Scotland - PremiershipStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Livingston and Hearts, taking place on Tuesday, 02 January 2024, at The Tony Macaroni Arena in Livingston.
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Livingston, Recent FormThe 3-1 away defeat to Motherwell will not have sat easily with the Livingston squad, who would not have been pleased to squander all three points. During that encounter they had 54% possession and had 10 attempts on goal with 1 on target, while their opponents hit 4 of their 7 shots on goal.
Having scored just 2 goals in their last 6 games, it will be glaringly obvious to their manager David Martindale where he needs to focus his attentions if they are going to get more points on the table. Hoever, he will still have one eye on his defence which has shipped 8 in the same period. With 20 played this season, they've failed to score in 12 games and have conceded at least 1 goal in 16.
They've drawn their last 2 league games at The Tony Macaroni Arena, but their search for a home win in the league extends even further having gone 5 consecutive games without grabbing all 3 points.
Hearts, Recent FormHearts manager Steven Naismith will be looking for a better result in this game following a disappointing 2-2 draw in his team's last league outing against Ross County. In that game they had 63% possession and managed 20 attempts on goal, with 7 on target, compared to Ross County who had 14 attempts and 4 on target.
Naismith will be reasonably pleased with his team's attacking displays in recent matches, having managed to score 8 goals in their last 6 games, but he will have work to do defensively after they conceded 5 goals in those games and dropped some valuable points along the way. They have scored in 5 of their last 6 games, and playing away from home, they're currenlty on a run of 2 clean sheets in a row.
This squad has enjoyed a decent run of league form on the road of late with 4 wins from their last 6 away matches.
Lawrence Shankland has scored 6 goals in the last 6 away games and will be looking to add more in this fixture against Livingston.
It was no surpirise that the last time these two teams met Hearts came out on top, winning the match 1-0.
Livingston have managed to keep a clean sheet against The Jam Tarts in each of their previous 2 meetings at The Tony Macaroni Arena. In their past 5 meetings, Hearts' defence has been pretty stingy, only conceding 2 goals, so Livi will have to take their chances when they come.
Livingston remains without a victory against Hearts in their previous 3 league encounters.
With only Jamie Brandon (Cruciate ligament) and Daniel Mackay (Ankle) the main fitness concerns ahead of this fixture, David Martindale will be happy to have an otherwise healthy squad to pick from.
Steven Naismith has a number of injury concerns in his Hearts squad to contend with: Liam Boyce (Leg), Cammy Devlin (Unknown), Jorge Grant (Ankle) and Odel Offiah (Illness)
Livingston Playing at home | Hearts Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 0.3 | Goals scored | 1.1 |
| 1 | Goals conceded | 0.7 |
| 71' | Time first goal scored | 40' |
| 49' | Time first goal conceded | 58' |
| 2.2 | Yellow cards | 2.5 |
| 0.1 | Red cards | 0 |
| 3.7 | Subs used | 4 |
| 2-0 | Biggest victory | 2-0 |
| 3-0 | Biggest defeat | 2-1 |
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