Livingston and Ross County draw 2-2 on Tuesday. HIGHLIGHTS

LIVINGSTON. Livingston manages to recover against Ross County with 2 goals from S. Murray from a goal on the 85' and a goal on the 28'.

Luke Meyer

January 31, 2024

LIVINGSTON. Livingston bounces back against Ross County with 2 goals from S. Murray from a goal on the 85′ and a goal on the 28′.

The match was played at the Tony Macaroni Arena stadium in Livingston on Tuesday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. The referee was Alan James Muir with the assistance of Ross MacLeod and John McCrossan. The 4th official was . The weather was clear sky. The temperature was quite cold at 4.49 degrees Celsius or 40.08 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 81%.

Match Statistics

Livingston

2 - 2

Ross County

54 Ball Possession 46

Shots

12 Total 10
3 On Target 4
6 Off Target 2
3 Shots blocked 4

132 Attack 91
55 Dangerous attack 35
0 Ball safe 0

0 Penalties 0
5 Corners 3
2 Off Sides 2

Fouls

10 Total 16
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

4 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Livingston was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Ross County that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Livingston was putting more pressure with 55 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 3 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Livingston to win the match.

Livingston shot 12 times, 3 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Ross County shot 10 times, 4 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Livingston received 1 yellow card (James Penrice). Talking about the opposition, Ross County received 2 yellow cards (William Nightingale and Simon Murray).

Match Timeline

James Penrice- Yellow

24'

28'

Simon Murray(goal)Yan Dhanda

30'

Simon Murray(VAR)

Scott Pittman(goal)

45'

Bruce Anderson- sub ->Kurtis Guthrie

46'

54'

Josh Sims- sub ->Victor Loturi

54'

Jordan White- sub ->Brandon Khela

69'

William Nightingale- Yellow

Stephen Kelly- sub ->Steven Bradley

72'

Dan MacKay- sub ->Andrew Shinnie

75'

85'

Simon Murray(goal)Jordan White

87'

Simon Murray- Yellow

Dan MacKay(goal)Jason Holt

88'

Tete Yengi- sub ->Jason Holt

89'

George Harmon- sub ->Simon Murray

89'

Max Sheaf- sub ->Yan Dhanda

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this match, Livingston has 13 points to hold in the 12th place. Regarding the opposition, Ross County will has 19 points to sit in the 11th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premiership, Livingston will play away with Rangers on the 3rd of February with a 17-1 head to head statistic in favor of Rangers (3 draws).

Ross County will host Hibernian on the 23rd of December with a 9-8 head to head record in favor of Hibernian (6 draws).

Livingston – Formation

Livingston

Michael McGovern 23.Northern Ireland

6.3

Ayo Obileye 6.England

6.3

Jamie Brandon 12.Scotland

7.0

Michael Nottingham 21.Saint Kitts and Nevis

6.8

James Penrice 29.Scotland

7.1

24'

Scott Pittman 8.Scotland

7.5

45'

Steven Bradley 16.Scotland

6.3

72'

Jason Holt 18.Scotland

7.5

89'

Joel Nouble 19.England

6.8

Andrew Shinnie 22.Scotland

7.0

75'

Kurtis Guthrie 28.England

6.8

46'

Substitutes

Shamal George 1.England

Shaun Donnellan 2.Republic of Ireland

Stephen Kelly 10.Scotland

7.0

72'

Mo Sangare 20.Liberia

Samson Lawal 40.Nigeria

Bruce Anderson 9.Scotland

6.3

46'

Dan MacKay 11.Scotland

8.1

75'

88'

Tete Yengi 33.Australia

89'

Livingston started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager David Martindale decided to play with the following team: Michael McGovern (6.3), Jamie Brandon (7.0), Michael Nottingham (6.8), Ayo Obileye (6.3), James Penrice (7.1), Jason Holt (7.5), Andrew Shinnie (7.0), Steven Bradley (6.3), Scott Pitman (7.5), Joel Nouble (6.8) and Kurtis Guthrie (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Shamal George, Shaun Donnellan, Bruce Anderson (6.3), Stephen Kelly (7.0), Daniel MacKay (8.1), Mo Sangare, Tete Yengi, Sam Culbert and Samson Lawal.

Substitutions

Livingston made 4 changes: Steven Bradley for Stephen Kelly (72′), Kurtis Guthrie for Bruce Anderson (46′), Andrew Shinnie for Daniel MacKay (75′) and Jason Holt for Tete Yengi (89′).

Player of the match: Daniel MacKay

The most impressive player for Livingston was Daniel MacKay.

His rating is 8.1 with 1 goal, 7 passes (57% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 3 duels out of 5. He performed 3 crosses.

His performance was exceptional also because he started the match from the bench before entering in the 75′.

Ross County – Formation

Ross County

G. Wickens 40.England

6.6

Cameron Borthwick-Jackson 3.England

6.8

James Brown 4.Republic of Ireland

6.3

Loick Ayina 28.France

7.0

William Nightingale 35.England

7.0

69'

Yan Dhanda 10.England

6.7

89'

Victor Loturi 14.Canada

6.4

54'

E. King 18.Wales

7.0

Brandon Khela 19.England

6.4

54'

Teddy Jenks 21.England

7.1

Simon Murray 15.Scotland

8.4

89'

87'

28', 85'

Substitutes

Ross Laidlaw 1.Scotland

George Harmon 16.England

89'

Josh Reid 43.Scotland

Josh Sims 11.England

6.8

54'

Max Sheaf 12.England

89'

Jay Henderson 17.Scotland

Jordan White 26.Scotland

7.0

54'

Eamonn Brophy 27.Scotland

Ross County started with a conservative line-up (4-5-1).

Derek Adams played with: George Wickens (6.6), James Brown (6.3), Loick Ayina (7.0), William Nightingale (7.0), Cameron Borthwick-Jackson (6.8), Brandon Khela (6.4), Teddy Jenks (7.1), Eli King (7.0), Victor Loturi (6.4), Yan Dhanda (6.7) and Simon Murray (8.4).

These were the players on the bench: Ross Laidlaw, Josh Sims (6.8), Max Sheaf, George Harmon, Jay Henderson, Jordan White (7.0), Eamonn Brophy and Josh Reid.

Substitutions

Ross County made 4 changes: Victor Loturi for Josh Sims (54′), Brandon Khela for Jordan White (54′), Simon Murray for George Harmon (89′) and Yan Dhanda for Max Sheaf (89′).