St Mirren v Livingston

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Although St Mirren were handed a second defeat on the trot away from home at Dundee just before the international break, The Saints will still feel confident about their chances of returning to winning ways on Saturday afternoon when they return to their SMISA Stadium for this upcoming tussle against bottom of the league outfit, Livingston, especially as the visitors have lost their last five games on the trot in the Scottish Premiership.

Back-to-back defeats away from home at Celtic and Dundee means St Mirren now trail second placed Rangers by a significant eight-point margin but the hosts have performed well and consistently on home soil so far in this Scottish top flight campaign as Stephen Robinson's side have suffered just the single defeat so far at their SMISA Stadium which came in the shape of a 3-0 loss to Rangers.

However, St Mirren have also registered three wins within their opening six home games which have been victories gained over Dundee, Hearts and St Johnstone, the latter being a particularly comprehensive 4-0 rout of their hapless visitors, so the home side on Saturday are expected to remain in confident mood.

The same can't be said about visitors, Livingston, as the visitors have had to endure a wretched run of results lately in the Scottish top flight as David Martindale's side have lost each of their last five matches on the trot in the Premiership, leaving them bottom of the top flight table.

A rare victory back at the start of October saw St Mirren secure a valuable three points by way of a 2-0 home win against lower half outfit, Motherwell, but since then, Livingston have slumped to five losses on the trot as they've been dealt defeats by the likes of Kilmarnock, Dundee, Hearts, Dundee and Rangers respectively, making this upcoming trip to Paisley a potentially tough outing.

The bigger picture shows Livingston have managed to capture just two wins from their previous 15 matches overall in the Scottish Premiership while also slipping to eight defeats as well, so this sort of form is likely to put Livi on the back foot straight away on Saturday afternoon.

In addition, Livingston have won just once in their previous 15 outings on the road, losing 12 of these games along with failing to score in no fewer than 11 of these games on their travels as well.

St Mirren v Livingston Verdict

St Mirren certainly look the more likely to take the spoils at The SMISA Stadium especially as the hosts are unbeaten in their last eight meetings against Livingston and having won four of these previous eight encounters along with their steady form at home so far this season, St Mirren look set to take all three points.

Therefore, our main bet will be St Mirren win @ 1.72

Other side bets worth considering:

St Mirren win & Over 2.5 goals @ 3.00

Correct Score: St Mirren 3-0 @ 13.00