FM Preview: Livingston v Falkirk 10 Sep 2011

Last updated : 09 September 2011 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Livingston v Falkirk fixture

Livingston play host to Falkirk at Almondvale Stadium on Saturday afternoon, looking to improve on a dire past record against their opponents. It does not make pleasant reading, winning 26.32 of the games played between the two.

The last time the two teams met at Livingston was back in January 2006, over five years ago, with Falkirk inflicting a narrow 0-1 defeat upon the Livi in a Scottish Premier match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2005/2006 Sat 06 May Falkirk 1 - 0 Livingston Scottish Premier
2005/2006 Sat 28 Jan Livingston 0-1 Falkirk Scottish Premier
2005/2006 Sat 29 Oct Falkirk 1 - 1 Livingston Scottish Premier
2005/2006 Sat 06 Aug Livingston 0 - 2 Falkirk Scottish Premier
2000/2001 Tue 24 Apr Livingston 3 - 0 Falkirk Scottish Division One
2000/2001 Sat 13 Jan Falkirk 1 - 0 Livingston Scottish Division One
2000/2001 Sat 02 Dec Livingston 4 - 1 Falkirk Scottish Division One

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Recent respective form guides

Livingston are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, In this time, Livi have rattled up an impressive 21 goals, and conceded 7.

The Bairns have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Bairns's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 12 goals for and 10 against.

Livingston's 5 points from 4 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 4th position.

Falkirk see themselves just below half way in the Irn Bru Scottish Division One, showing a record of 5 points from their 4 games played so far,

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Livingston 6 3 1 2 13 9 10
Falkirk 6 4 2 0 13 6 14

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Its been a distinctly poor show from Livingston at home in recent games, and, though we cannot see a run starting here, we do think the Livi will at least gain a draw. No-score draw

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Livingston Unbeaten in the last 25 home games.
Falkirk 7 games since last defeat.

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