Week 22 brings us a match on Jan 14th, where St. Johnstone will play host to Livingston in a meeting of these two closely matched Premiership teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 3 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. St. Johnstone is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Aberdeen. Luis Lopes struck first for Aberdeen in the 74th minute on a feed from Vicente Besuijen, then Luis Lopes added another in the 84th minute on a feed from Jonny Hayes At the end of 90 a dissapointed St. Johnstone couldn’t manage to score, and Aberdeen took the shutout win. St. Johnstone is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Livingston recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Ross County. Bruce Anderson struck first for Livingston in the 67th minute, then Bruce Anderson added another in the 70th minute on a feed from Andrew Shinnie At the end of 90 a dissapointed Ross County couldn’t manage to score, and Livingston took the shutout win. Livingston is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches.
St. Johnstone and Livingston last played eachother at the Tony Macaroni Arena on Oct 15th. Livingston was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Dylan Bahamboula struck first for Livingston in the 35th minute on a feed from Jon Nouble, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, St. Johnstone was frustrated by Livingston’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Livingston ended the match with the shutout victory.
Bruce Anderson has been the most prolific scorer on Livingston in his last 5 matches with 2 goals. St. Johnstone’s most prolific scorer has been Ali Crawford. The Scotish midfielder has netted two goals over the last 5 matches.