Livingston face the (soon to be managerless) Inverness, knowing fine well that a defeat up in the dark country will be unacceptable in the eyes of the Livi faithful. The peg sellers will be will be shocked and angry that their manager will be leaving to join Hearts, and will no doubt be fired up for what is no doubt, a six pointer.
The match, which probably will be watched by the lowest SPL crowd EVER, may come too soon for Livingston’s David McNamee, who is still struggling with an ankle injury. Jason Dair is still oot, but Steven Boyack returned on Wednesday night and may be given a start.
Caley have several players struggling to be fit for the match, the players are all suffering from an infection that is rife in the farms up north, dirty bas……
History of the Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Livingston fixture
Livingston pack their bags to visit Inverness Caledonian Thistle at Caledonian Stadium on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 10 games played, Livi have recorded 3 wins, and Inverness CT have come away with 4 victories.
The previous match played between the two at Caledonian Stadium was more than three years back, in April 2001, with Livingston inflicting a narrow 2 - 3 defeat upon the Caley Thistle in a Scottish Division One match.
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Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
2004/2005 | Sat 07 Aug | Livingston | 3 - 0 | Inverness CT | SPL |
2000/2001 | Sat 28 Apr | Inverness CT | 2 - 3 | Livingston | SCD1 |
2000/2001 | Tue 03 Apr | Livingston | 4 - 1 | Inverness CT | SCD1 |
2000/2001 | Sat 21 Oct | Inverness CT | 2 - 2 | Livingston | SCD1 |
2000/2001 | Sat 12 Aug | Livingston | 3 - 1 | Inverness CT | SCD1 |
1999/2000 | Sat 18 Mar | Inverness CT | 4 - 1 | Livingston | SCD1 |
1999/2000 | Mon 03 Jan | Livingston | 1 - 1 | Inverness CT | SCD1 |
Recent respective form guides
Inverness Caledonian Thistle's dreadful home form has resulted in just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While Caley Thistle have scored 7, a worringly large 13 have been leaked at the other end.
Livingston's away form is none too clever either, seeing them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. Livi have conceded 8 goals in these games, and only hit 3 in reply.
Inverness CT are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 8 points from 11 matches. Livingston see themselves just below half way in the Bank of Scotland Scottish Premier, showing a record of 9 points from their 11 games played so far,
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Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
Inverness CT | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 5 |
Livingston | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Nothing appears to be going right for the Livi out on the road recently, yet the Madmen can see a turn around in fortunes as they battle to a victory in a closely fought contest at Inverness CT. Away win
Sequence statistics: | |
Inverness CT | No sequences of note |
Livingston | Not won in previous 4 away matches. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |