LIVINGSTON. Livingston and St. Johnstone didn’t manage to score any goal on Wednesday..
The match was played at the Tony Macaroni Arena stadium in Livingston on Wednesday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. In front of 1,602 spectators. The referee was Kevin Clancy who was helped by Jonathan Bell and Chris Rae. The 4th official was Alan James Muir. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was quite cold at 5.94 degrees Celsius or 42.69 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 86%.
Match Statistics
- 53 Ball Possession 47
Shots
- 14 Total 4
- 3 On Target 2
- 7 Off Target 1
- 4 Shots blocked 1
- 150 Attack 93
- 52 Dangerous attack 25
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 3
- 2 Off Sides 5
Fouls
- 12 Total 12
- 2 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
The ball possession was not so different. Livingston was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. St. Johnstone that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Livingston was more pushing with 52 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 3 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Livingston to win the match.
Livingston shot 14 times, 3 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, St. Johnstone shot 4 times, 2 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
Livingston received 2 yellow cards (Michael Devlin and Scott Pitman). On the opposite side, St. Johnstone received 2 yellow cards (Graham Carey and Maksym Kucheryavyi).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Livingston has 12 points to hold in the 12th place. Regarding the opposition, St. Johnstone will has 19 points like Aberdeen to hold in the 9th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premiership, Livingston will play away against Motherwell on the 30th of December with a 14-3 head to head in favor of Motherwell (6 draws).
St. Johnstone will host Aberdeen on the 16th of December with a 22-14 head to head stats in favor of Aberdeen (19 draws).
Livingston – Formation
Livingston
64'
77'
Livingston started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
The manager David Martindale decided to play with the following team: Shamal George , Michael Nottingham , Ayo Obileye , Michael Devlin , Joel Nouble , Jason Holt , Scott Pitman , Andrew Shinnie , James Penrice , Bruce Anderson and Kurtis Guthrie .
The home team had on the bench: Cristian Montano , Stephen Kelly , Jamie Brandon, Steven Bradley , Mo Sangare, Luiyi de Lucas, Jack Hamilton, Calan Ledingham and Samson Lawal.
Substitutions
Livingston made 3 changes: Joel Nouble for Steven Bradley (80′), Michael Nottingham for Cristian Montano (77′) and Andrew Shinnie for Stephen Kelly (74′).
Player of the match: Jason Holt
The most impressive player for Livingston was Jason Holt.
His rating is with 37 passes (76% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 11 duels out of 15.
St. Johnstone – Formation
St. Johnstone
St. Johnstone started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
Craig Levein played with: Dimitar Mitov , Oludare Olufunwa , Liam Gordon , Luke Robinson , James Brown , Daniel Phillips , Matt Smith , Tony Gallacher , Maksym Kucheryavyi , Nicky Clark and Stevie May .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Andy Considine , Chris Kane , Graham Carey , Luke Jephcott, Sven Sprangler , Jay Turner-Cooke, Dave Richards and Dara Costelloe.
St. Johnstone could not rely on the presence of Graham Carey (injured).
Substitutions
St. Johnstone made 4 changes: Tony Gallacher for Andy Considine (46′), Maksym Kucheryavyi for Graham Carey (41′), Nicky Clark for Chris Kane (79′) and Stevie May for Sven Sprangler (66′).
Player of the match: Dimitar Mitov
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for St. Johnstone was the goalkeeper: Dimitar Mitov. His rating is 7.85. He performed 3 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premiership.
- Hibernian – Hearts – 0-1
- St. Mirren – Kilmarnock – 0-1
- Livingston – St. Johnstone – 0-0
