Football betting preview: St. Mirren vs Livingston

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Competition: Sat 01.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Smisa Stadium

Things are looking good for St. Mirren so far this season, with the 4th place in the Premiership table and anticipating the visit of Livingston (who are sitting at 5th).

Insights:
  • St. Mirren have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • St. Mirren have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Livingston have scored away.

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. Mirren form and stats

3 victories, 0 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what St. Mirren have to build on here at The Smisa Stadium in the Premiership. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for St. Mirren, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.

St. Mirren's latest game was also played at their own stadium, the amazing 2-0 win against big favourites Celtic. The goalie Carson was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.62 out of ten. Carson topped it up with a clean sheet.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at St. Johnstone.

Some information for those who like to bet on "both teams to score yes/no: This team have finished 5 league games in a row with only one (or none) side scoring.

Defensively Mirren have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 4 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Livingston form and stats

Livingston are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Premiership, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses).

Livingston have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Shamal George. It's been 183 minutes since they last conceded in Premiership.

Impressive finishing from Montano secured the home win 1-0 against Kilmarnock in their previous game. Montano, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.85. Montano scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 8 of 14 duels.

Before that, Livingston secured a home win against Hearts with the score 1-0.

Livingston are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 1 goal from 3 away games.

Head 2 Head

Mirren have avoided a loss in the last 6 games (1-5-0) facing Livingston.

Top Goalscorers

LivingstonC. Montaño Castillo
C. Montaño Castillo
3 goals
St. MirrenC. Main
C. Main
2 goals
St. MirrenJ. Ayunga
J. Ayunga
2 goals

St. Mirren missing players

Livingston missing players

St. Mirren Livingston
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
7 4 2 Played P 0 3 7
4 3 1 Won W 0 1 4
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
3 1 1 Lost L 0 2 3
8 4 1 Scored S 0 1 6
8 1 1 Conceded C 0 6 9
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
57% 25% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 33% 43%
43% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 43%
14% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 14%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 14%
14% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 29%
57% 75% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 43%
29% 25% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 67% 29%
 
6.3 6 6 Corners for (avg) C F 0 2.7 2.7
5 6 6 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6.3 6.9
2.9 2.2 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 2.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
8.9 9.5 12.5 Shots (avg) S ( 0 6.7 8.4
2.7 2.5 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 1 2
42% 40% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 43%
 
10 10.8 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 0 14.7 13.6
2.7 2.2 1.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3.7 3.4
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • Livingston have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Livingston haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • St. Mirren have created more than twice as many corners as Livingston.
  • St. Mirren have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • St. Mirren have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Livingston have scored away.
  • St. Mirren haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 7 6 0 1 25 3 3 3 0 0 8 0 4 3 0 1 17 3 22 18
2 Rangers 7 5 1 1 16 8 4 4 0 0 12 1 3 1 1 1 4 7 8 16
3 Hearts 7 4 1 2 13 8 3 3 0 0 9 4 4 1 1 2 4 4 5 13
4 St. Mirren 7 4 0 3 8 8 4 3 0 1 4 1 3 1 0 2 4 7 0 12
5 Livingston 7 4 0 3 6 9 4 3 0 1 5 3 3 1 0 2 1 6 -3 12
6 Hibernian 7 3 2 2 9 7 4 2 2 0 7 4 3 1 0 2 2 3 2 11
7 Aberdeen 7 3 1 3 14 10 3 2 0 1 11 4 4 1 1 2 3 6 4 10
8 Motherwell 7 3 1 3 7 9 4 1 1 2 2 5 3 2 0 1 5 4 -2 10
9 St. Johnstone 7 2 1 4 7 10 4 1 1 2 3 2 3 1 0 2 4 8 -3 7
10 Ross County 7 1 2 4 4 11 3 1 1 1 3 4 4 0 1 3 1 7 -7 5
11 Kilmarnock 7 1 1 5 3 12 3 1 1 1 3 7 4 0 0 4 0 5 -9 4
12 Dundee United 7 0 2 5 3 20 3 0 0 3 0 13 4 0 2 2 3 7 -17 2

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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.