The Premiership tie at The Tony Macaroni Arena on Saturday sees home side Livingston welcoming opponents Ross County.
All Livingston v Ross County match predictions, user poll and stats are shown below (including the best match odds).
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Form Guide
Livingston
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Livingston will be hoping for a better result after a 4-2 Premiership defeat last time out to Hearts.
In that match, Livingston had 38% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. The only player to score for Livingston was Stephen Kelly (10', 22'). Hearts had 13 shots at goal with 5 on target. Jorge Grant (29'), Yutaro Oda (32'), Cammy Devlin (40') and Lawrence Shankland (45') scored for Hearts.
Matches involving Livingston have proved to be absorbing encounters recently with plenty of scoring being the norm. Over their past 6 games alone, a total of 20 goals have been scored for both teams combined (at an average of 3.33 goals per game) with 5 of those belonging to Livingston. We will have to find out if that trend will be sustained in this game.
Ross County
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Ross County head into the clash after a 3-2 Premiership win with the eclipse of Rangers in their most recent match.
In that game, Ross County had 33% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. For Ross County, goals were scored by Jack Baldwin (15' Own goal), Simon Murray (47'), George Harmon (50') and Josh Sims (69'). At the other end, Rangers had 27 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. James Tavernier (89') was the scorer for Rangers.
Looking at their form, and Ross County have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, letting opponents get 10 goals in total. Defensively, Ross County seem to have a bit of a soft underbelly.
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Head to head
If we look at their past head to head meetings dating back to 07/01/2023, both clubs have shared the honours with Livingston winning 2 of those games, Ross County 2 and 2 being drawn in regulation time.
A sum of 18 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 9 of them for Livi Lions and 9 created by The Staggies. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.
The last league clash between these sides was Premiership match day 27 on 24/02/2024 when it finished Ross County 3-2 Livingston.
In that game, Ross County had 52% possession and 12 shots on goal with 6 on target. The goalscorers were Eamonn Brophy (21', 27') and Josh Sims (92').
Livingston got 18 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. Bruce Anderson (47', 86') scored.
The referee was David Dickinson.
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Team News: Livingston
The Livingston boss David Martindale will be grateful not to have any fitness concerns whatsoever ahead of this game owing to a completely injury-free squad to pick from.
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Team News: Ross County
In an otherwise full-strength group of players, there is only a single fitness issue for the Ross County gaffer Don Cowie to contend with. Ross Callachan (Cruciate ligament tear) misses out for this game.
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Prediction
We envisage that Ross County and Livingston could well end up finding themselves level here, with both teams capable of netting.
Shouldnโt be much in it, and a draw looks quite a realistic result. Thatโs why we have predicted a tight encounter with a 1-1 score when the referee blows the full-time whistle.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Victor Martins,
06:11 26/04/2024
โฝ๏ธ Team Focus:
Livingston
Formed: 1943
Stadium: The Tony Macaroni Arena (9,713)
Captain: Michael Devlin
Chairman: John Ward
Manager: David Martindale
Competitions: Premiership position 12
๐ Star Man: Sean Kelly
Mostly used in the Central Defensive Midfielder position, Sean Kelly was born in Glasgow, Scotland. Having made his senior debut playing for East Stirlingshire in the 2012 - 2013 season, the skilful Midfielder has bagged 3 league goals in this Premiership 2023 - 2024 campaign to date coming from a total of 18 appearances.