Matchday

Premiership 25/26 · 30 Aug 2025

Livingston 1–2 Heart of Midlothian

Expected and what happened

No prediction: one side wasn't rated the month before.

Expected xG
–
Actual xG
0.5 – 1.4
Goals
1 – 2

Heart of Midlothian won and made the better chances: 1.4 xG to 0.5.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Alexandros Kyziridis, 76.1 in 45′.

Well below it: Stuart Findlay −22.3, Scott Pittman −16.1, Harry Milne −11.6.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Livingston

23 Aug 2025L 0–3at Celtic Scottish Premiership
9 Aug 2025W 3–1v Falkirk FC Scottish Premiership
2 Aug 2025D 2–2at Kilmarnock Scottish Premiership

Heart of Midlothian

23 Aug 2025D 3–3v Motherwell Scottish Premiership
10 Aug 2025W 3–2at Dundee United Scottish Premiership
4 Aug 2025W 2–0v Aberdeen Scottish Premiership

Head to head

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

Livingston

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Stevie May Forward900–65.6–
Danny Finlayson Defender9001–55.7–
Lewis Smith Forward73100.0449.0–
Mohamad Sylla Midfielder90000.0746.4−0.7
Robbie Muirhead Forward81000.1245.2–
Ryan McGowan Defender9000–44.5−3.2
Adam Montgomery Defender9000–40.2–
Andrew Shinnie Forward3200–39.4–
Tete Yengi Forward73000.1238.3–
Jérôme Prior Goalkeeper9000–37.8−9.8
Jeremy Bokila Forward5800–37.5–
Danny Wilson Defender9000–36.6–
Scott Pittman Midfielder9000–34.3−16.1
Andy Winter Forward1700–30.9–
Connor McLennan Forward17000.1521.4–

Heart of Midlothian

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Ageu Midfielder24000.3076.2–
Alexandros Kyziridis Midfielder45110.1076.1–
Blair Spittal Midfielder66000.0460.7–
Craig Halkett Defender4500–60.4+3.7
Cláudio Braga Forward88100.9157.5+7.7
Sabah Kerjota Forward1000–53.9–
Frankie Kent Defender9000–48.1–
Beni Baningime Midfielder8000–47.7–
Stuart Findlay Defender9000–46.1−22.3
Lawrence Shankland Forward90010.0746.1+2.4
Cameron Devlin Midfielder9000–46.0−4.7
Harry Milne Defender9000–43.6−11.6
Zander Clark Goalkeeper9000–43.3+2.0
Oisin McEntee Defender9000–37.7−1.1
Elton Kabangu Forward900–33.7–