Match Preview: St Mirren v Livingston (14th Dec)

Match Preview: St Mirren v Livingston (14th Dec)

St Mirren are back at home on Saturday as Jim Goodwin's men host Livingston at the Simple Digital Arena.

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St Mirren - WLLLWL

Livingston - WDDLLL

Saints picked up their first away win of the season on Saturday with Cammy MacPherson's first goal of the season enough to give the Buddies a well-deserved three points in a 1-0 win at Hamilton.

That win saw Saints halt a three game losing run to climb off the bottom of the table and move up to ninth place ahead of St Johnstone, Hamilton and Hearts. 

An emphatic 3-0 win over Kilmarnock on Saturday saw Livingston finally end a run of eight games without a win. Second-half goals from Jon Guthrie, Lyndon Dykes and Steven Lawless saw Gary Holt's men win for the first time since a 2-0 victory over Celtic at the start of October. 

A good start to the season, in which the Lions were unbeaten in their opening four league matches, has Livingston sitting in seventh place in the Ladbrokes Premiership on 18 points. 

Tomorrow's visitors have picked up six points on the road this season courtesy of a win over Ross County (4-1) and draws with St Johnstone (2-2), Hibernian (2-2) and Hearts (1-1).

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St Mirren have won two of the last three against Livingston but were narrowly beaten when the sides met at the Tony Macaroni Arena in August. 

Despite Kyle Magennis pulling a goal back, Saints were defeated 2-1 with Alan Lithgow and Lyndon Dykes scoring either side of half-time for Livi.

The Buddies were victorious the last time Livingston visited Paisley back in February 2019. Ryan Flynn scored an 89th minute winner to give Saints an important three points in their battle to avoid relegation. 

However, Livingston did win at the Simple Digital Arena last season. Gary Holt, who in charge of the Lions for the first time, led his side to a 2-0 win over the Buddies in August 2018 in their only away league win of last season.

TEAM NEWS

Kirk Broadfoot and Gary MacKenzie are still out for Saints.

Sam Foley and Paul McGinn are also doubts for tomorrow. 

MANAGER'S THOUGHTS

"The important thing for us is that we try and back up that good win [against Hamilton] with another positive result. That's something we've not been able to do this season.

"Saturday is another opportunity but Livingston are a very good team and we know we have to be at it on the day. They are a better football team than people give them credit for.

"It's going to be all hands to the pump and players might need to play out of position but one or two had to do that against Hamilton last weekend and they were excellent. We know the attitude of the players. They'll play wherever they are asked to play and they will give their all."

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