Can St. Johnstone outperform Livingston in McDiarmid Park clash?

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Competition: Sat 16.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: McDiarmid Park (10696 seats)

Get ready for St. Johnstone - Livingston! Even with their varied results, this fixture should be awesome!

Insights:
  • St. Johnstone have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Premiership
  • Livingston have the fewest scored goals (3) in Premiership

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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St. Johnstone form and stats

The overall Premiership statistics playing at home this season for St. Johnstone are 1-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Johnstone's previous game was a Premiership match also played at home, ending 3-1 versus Dundee (placed 12th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Defender Michael O'Halloran got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.62/10. O'Halloran signed up for two assists, hit three key passes and won 6 of 8 duels.

Heartbreak before that as St. Johnstone lost 0-1 at Hibernian's place.

Johnstone are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 5 goals in 4 games. 5 goals have been conceded.

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Livingston form and stats

Playing away, Livingston, who have the fewest scored goals (3) in Premiership, have won 0 games, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the Premiership this season.

Livingston aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 245 league minutes without a goal. A. Shinnie was the last player to find the net.

Livingston's previous game was their home loss versus St. Mirren (0-1). Stephane Omeonga got a match rating of 7.34 in that game, top player of the team. Omeonga hit one key pass.

Prior to that match, the Livingston manager D. Martindale faced defeat when travelling to Hearts and losing 0-3.

Livingston are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 0 goals from 4 away games. The Livingston manager D. Martindale has some worries about the defense as 8 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

Johnstone-Livingston H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: St. Johnstone three wins, Livingston four wins, three draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

St. JohnstoneC. Kane
C. Kane
2 goals
JohnstoneS. May
S. May
2 goals
St. JohnstoneM. O'Halloran
M. O'Halloran
1 goals

St. Johnstone missing players

Livingston missing players

St. Johnstone Livingston
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
8 4 1 Played P 0 4 8
2 1 1 Won W 0 0 1
3 1 0 Drew D 0 1 1
3 2 0 Lost L 0 3 6
6 5 3 Scored S 0 0 3
6 5 1 Conceded C 0 8 13
75% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 75% 88%
38% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 75% 62%
25% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 50%
12% 25% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
38% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 25%
38% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 25%
50% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 62%
 
5 6 3 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3.8 4.5
4.8 5.2 4 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5.8 5.5
2.5 2.2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3.2 3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.5 11 10 Shots (avg) S ( 0 5.5 8.4
3 3.2 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 1.2 2.1
25% 38% 75% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 18%
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • Livingston have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Livingston have failed to score a single goal away.
  • Livingston have the fewest scored goals (0) away in Premiership
  • Livingston have the fewest scored goals (3) in Premiership
  • Livingston have the fewest scored goals in the second half (0) in Premiership
  • Livingston have the most conceded goals in the second half (9) in Premiership
  • Livingston have yet to win a game away.
  • St. Johnstone have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • St. Johnstone have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • St. Johnstone have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Livingston have scored away.
  • St. Johnstone have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Premiership
  • St. Johnstone have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Premiership
  • St. Johnstone haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 8 6 1 1 14 6 4 3 1 0 7 2 4 3 0 1 7 4 8 19
2 Hearts 8 5 3 0 14 5 5 3 2 0 8 2 3 2 1 0 6 3 9 18
3 Hibernian 8 4 3 1 14 8 4 3 1 0 8 2 4 1 2 1 6 6 6 15
4 Motherwell 8 4 2 2 11 9 4 3 0 1 7 4 4 1 2 1 4 5 2 14
5 Dundee United 8 4 2 2 5 5 4 3 0 1 3 2 4 1 2 1 2 3 0 14
6 Celtic 8 4 1 3 19 6 4 3 1 0 16 1 4 1 0 3 3 5 13 13
7 St. Mirren 8 2 4 2 9 14 4 1 2 1 4 4 4 1 2 1 5 10 -5 10
8 St. Johnstone 8 2 3 3 6 6 4 1 1 2 5 5 4 1 2 1 1 1 0 9
9 Aberdeen 8 2 2 4 9 11 4 1 1 2 4 4 4 1 1 2 5 7 -2 8
10 Livingston 8 1 1 6 3 13 4 1 0 3 3 5 4 0 1 3 0 8 -10 4
11 Ross County 8 0 3 5 6 16 3 0 2 1 4 6 5 0 1 4 2 10 -10 3
12 Dundee 8 0 3 5 5 16 4 0 3 1 4 5 4 0 0 4 1 11 -11 3

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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.