We have plenty of games to enjoy over the festive period in the Scottish Premiership including the meeting between Hibernian and Livingston.
The match will take place on the 24th of December at Easter Road Stadium and the hosts begin this round of games in 8th place on 20 points while the visitors are in 6th place on 23 points.
David Murphy with a 🍑 against Livingston! ⚽️It's our Joma Goal of the Week... pic.twitter.com/kdXStehrb4— Hibernian Football Club (@HibernianFC) December 22, 2022
David Murphy with a 🍑 against Livingston! ⚽️It's our Joma Goal of the Week... pic.twitter.com/kdXStehrb4
Hibernian come into this game having previously played on the 15th of December at Rangers in the Scottish Premiership. It was an exciting game and having scored 2 goals inside the first 16 minutes, Hibernian found themselves 2-1 up at half time.
However, Rangers struck back in the second half and having equalised in the 58th minute, they scored the winner 4 minutes later.
That result means Hibernian have lost their last 4 fixtures, all of which have come in the Scottish Premiership. There have been defeats at Aberdeen, Kilmarnock, and Rangers plus a 2-0 loss at home against Ross County.
Hibernian have recorded only 1 win from their 8 most recent league games and they have lost the other 7 matches, which is a poor record.
However, home form in the league shows Hibernian are not easy to beat. Trends show they are undefeated in 12 of their last 14 home Scottish Premiership fixtures.
Hibernian have found the back of the net at least once in 10 of their last 11 home league matches.
Livingston travel to Easter Road Stadium on the back of a 2-1 defeat at Celtic in midweek. Celtic opened the scoring in the 23rd minute and added a second goal through Kyogo Furuhashi before the interval.
Things got interesting when Livingston also found the back of the net shortly before half time but there were no further goals in the second half.
Livingston performed well against Celtic and were always in the game but that defeat means they have recorded only 2 wins from their 6 most recent Scottish Premiership fixtures.
The wins came over Kilmarnock away and Aberdeen at home. Away form in the league shows Livingston have won 1 of their last 7 away league games.
Recent way matches involving Livingston have been entertaining to watch and they have seen over 2.5 goals in 4 of their last 6 matches on the road plus both teams have scored in each of their last 5 away Scottish Premiership games.
Looking ahead to the teams news and Hibernian are without the injured duo Martin Boyle and Jake Doyle-Hayes. Lewis Miller and Momodou Bojang are both doubts.
Livingston have doubts over the fitness of Jamie Brandon but every other player should be fit and available for the visitors.
Livingston have seen a lot of goals in recent league games and we expect more of the same in this match. Hibernian must be favourites to take maximum points at home and we expect the hosts to come out on top, with over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring.