The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. St. Johnstone are in the 7th position while the guesting Livingston worry at 9th.
- St. Johnstone has the fewest scored goals (3) at home in Premiership
- Livingston has the most dropped points from leading position (9) in Premiership
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
St. Johnstone form and stats
With 2 Premiership wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, St. Johnstone, who have the fewest scored goals (3) at home in Premiership, are certainly not brimming with confidence. The last three games played by Johnstone, regardless of arena, have all ended draws.
St. Johnstone manager C. Davidson and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Celtic (placed 2nd) in the Premiership. In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Motherwell.
This is expected to be a close game, with 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 eight games. St. Johnstone has won five of these, drawn one and lost two.
The manager C. Davidson will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Dunfermline Athletic in only three days.
St. Johnstone has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 3 goals from 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Johnstone are not conceding a lot of goals here at McDiarmid Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 8 matches.
Livingston form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Livingston, who have the fewest points (5) away in Premiership, so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-4 (win-draw-lose).
Impressive finishing from Marvin Bartley and Scott Pitman secured the home win 2-0 against Dundee United in their previous game. A home win before that, celebrating 4-0 vs Ayr United.
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, five draws and two defeats.
A new game in only four days for Livingston, the League Cup home match versus Ross County. Busy days.
The visiting Livingston have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 8 goals from 7 games. In the opposite end, Livingston have conceded 12 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Livingston - Johnstone 2-0. St. Johnstone-Livingston H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Johnstone four wins, Livingston three wins, three draws. two of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  S. May 4 goals |   S. Pittman 4 goals |  D. Wotherspoon 3 goals |
St. Johnstone missing players
Livingston missing players
| St. Johnstone | Livingston | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 13 | 3 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 8 | 16 |
| 19 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 50% | 25% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 75% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 57% | 44% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 29% | 25% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 12% |
| 31% | 12% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 71% | 50% |
| 25% | 38% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 56% | 62% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 31% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 2.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.1 | 11.4 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 9 | 9.5 |
| 2.7 | 2 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 3.3 | 3 |
| 30% | 19% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 35% | 33% |
- Livingston has the fewest points (5) away in Premiership
- Livingston has the most dropped points from leading position (9) in Premiership
- 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 at least twice as many goals away as St. Johnstone have scored home.
- Livingston haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- St. Johnstone has the fewest scored goals (3) 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 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 42 | 44 |
| 2 | Celtic | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 21 | 30 |
| 3 | Hibernian | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 29 |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 28 |
| 5 | Dundee United | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -8 | 20 |
| 6 | Kilmarnock | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 17 |
| 7 | St. Johnstone | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -6 | 16 |
| 8 | Motherwell | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -6 | 15 |
| 9 | Livingston | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -8 | 15 |
| 10 | Ross County | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -20 | 13 |
| 11 | St. Mirren | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -8 | 12 |
| 12 | Hamilton Academical | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 25 | -20 | 11 |