St Johnstone vs Livingston Prediction: A close contest expected in this match

St Johnstone will welcome Livingston at McDiarmid Park for their round of 22 matches in the Scottish Premiership. The home team loss against Aberdeen made it their four straight losses, while Livingston got back to winning ways against Ross County away from home.

After suffering a 2-0 defeat to Aberdeen in their most recent Premiership match, St. Johnstone will be hoping for a stronger showing in this contest. During that match, St. Johnstone held a 44% possession advantage and had 10 shots on goal, with only one of them finding the back of the net. Aberdeen, the team they were playing against, had 16 shots on goal, with 7 of them landing in the net. Duk (74, 84) scored for Aberdeen. In recent years, it has only been on a handful of occasions that St. Johnstone has been able to maintain their defense for the whole match. The fact of the matter is that St. Johnstone's defense has been breached in six of their past six matches, resulting in a total of 12 goals allowed during that span of time.

Livingston come into this game on the heels of a 2-0 victory over Ross County in their most recent Premiership match. During that game, Livingston had 44% possession of the ball and 12 shots on goal, with 5 of them finding the net. Bruce Anderson was the one who scored for Livingston in the 66th and 70th minutes. On the other hand, Ross County had ten shots on goal, but they only managed to hit the target twice. Livingston has been defeated in five of its previous six games, with a total of nine goals scored against them by their opponents. Defensively, Livingston just hasn't been particularly solid at all.

We think it's likely that Livingston will be able to break through the defense of this St. Johnstone team, but we also think that it's possible that this won't be enough to prevent a loss. Our prediction is for there to be goals scored by both clubs, with St. Johnstone possibly emerging victorious at home in the end.