4 days ago
Livingston v Falkirk: Pick of the stats
This will be the first season in which Livingston and Falkirk meet in the top fight since 2005-06 – the Bairns won three of the four league meetings that term (D1).This is the first time two newly-promoted sides have faced each other in the Scottish Premiership since Dundee and Hearts in 2021-22. The away side has won three of the past four matches between two newly-promoted clubs in the competition (D1), including Livingston suffering a 3-1 defeat to St Mirren in April have failed to win their opening home game in each of their past seven Scottish top-fight seasons (D3 L4) since beating Inverness Caledonian Thistle 3-0 to open up the 2004-05 and Livingston both drew 2-2 on matchday one. The last promoted team to win either of their opening two fixtures in a Scottish Premiership season were Hearts in 2021-22 (W2).Livingston's Scott Pittman will be aiming to score in back-to-back Premiership appearances for the first time since March 2022 (vs Dundee and Dundee United) – the 33-year-old has scored against 10 of the 13 opponents he has faced in the top fight, with the exceptions being Celtic, Rangers and Hearts.
