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

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Date: Sat 14.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)

St. Mirren hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 14 points and a 9th position in the Premiership table. Visiting Livingston holds 7th place with 18 pts.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

Livingston are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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St. Mirren form and stats

Overall Premiership stats at home this season for St. Mirren are 3-2-3 (wins-draw-losses). St. Mirren are very eager to stop a potential losing streak, having lost their two previous games here.

Happy days for St. Mirren in their previous game, a Premiership match away at Hamilton Academical (placed 11th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Before that game, the home loss against Motherwell with the scoreline 0-3.

This is expected to be a close game, with St. Mirren perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with St. Mirren as a small favourite), we find six games. St. Mirren has won 2 of these, drawn 2 and lost 2.

St. Mirren aren't scoring a lot here in the league, with only 6 goals from 8 games. From these home matches, St. Mirren have conceded only 7 goals.

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Livingston form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Livingston, who have the most conceded goals (19) away in Premiership, so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-5 (win-draw-lose).

The supporters enjoyed Livingston's previous game versus Kilmarnock (placed 5th), a Premiership 3-0 win played at home. A 1-1 draw at Hearts's stadium before that.

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: 1 win for Livingston, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

Livingston have scored 13 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. Livingston have conceded 19 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Livingston - St. Mirren 2-1. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 4 wins for St. Mirren, 1 draw and 5 wins for Livingston. Over 2,5 goals: 6 times; under 2,5 goals: 4 games.

Top Goalscorers

LivingstonS. Lawless
S. Lawless
6 goals
LivingstonL. Dykes
L. Dykes
4 goals
St. MirrenJ. Obika
J. Obika
3 goals

St. Mirren missing players

Livingston missing players

St. Mirren Livingston
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 8 2 Played P 3 9 17
4 3 1 Won W 0 1 4
2 2 0 Drew D 2 3 6
11 3 1 Lost L 1 5 7
12 6 3 Scored S 4 13 20
24 7 3 Conceded C 5 19 24
88% 75% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 82%
59% 50% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 82%
41% 38% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 89% 59%
6% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 56% 29%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 6%
35% 25% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 89% 53%
29% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 29%
47% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 11% 35%
 
4.6 5.4 8.5 Corners For (avg) C F 5.7 4.1 3.9
5.3 5.4 3 Corners Against (avg) C A 3.7 5.6 4.6
1.2 1 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2 1.7
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 2
 
172 80 25 Total Shots T S 30 73 140
51 19 7 Shots on Target S O 13 34 65
24% 32% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 38% 31%
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • All of Livingston's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Livingston has the most conceded goals (19) away
  • 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. Mirren have scored home.
  • Livingston haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • St. Mirren has the fewest matches over the total-line (7)
  • St. Mirren has the fewest scored goals (12)
  • St. Mirren has the fewest scored goals (6) at home
  • St. Mirren has the fewest scored goals in the second half (6)
  • St. Mirren has the most matches under the total-line (10)

  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 15 13 1 1 46 9 8 8 0 0 29 3 7 5 1 1 17 6 37 40
2 Rangers 15 12 2 1 45 10 7 6 0 1 26 5 8 6 2 0 19 5 35 38
3 Motherwell 17 10 1 6 29 22 9 6 0 3 17 12 8 4 1 3 12 10 7 31
4 Aberdeen 17 8 5 4 25 22 8 4 3 1 15 11 9 4 2 3 10 11 3 29
5 Kilmarnock 17 6 5 6 17 20 9 4 4 1 11 5 8 2 1 5 6 15 -3 23
6 Hibernian 17 5 7 5 27 29 9 3 5 1 17 12 8 2 2 4 10 17 -2 22
7 Livingston 17 4 6 7 20 24 8 3 3 2 7 5 9 1 3 5 13 19 -4 18
8 Ross County 16 4 5 7 19 35 8 3 1 4 12 19 8 1 4 3 7 16 -16 17
9 St. Mirren 17 4 2 11 12 24 8 3 2 3 6 7 9 1 0 8 6 17 -12 14
10 Hearts 16 2 6 8 16 27 7 1 4 2 11 10 9 1 2 6 5 17 -11 12
11 Hamilton Academical 17 2 6 9 16 30 9 2 2 5 9 13 8 0 4 4 7 17 -14 12
12 St. Johnstone 15 2 6 7 13 33 8 2 2 4 8 15 7 0 4 3 5 18 -20 12

Read more about Premiership

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.