LIVINGSTON. Livingston defeats St. Mirren 1-0 after T. Yengi scored just 1 goal (45′). St. Mirren was definitely superior in terms of ball possession (64%).
Mikael Mandron didn’t convert a decisive penalty (77′). That would have allowed St. Mirren to draw the match.
The match was played at the Tony Macaroni Arena stadium in Livingston on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Euan Anderson with the help of Frank Connor and John Stewart. The 4th official was Dan McFarlane. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 9.96 degrees Celsius or 49.93 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 85%.
Match Statistics
- ! 36 Ball Possession 64
Shots
- 6 Total 21
- 3 On Target 3
- 3 Off Target 11
- 2 Shots blocked 7
- 62 Attack 143
- 35 Dangerous attack 70
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 1
- 4 Corners 9
- 1 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 12 Total 11
- 1 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
St. Mirren had a superior ball possession 64% while Livingston was struggling with a 36% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
St. Mirren was putting more pressure with 70 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 3 were on target. Notwithstanding, Livingston was capable to find the solution to win this contest.
Livingston shot 6 times, 3 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, St. Mirren shot 21 times, 3 on target, 11 off target.
Cards
Livingston received 2 yellow cards (Jamie Brandon and David Martindale). Talking about the opposition, St. Mirren received 1 yellow card (Caolan Boyd-Munce).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Livingston has 16 points to hold in the 12th place. Talking about the opposition, St. Mirren will stays with 35 points to sit in the 5th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premiership, Livingston will play away with Ross County on the 24th of February with a 7-3 head to head in favor of Livingston (5 draws).
St. Mirren will host St. Johnstone on the 24th of February with a 17-8 head to head stats in favor of St. Johnstone (14 draws).
Livingston – Formation
Livingston
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83'
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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: Shamal George , Jamie Brandon , Michael Nottingham , Ayo Obileye , Mo Sangare , Andrew Shinnie , David Carson , Jason Holt , Joel Nouble , Tete Yengi and Stephen Kelly .
The home team had on the bench: Michael Devlin , Bruce Anderson, Daniel MacKay , Michael McGovern, Sean Kelly, Kurtis Guthrie , Calan Ledingham, Sam Culbert and Samson Lawal.
Substitutions
Livingston made 3 changes: Tete Yengi for Kurtis Guthrie (88′), Andrew Shinnie for Michael Devlin (66′) and Stephen Kelly for Daniel MacKay (83′).
Player of the match: Shamal George
The most impressive player for Livingston was the goalkeeper: Shamal George. His rating is 8.06. He saved 1 penalty. He performed 2 saves.
St. Mirren – Formation
St. Mirren
St. Mirren started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
Stephen Robinson played with: Zachary Hemming , Marcus Fraser , Alex Gogic , Charles Dunne , Elvis Bwomono , Hyeok-kyu Kwon , Caolan Boyd-Munce , Scott Tanser , James Scott , Mikael Mandron and Greg Kiltie .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Richard Taylor, Ryan Flynn, Keanu Baccus , Toyosi Olusanya , Jaden Brown , Lewis Jamieson , Peter Urminsky, Evan Mooney and Callum Penman .
Substitutions
St. Mirren made 4 changes: James Scott for Lewis Jamieson (46′), Hyeok-kyu Kwon for Keanu Baccus (69′), Greg Kiltie for Toyosi Olusanya (69′) and Elvis Bwomono for Jaden Brown (83′).
Player of the match: Caolan Boyd-Munce
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for St. Mirren was Caolan Boyd-Munce.
His rating is with 57 passes (77% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 8. He performed 10 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premiership.
- Livingston – St. Mirren – 1-0
- Hearts – Motherwell – 2-0
- Dundee – Ross County – 2-0
- Celtic – Kilmarnock – 1-1
- Aberdeen – Hibernian – 2-2
