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Matchday

Premiership 25/26 · 31 Jan 2026

Livingston 0–2 Motherwell

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Dec 2025; the outlined result is what happened.

Expected xG
1.2 – 1.3
Actual xG
0.2 – 1.6
Goals
0 – 2

Footybot saw it as open: Livingston 34%, the draw 27%, Motherwell 39%.

Motherwell won and made the better chances: 1.6 xG to 0.2.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Calum Ward, 56.7 in 90′.

Well above their usual level: Elijah Just +8.6.

Well below it: Johnny Koutroumbis −13.5.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Livingston

24 Jan 2026L 2–6at Aberdeen Scottish Premiership
20 Jan 2026D 1–1v St. Mirren Scottish Premiership
10 Jan 2026D 1–1v Kilmarnock Scottish Premiership
3 Jan 2026L 0–1at Heart of Midlothian Scottish Premiership
30 Dec 2025L 1–3v Dundee United Scottish Premiership

Motherwell

24 Jan 2026W 4–0v Kilmarnock Scottish Premiership
10 Jan 2026D 1–1at Hibernian Scottish Premiership
3 Jan 2026W 2–0v St. Mirren Scottish Premiership
30 Dec 2025W 2–0v Celtic Scottish Premiership
27 Dec 2025L 0–1at Rangers Scottish Premiership

Head to head

6 Dec 2025Motherwell 3–0 Livingston Scottish Premiership
25 Oct 2025Livingston 1–2 Motherwell Scottish Premiership

Livingston

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Jérôme Prior Goalkeeper9000–47.2+0.7
Danny Finlayson Defender9000–43.3+0.8
Mohamad Sylla Midfielder23000.0642.1–
Connor McLennan Forward77000.1141.9+2.9
Stevie May Forward68000.0339.7+1.7
Emmanuel Danso Midfielder6700–38.5–
Ryan McGowan Defender9000–38.4−3.8
Babacar Fati Defender7700–38.2–
Alex Matthias Tamm Forward1300–36.9–
Robbie Muirhead Forward7700–36.3−7.1
Joshua Brenet Defender9000–35.4+3.0
Scott Pittman Midfielder9000–35.4−0.8
Samson Lawal Midfielder1300–30.6–
Macaulay Tait Midfielder90000.0229.8−5.2
Joshua Zimmerman Midfielder2200–27.8–
Lewis Smith Forward1300–17.9–

Motherwell

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Calum Ward Goalkeeper9000–56.7−2.3
Tawanda Maswanhise Forward77201.2755.2+7.4
Elijah Just Midfielder65010.0948.0+8.6
Eythor Bjørgolfsson Forward2500–46.4–
Oscar Priestman Midfielder9000–44.6+2.7
Paul McGinn Defender90000.0943.4−3.8
Stephen O'Donnell Defender9000–39.7+0.9
Tom Sparrow Defender9000–38.2−1.6
Lukas Fadinger Midfielder9000–37.3−6.1
Ibrahim Said Midfielder65000.0535.1−2.8
Sam Nicholson Midfielder25000.0429.8–
Callum Slattery Midfielder90010.0829.4−6.9
Liam Gordon Defender800–29.4–
Johnny Koutroumbis Defender8600–26.2−13.5
Emmanuel Longelo Defender1300–11.9–