Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, St. Johnstone in 8th and Livingston in 5th place.
It's no vacation for neither St. Johnstone 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.
St. Johnstone form and stats
When playing at home in the Premiership, St. Johnstone have managed 4 wins, 6 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 15 games. The last three games played by St. Johnstone, regardless of arena, have all ended draws.
An away draw last time out for St. Johnstone, facing St. Mirren in a game that ended 0-0. Ahead of that match, St. Johnstone lost 0-1 at home to Celtic.
This is expected to be a close game, with St. Johnstone perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with St. Johnstone as a small favourite), we find nine games. St. Johnstone has won four of these, drawn three and lost two.
St. Johnstone has scored 18 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 26 goals have been conceded.
Livingston form and stats
Livingston have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Premiership, after 2-5-8 (15 played).
Livingston's last game was the home draw against Celtic (2-2). A 1-1 draw at Hibernian's stadium before that.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Livingston playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were zero Livingston wins, four draws and three defeats.
Livingston have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 15 league away games 22 goals have been scored. For Livingston, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Livingston - St. Johnstone 1-0. Last ten meetings between the teams: St. Johnstone won four, Livingston won three and three draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, eight matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
 L. Dykes 10 goals | S. Lawless 8 goals |  C. Hendry 6 goals |
St. Johnstone missing players
Livingston missing players
| St. Johnstone | Livingston | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 15 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 15 | 29 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 12 | 6 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 8 | 10 |
| 27 | 18 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 22 | 41 |
| 46 | 26 | 6 | Conceded | C | 5 | 30 | 38 |
| 89% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 64% | 73% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 93% | 79% |
| 46% | 60% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 73% | 55% |
| 36% | 40% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 47% | 31% |
| 14% | 20% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| 46% | 60% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 80% | 52% |
| 25% | 13% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 31% |
| 39% | 33% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 28% |
| 4.9 | 5.2 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.3 | 4.6 |
| 5.1 | 4.3 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.7 | 5.9 | 4.8 |
| 1.6 | 1.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 264 | 156 | 34 | Total Shots | T S | 28 | 117 | 244 |
| 98 | 63 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 50 | 111 |
| 28% | 29% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 44% | 37% |
- Livingston has the fewest clean sheets (0) away
- Livingston has the fewest points from losing position (5)
- 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.
- St. Johnstone have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | Celtic | 29 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 84 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 12 | 65 | 77 |
| 2 | Rangers | 28 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 63 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 12 | 44 | 64 |
| 3 | Motherwell | 29 | 14 | 3 | 12 | 40 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 45 |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 29 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 37 | 35 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 42 |
| 5 | Livingston | 29 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 41 | 38 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 3 | 39 |
| 6 | Hibernian | 29 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 41 | 46 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 24 | -5 | 37 |
| 7 | Kilmarnock | 29 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 31 | 40 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 25 | -9 | 33 |
| 8 | St. Johnstone | 28 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 27 | 46 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 20 | -19 | 33 |
| 9 | Ross County | 29 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 29 | 59 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 37 | -30 | 29 |
| 10 | St. Mirren | 28 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 36 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 23 | -13 | 26 |
| 11 | Hamilton Academical | 29 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 50 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 26 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 24 | -21 | 24 |
| 12 | Hearts | 28 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 30 | 50 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 28 | -20 | 22 |