St Mirren vs Livingston Predictions & Tips

After a brilliant 2019/20 campaign, Livingston are hoping for another strong campaign this time around. They weren’t far from a European place when the campaign was drawn to a halt in March, but expecting the same kind of consistency will be tough in just their second season back in the top flight.

Livingston will be expecting to finish comfortably clear of the drop once again, while St Mirren are another side aiming to stay in the top tier. However, the hosts weren’t far from danger for much of last season and are set to be at risk once again, especially given their issues in attack.

Goals limited for Buddies

The hosts were only six points clear of the drop zone when the previous campaign ended, which has left them among the main contenders to fall into the Championship this term. The hosts are aiming to improve themselves at the back, having brought in almost an entirely new defence. However, there’s only so much they can do.

St Mirren were the Premiership’s lowest-scoring side last term, hitting just 24 goals across their 30 league games. While new defensive additions are welcome, their lack of improvement in attack has to be seen as a concern given that poor return across the previous campaign.

The hosts have also had a limited number of preseason clashes, so they may not be up to speed moving forward. As a result, we fear for them in the coming campaign as they’re likely to find goals hard to come by from the start here.

Visitors’ scoring woes

It’s not just St Mirren who need a boost going forward, Livingston have their own issues in attack. They’ve picked up Alan Forrest from Championship side Ayr, but it remains to be seen if that can end their poor return in front of goal. The visitors finished last season failing to score in four of their last five away trips, all of which saw under 2.5 goals scored.

The hosts have also seen under three goals in each of their last five at home, so our predictions point to a low scoring affair in this clash. We’re going with under 2.5 goals as our main tip on this weekend’s clash, with neither side fully convincing us ahead of the new season.

On top of that, Livingston won just one of their last 15 away trips and they’ve drawn two of the last four clashes between them at this ground. We’re going with a 1-1 draw here in our correct score prediction.