Livingston 1-1 Ross County: Analysis
County's problem this season has been scoring goals.The loss of top scorer Simon Murray - who went on to score 16 in the Premiership for Dundee - and assist king Yan Dhanda last summer was always going to be tough to overcome.However, Don Cowie's use of three centre-backs plus two wing-backs who are defenders rather than wide players means they struggle to get into decent crossing positions.Without the injured Noah Chilvers, they also seriously lack a creative and scoring threat from midfield, with much of the burden falling to striker Hale.They work hard and get stuck in, but it has not proven enough as a 10-game winless run - with seven defeats - at the wrong time of the season illustrates.And while they have the memories of surviving in Dingwall in the last two campaigns, this feels different.One, they face a Livingston side with lots of top-flight experience, who have already beaten them this season and who last conceded more than once in a game in March.And two, it is hard to see who is going to step up to and provide the goals they need, given they have only scored more than once in a game twice since February.
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