In this 19th week match, on Wed Dec 28th, Livingston hosts St. Mirren at Tony Macaroni Arena in a meeting of these two closely matched Premiership teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 4 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. 8th placed Livingston is fresh off their 0-4 loss against Hibernian. Kevin Nisbet struck first for Hibernian in the 33rd minute, then Christopher Cadden added another in the 35th minute on a feed from Kevin Nisbet In the end, Livingston couldn’t muster any offence and Hibernian ran away with the shutout win. Livingston is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches, while st. Mirren is fresh off their 3-1 win against Aberdeen. Matthew Kennedy scored the first goal for Aberdeen in the 9th minute, then Kelle Roos tied it up for St. Mirren on an own goal in the 38th minute Finally they completed the comback in the 53rd minute on a penalty goal by Mark O’Hara to cap off a wild match. St. Mirren is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
On the 1st of October, St. Mirren hosted Livingston at the The Smisa Stadium in their last match together. St. Mirren was victorious by a score of 2 to 1. Baccus scored the first goal for St. Mirren in the 69th minute, but Bruce Anderson got the equalizer for Livingston in the 86th minute.
St. Mirren’s most prolific scorer has been Mark O’Hara. The Scotish attacker has netted three goals over the last 5 matches. Livingston hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Sean Kelly and James Penrice, and they each have 1 goal.