Week 3 features a match on Sat Aug 13th, where Livingston hosts Hibernian at Tony Macaroni Arena in a meeting of these two Premiership teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 21 degrees, a perfect day for football. Livingston is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Dundee United. Cristian Montano struck first for Livingston in the 49th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Dundee United couldn’t manage to score, and Livingston took the shutout win. Livingston is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while hibernian sits at 4th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Hearts. Lawrence Shankland scored the first goal for Hearts in the 22nd minute, then in the 5th minute of the second half’s stoppage time, Thody Elie Youan sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Martin Boyle earning Hibernian a comeback draw. Hibernian is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Livingston won the head to head battle with 3 wins and 1 losss.
James Scott has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, hes scored four goals for Hibernian. Livingston is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Jack Fitzwater and Alan Forrest each only have 1 goal in their last five.