FootyMAD's Livingston match preview

Last updated : 10 September 2005 By Footymad Previewer
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History of the Livingston v Heart Of Midlothian fixture

Hearts face a trip to Livingston at Almondvale Stadium on Sunday afternoon,

The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in January 2005, with Hearts inflicting a narrow 1 - 2 defeat upon the Livi in a Scottish Premier match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2004/2005Sat 19 MarHearts3 - 1LivingstonSPL
2004/2005Sun 27 FebHearts2 - 1LivingstonSFAC
2004/2005Tue 25 JanLivingston1 - 2HeartsSPL
2004/2005Sun 03 OctHearts0 - 0LivingstonSPL
2003/2004Sat 17 AprHearts1 - 1LivingstonSPL
2003/2004Tue 24 FebLivingston2 - 3HeartsSPL
2003/2004Sat 01 NovHearts3 - 1LivingstonSPL

Recent respective form guides

Livingston have only collected 1 win and 3 draws from the last six home games played. While Livi have scored 5, a worringly large 9 have been leaked at the other end.

Hearts's away form is none too clever either, coming away with three points on 3 occassions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The games have constituted a decent return of 12 goals for the Jambo's, and 5 goals against.

Livingston find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 5 games have yielded only 1 points. Hearts are leading the way in the Bank of Scotland Scottish Premier, with their 5 games giving them a return of 15 points.

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Current form guides:PWDLFAP
Livingston61143134
Hearts660017318

FootyMad's prediction ...

Hearts are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win

Sequence statistics:
Livingston Failed to win in previous 3 home matches.
Hearts 3 successive away victories.
6 games since last away draw.
Won each of the previous 6 matches.
Last drawn game 10 outings ago.