Soccer betting preview: St. Johnstone welcomes Livingston in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Date: Sat 04.May
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: McDiarmid Park (10673 seats)

The Premiership league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. These two teams are placed 1st and 5th respectively.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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St. Johnstone form and stats

1 victory, 0 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what St. Johnstone have to build on here at McDiarmid Park. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for St. Johnstone, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.

St. Johnstone manager T. Wright and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus St. Mirren in the Premiership. Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Dundee.

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 St. Johnstone have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won 3 Drawn 3 Lost 2.

At McDiarmid Park, St. Johnstone has the goal stats of 2-0 (for/against) from 1 fixture.

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Livingston form and stats

The visitors are W0-D1-L0 on the road this term. Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in 16 away games in a row.

Livingston are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 3-3 draw at Hamilton Academical. Preceding that, the 1-3 home loss versus St. Mirren.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Livingston in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Livingston, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

3 goals so far away for Livingston, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Livingston - St. Johnstone 3-1 played earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: St. Johnstone won 6, Livingston won 3 and 1 draw.

Top Goalscorers

R. Hardie
7 goals
M. Kennedy
6 goals
S. Pittman
6 goals / 2 assists

St. Johnstone missing players

Livingston missing players

St. Johnstone Livingston
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs top Away Total
35 17 3 Played 2 17 35
14 7 3 Won 1 1 11
6 4 0 Drew 0 8 10
15 6 0 Lost 1 8 14
35 20 5 Scored 2 11 39
45 20 0 Conceded 1 23 39
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 100% 76% 83%
74% 76% 67% Over 1.5 50% 59% 63%
34% 35% 0% Over 2.5 0% 29% 43%
14% 18% 0% Over 3.5 0% 18% 23%
6% 6% 0% Over 4.5 0% 12% 9%
34% 35% 0% BTTS 0% 35% 37%
43% 47% 100% Clean Sheets 50% 29% 40%
29% 24% 0% Failed To Score 50% 59% 40%
 
4.9 6 6 Corners For (avg) 6.5 4.5 4.1
5.2 4.6 3 Corners Against (avg) 4.5 6 5.2
1.6 1.5 0.7 Yellow Cards (avg) 2.5 1.8 1.6
2 1 0 Red Cards 0 1 3
Key stats this season:
  • St. Johnstone is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.

St. Johnstone
09-03-19 PR Livingston 3 - 1 St. Johnstone
27-03-19 PR St. Johnstone 1 - 0 St. Mirren
30-03-19 PR Motherwell 3 - 0 St. Johnstone
03-04-19 PR St. Johnstone 2 - 0 Dundee
06-04-19 PR Kilmarnock 2 - 0 St. Johnstone
20-04-19 PR St. Johnstone 2 - 0 Dundee
27-04-19 PR St. Mirren 1 - 1 St. Johnstone
04-05-19 PR St. Johnstone 14:00 Livingston
11-05-19 PR St. Johnstone 14:00 Motherwell
18-05-19 PR Hamilton Academical 11:30 St. Johnstone
Livingston
09-03-19 PR Livingston 3 - 1 St. Johnstone
16-03-19 PR Aberdeen 1 - 1 Livingston
29-03-19 PR Livingston 1 - 2 Hibernian
03-04-19 PR Livingston 2 - 0 Hamilton Academical
06-04-19 PR Celtic 0 - 0 Livingston
20-04-19 PR Livingston 1 - 3 St. Mirren
27-04-19 PR Hamilton Academical 3 - 3 Livingston
04-05-19 PR St. Johnstone 14:00 Livingston
11-05-19 PR Livingston 14:00 Dundee
18-05-19 PR Motherwell 11:30 Livingston

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 St. Johnstone 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
2 St. Mirren 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 4
3 Motherwell 2 1 1 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
4 Hamilton Academical 2 0 2 0 4 4 2 0 2 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
5 Livingston 2 0 1 1 4 6 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 -2 1
6 Dundee 2 0 0 2 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 6 -3 0