On the 27th of January, Livingston hosts Kilmarnock at Tony Macaroni Arena in a meeting of these two Premiership teams. In their last match, 5th placed Livingston, recorded a 2-2 draw against Celtic. Ciaron Brown scored the first goal for Livingston in the 15th minute, then Mohamed Elyounoussi tied it up for Celtic in the 28th minute on a feed from Leigh Griffiths . With 21 points in their last 10 matches Livingston should be reasonably happy with their performance, while in their last match, 7th placed Kilmarnock, recorded a 0-2 loss against Hibernian. Alan Power scored the first goal for Hibernian on an own goal in the 52nd minute, then Alexander Gogic added another in the 80th minute In the end, Kilmarnock was frustrated by Hibernian’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Hibernian ended the match with the shutout victory. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10.
In their last match together, in Rugby Park, Livingston was victorious by a score of 2 to 1. Chris Burke struck first for Kilmarnock in the 48th minute on a penalty, then in the 51st minute, Joshua Mullin sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Jay Emmanuel-Thomas Finally they completed the comback in the 93rd minute on a goal by Scott Robinson to cap off a wild match.
Kilmarnock’s most prolific scorer has been Greg Kiltie. He has netted three goals over the last 5 matches. Livingston’s top weapon lately has been Scott Robinson, who has 3 goals in the last five matches.