Premiership: Livingston defeats Aberdeen 2-1
LIVINGSTON. Livingston conquered Aberdeen to win 2-1.
LIVINGSTON. Livingston overcome Aberdeen to win 2-1. It was Livingston to strike first with an early goal of A. Obileye at the 8′. Then A. Forrest scored again for Livingston in the 49′ minute with a goal. Eventually, C. Ramirez reduced the distance for Aberdeen with a goal. However, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Aberdeen was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (64%).
Livingston remained in 10 people after C. Montano received a double yellow card in the 82′. Anyway, Livingston still succeeded in win this contest competing only with 10 players.
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 Kevin Clancy with the help of Frank Connor and Graham McNeillie. The 4th official was Mike Roncone. The weather was rainy. The temperature was quite cold around 5.5 degrees Celsius or 41.83 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 85%.
Match Statistics
Aberdeen was in firm control of the ball 64% while Livingston was struggling with a 36% ball possession.
Aberdeen was more aggressive with 50 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 5 were on target. Even so, Livingston found a way to find the solution to win this contest.
Livingston shot 8 times, 4 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, Aberdeen shot 13 times, 5 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Livingston received 8 yellow cards (C. Montano, J. Fitzwater, S. Omeonga, A. Lewis, A. Forrest, S. Pittman, M. Stryjek and ). On the opposite side, Aberdeen received 4 yellow cards (J. Hayes, V. Besuijen, F. Ojo and J. MacKenzie).
C. Montano (Livingston) was sent out after receiving a second yellow card (82′).
After playing this encounter, Livingston will have 26 points like St. Mirren to stay in the 8th place. On the opposite side, Aberdeen will stay with 29 points like Dundee United to stay in the 6th place.
Match Events
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8'8'
A. Obileye
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23'23'
C. Montano
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38'38'
J. Fitzwater
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41'41'
S. Omeonga
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45'45'
A. Lewis
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46'46'
S. Pittman
A. Lewis
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46'46'
J. MacKenzie
J. Hayes
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49'49'
A. Forrest
C. Montano
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64'64'
M. Kennedy
C. Ramsay
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66'66'
C. Ramirez
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68'68'
A. Forrest
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71'71'
J. Hayes
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71'71'
S. Pittman
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73'73'
M. Stryjek
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82'82'
C. Montano
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82'82'
V. Besuijen
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84'84'
J. Emmanuel-Thomas
A. Montgomery
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84'84'
M. Boyes
A. Forrest
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84'84'
C. Chukwuemeka
B. Anderson
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87'87'
F. Ojo
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90'90'
J. Holt
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90'90'
O. Bailey
C. Chukwuemeka
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90'90'
J. MacKenzie
Next match
In the upcoming Premiership match, Livingston will play away with Ross County on the 9th of February with a 5-1 head to head stats in favor of Livingston (2 draws).
Aberdeen will host Celtic on the 9th of February with a 50-5 head to head statistic in favor of Celtic (6 draws).
Livingston: Formation and Lineups
Livingston started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager David Martindale chose to play with the following team: Max Stryjek , Nicky Devlin , Jack Fitzwater , Ayo Obileye , James Penrice , Stephane Omeonga , Jason Holt , Adam Lewis , Cristian Montano , Bruce Anderson and Alan Forrest .
Substitutes
Livingston made 4 changes: A. Lewis for S. Pittman (46′), A. Forrest for M. Boyes (84′), B. Anderson for M. Boyes (84′) and C. Chukwuemeka for O. Bailey (90′).
Top player: Alan Forrest
The player who no doubt impressed Livingston the most was Alan Forrest.
His rating is with 1 goal, 16 passes (93% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 9. He performed 5 crosses.
Aberdeen: Formation and Lineups
Aberdeen started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
On the opposite side, Stephen Glass played with: Gary Woods , Calvin Ramsay , Ross McCrorie , David Bates , Adam Montgomery , Lewis Ferguson , Funso Ojo , Vicente Besuijen , Teddy Jenks , Jonny Hayes and Christian Ramirez .
Substitutes
Aberdeen made 3 changes: J. Hayes for J. MacKenzie (46′), C. Ramsay for M. Kennedy (64′) and A. Montgomery for J. Emmanuel-Thomas (84′).
Top player: Christian Ramirez
The player who no doubt impressed Aberdeen the most was Christian Ramirez.
His rating is with 1 goal, 9 passes (55% accurate) and 0 key passes.
Results of the day
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