Livingston vs St. Johnstone Match Preview


Week 11 features a match on Sat Oct 15th, where St. Johnstone and Livingston will play a match in Livingston in a meeting of these two Premiership teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 6 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. 8th placed Livingston is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Ross County. Owura Edwards struck first for Ross County in the 73rd minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Livingston couldn’t manage to score, and Ross County took the shutout win. Livingston is looking for direction having 4 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches, while 9th placed St. Johnstone is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Celtic. Andy Considine struck first for Celtic on an own goal in the 42nd minute, then Alex Mitchell got the equalizer for St. Johnstone in the 3rd minute of the second half’s stoppage time on a feed from Ali Crawford. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches.

These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season St. Johnstone won the head to head battle with 2 wins.

St. Johnstone is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Graham Carey and Drey Wright each only have 1 goal in their last five. Livingston’s top weapon lately has been Cristian Montano, who has two goals in the last five matches.