goals, nine matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

LivingstonL. Dykes
L. Dykes
9 goals
LivingstonS. Lawless
S. Lawless
7 goals
LivingstonJ. Guthrie
J. Guthrie
5 goals

Ross County missing players

Livingston missing players

Ross County Livingston
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
24 11 3 Played P 4 12 24
5 4 2 Won W 1 2 9
7 2 1 Drew D 2 4 7
12 5 0 Lost L 1 6 8
23 14 5 Scored S 9 21 36
50 21 3 Conceded C 8 26 31
88% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 88%
83% 82% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 79%
75% 82% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 92% 58%
42% 45% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 58% 33%
12% 18% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 25% 12%
54% 64% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 92% 50%
21% 27% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 38%
38% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 8% 25%
 
3.5 4.1 5 Corners For (avg) C F 5.5 4.2 4.5
6.8 6.3 8 Corners Against (avg) C A 4.2 5.3 4.3
2 1.6 2.7 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.5
2 1 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 2
 
152 79 30 Total Shots T S 35 97 206
62 33 13 Shots on Target S O 14 44 95
37% 42% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 64% 48% 38%
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • All of Livingston's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Livingston has the fewest clean sheets (0) away
  • 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 haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Ross County has the fewest matches under the total-line (7)
  • Ross County has the most conceded goals (50)
  • Ross County has the most conceded goals in the second half (31)
  • Ross County has the most matches over the total-line (16)
  • Ross County has the the worst goal difference (-27)
  • Ross County have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Ross County have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Ross County is in the worst form (0-2-4)

  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 23 20 1 2 64 14 12 11 0 1 37 6 11 9 1 1 27 8 50 61
2 Rangers 23 18 3 2 57 13 11 9 1 1 30 5 12 9 2 1 27 8 44 57
3 Motherwell 24 13 2 9 34 28 12 6 1 5 18 16 12 7 1 4 16 12 6 41
4 Aberdeen 24 10 8 6 30 27 11 6 3 2 18 13 13 4 5 4 12 14 3 38
5 Livingston 24 9 7 8 36 31 12 7 3 2 15 5 12 2 4 6 21 26 5 34
6 Hibernian 24 7 9 8 33 39 12 4 6 2 21 18 12 3 3 6 12 21 -6 30
7 Kilmarnock 24 7 5 12 22 30 12 5 4 3 15 10 12 2 1 9 7 20 -8 26
8 St. Johnstone 23 5 9 9 21 42 13 3 5 5 14 23 10 2 4 4 7 19 -21 24
9 Ross County 24 5 7 12 23 50 11 4 2 5 14 21 13 1 5 7 9 29 -27 22
10 St. Mirren 24 5 6 13 19 32 12 4 4 4 11 12 12 1 2 9 8 20 -13 21
11 Hearts 24 3 9 12 23 39 12 2 5 5 14 17 12 1 4 7 9 22 -16 18
12 Hamilton Academical 23 4 6 13 23 40 12 3 2 7 13 19 11 1 4 6 10 21 -17 18

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.