Livingston vs Dundee United Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Livingston

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Livingston, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 2-4 Premiership success vs St Johnstone.

In that match, Livingston managed 45% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. For Livingston, the goalscorers were Stephen Kelly (8', 15') and James Penrice (39', 81'). At the other end, St Johnstone had 14 attempts on goal with 5 on target. Jamie Murphy (65') and Connor McLennan (67') scored for St Johnstone.

It’s been seldom in recent times where Livingston have shown defensive steel. It will be a concern for them that Livingston have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 matches, letting in 10 goals during that time.

Coming into this meeting, Livingston haven't been beaten in the league by Dundee United in their last 4 matches.

Dundee United

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In the game prior to this, Dundee United drew 2-2 in the Premiership tie with Hibernian.

In that game, Dundee United managed 39% possession and 12 shots at goal with 4 on target. For Dundee United, goals were scored by Glenn Middleton (6') and Ian Harkes (30'). For their opponents, Hibernian got 16 shots at goal with 6 on target. Kevin Nisbet (25', 92') was the scorer for Hibernian.

During their 6 latest matches, Liam Fox's Dundee United have turned their attacks into goals a total of 8 times thus earning them the goals per game average of 1.33.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Dundee United:

• haven't beaten Livingston in games played away from home for the previous 7 league matches. They'll be keen to stop this run.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 8 league games. Who knows how long it might last, too.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A glance at their prior head-to-head meetings stretching back to 13/02/2021 shows that Livingston have won 3 of these & Dundee United 2, with the tally of drawn games standing at 1.

An aggregate of 13 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 6 of them for Livi Lions and 7 being from The Tangerines. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.17.

ℹ️ Team News: Livingston

Nearly everyone is up for selection, with just one fitness concern for the Livingston gaffer David Martindale to be concerned with due to a largely intact group. Tom Parkes (Knee Injury) is sidelined.

📋 Team News: Dundee United

Owing to a fully healthy group to choose from, the Dundee United manager Liam Fox has no fitness worries to report ahead of this clash.

💭 Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Dundee United will need to push hard to put one past this Livingston lineup who we think should manage to get a goal of their own in a winning performance.

Our tip is therefore for a good tussle with a 1-0 winning score for Livingston when all is said and done.

Looking forward to watching this one unfold.

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Victor Martins, 01:00 14/01/2023