In this week 18 match on the 24th of December, Livingston and Hibernian will play a match in Edinburgh in a clash of the Premiership. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 0 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. 8th placed Hibernian is fresh off their 2-3 loss against Rangers. Ryan Porteous struck first for Hibernian in the 8th minute, then in the 15th minute, Ryan Kent sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Fashion Sakala But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 62nd minute on a goal by Alfredo Morelos. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches, while 6th placed Livingston is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Hearts. Sean Kelly scored the first goal for Livingston in the 55th minute, but Josh Ginnelly got the equalizer for Hearts in the 7th minute of the second half’s stoppage time squeezing out at least the one point for Hearts. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Livingston should be reasonably happy with their performance.
Hibernian and Livingston last played eachother at the Tony Macaroni Arena on the 13th of August. Livingston won by a score of 2 to 1. Jon Nouble struck first for Livingston in the 6th minute on a feed from Jason Holt, then Nohan Kenneh tied it up for Hibernian in the 51st minute.
Livingston’s most prolific scorer has been Sean Kelly. He has netted three goals over the last 5 matches. Hibernian hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are M. Kukharevych and Kevin Nisbet, and they each have 1 goal.