On the 1st of February, in this week 22 match, Livingston hosts St. Johnstone in a clash of these two closely matched Premiership teams. The game day is forecasted to be a windy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. 9th placed Livingston is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Rangers. Scott Arfield struck first for Rangers in the 76th minute on a feed from Borna Barišić, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Livingston was frustrated by Rangers’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Rangers ended the match with the shutout victory. Livingston is looking for direction having 3 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches, while st. Johnstone is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Dundee. Neither St. Johnstone nor Dundee could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 9 and 10 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. St. Johnstone looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 8 of their last 10.
On Sat Oct 16th, St. Johnstone hosted Livingston in their last match together. Livingston won by a score of 3 to 0. Odin Bailey struck first for Livingston in the 3rd minute, then Bruce Anderson added another in the 29th minute In the end, St. Johnstone couldn’t muster any offence and Livingston ran away with the shutout win.
St. Johnstone is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Jacob Butterfield and Chris Kane each only have 1 goal in their last 5. Livingston’s most prolific scorer has been Bruce Anderson. The Scotish attacker has netted three goals over the last five matches.