Jump to content

2019–20 Livingston F.C. season: Difference between revisions

Edit links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
→Scottish Premiership: Adding round 22 match
→Scottish Premiership: Adding round 23 match
Line 447: Line 447:
|attendance = 1,140
|attendance = 1,140
|referee = Euan Anderson
|referee = Euan Anderson
}}
{{footballbox collapsible
|round = 23
|date = 25 January 2020
|time = 15:00
|score = 2 – 4
|report = https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/51158910
|team1 = [[Hamilton Academical F.C.|Hamilton Academical]]
|team2 = Livingston
|goals1 = [[Shaun Want|Want]] {{goal|13}} <br> [[Sam Woods (footballer)|Woods]] {{goal|57}} <br> [[Markus Fjørtoft|Fjørtoft]] {{yel|77}}
|goals2 = [[Craig Sibbald|Sibbald]] {{goal|15}} <br> [[Aaron Taylor-Sinclair|Taylor-Sinclair]] {{goal|32}} <br> [[Steven Lawless|Lawless]] {{goal|62|pen.}} <br> [[Scott Pittman|Pittman]] {{goal|65}} <br> [[Aymen Souda|Souda]] {{yel|71}}
|stadium = [[New Douglas Park]]
|attendance = 1,487
|referee = Bobby Madden
|result = W
}}
}}
{| style="width:100%; background:#f9f9f9; border:solid #f2f2f2 1px; font-size:90%;" cellspacing="0" rowspan="8"
{| style="width:100%; background:#f9f9f9; border:solid #f2f2f2 1px; font-size:90%;" cellspacing="0" rowspan="8"

Revision as of 19:01, 25 January 2020

Livingston
2019–20 season
ChairmanRobert Wilson
ManagerGary Holt
StadiumAlmondvale Stadium
Scottish League CupQuarter-finals, lost to Rangers
Top goalscorerLeague: Dykes (8)
All: Dykes (11)
Highest home attendance8,196 vs Celtic
Lowest home attendance692 vs Berwick Rangers

The 2019–20 season is the club's second season in the Scottish Premiership, the top flight of Scottish football. Livingston will also compete in the Scottish Cup and the League Cup.

Season Summary

Gary Holt remained as manager for the season. Livi started the season well by going nine matches unbeaten until they met Rangers in the League, with them also knocking Livi out of the League Cup. Then for the first time in their history Livi earned their maiden win against Celtic in the League.[1] They ended an eight match win-less run with a win against Kilmarnock. Lyndon Dykes became the first Livi player to score a top-flight hat-trick against Ross County.[2]

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season

30 June 2019 Friendly[3] ŠKF Sereď 1 – 1 Livingston Budapest, Hungary
16:00 Kuzma 73' (pen.) Report Dykes 41'
3 July 2019 Friendly Paksi 1 – 0 Livingston Budapest, Hungary
16:00 Böde 28' Report
6 July 2019 Friendly Tranmere Rovers 1 – 2 Livingston St Andrews
15:00 Mullin 50' Report Pittman 45'
Menga 74'		 Attendance: 0
Note: Match played behind closed doors
9 July 2019 Friendly Alloa Athletic 0 – 2 Livingston Indodrill Stadium
19:45 Report Dykes 13'
Miller 81'

Scottish Premiership

Main article: 2018–19 Scottish Premiership
3 August 2019 1 Livingston 0 – 0 Motherwell Almondvale Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Attendance: 2,633
Referee: David Munro
10 August 2019 2 St Johnstone 2 – 2 Livingston McDiarmid Park
14:00 Kennedy 55'
Hendry 82'		 BBC Report Lawless 13'
Pittman 39'		 Attendance: 2,349
Referee: Andrew Dallas
24 August 2019 3 Ross County 1 – 4 Livingston Global Energy Stadium
15:00 Stewart 44' BBC Report Guthrie 3'
Lawless 14'
Dykes 26'
Stobbs 52'		 Attendance: 4,237
Referee: John Beaton
31 August 2019 4 Livingston 2 – 1 St Mirren Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Lithgow 26'
Dykes 58'		 Report Magennis 64' Attendance: 2,346
Referee: Colin Steven
14 September 2019 5 Rangers 3 – 1 Livingston Ibrox Stadium
15:00 Tavernier 55'
Morelos 71'
Barker 79'		 Report Lawless 47' (pen.)
Dykes Yellow card 50' Yellow-red card 73'		 Attendance: 48,793
Referee: Willie Collum
21 September 2019 6 Livingston 0 – 2 Aberdeen Almondvale Stadium
15:00 BST Jacobs Yellow card 52'
Devlin Yellow card 90+2'		 Report Considine 29'
Cosgrove 90+3' (pen.)		 Attendance: 2,803
Referee: Nick Walsh
28 September 2019 7 Hamilton Academical 2 – 1 Livingston New Douglas Park
15:00 Alston 45+1'
Cunningham 84' (pen.)
Stubbs Yellow card 90+1'		 Report Lithgow 15'
Robinson Yellow card 47'		 Attendance: 1,075
Referee: Steven McLean
6 October 2019 8 Livingston 2 – 0 Celtic Almondvale Stadium
12:00 Robinson 47'
Dykes 73'		 Report Christie Red card 26' Attendance: 8,196
Referee: Willie Collum
Note: Game televised on Sky Sports Football
19 October 2019 9 Kilmarnock 2 – 1 Livingston Rugby Park
15:00 Dicker 39'
McKenzie 55'		 Report Miller 84' Attendance: 4,828
Referee: Steven McLean
26 October 2019 10 Livingston 0 – 0 Heart of Midlothian Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Souda Red card 49' Report Attendance: 3,854
Referee: Greg Aitken
30 October 2019 11 Hibernian 2 – 2 Livingston Easter Road
19:45 Allan 62' (pen.)
Boyle 90+2'		 Report Lawless 38'
Sibbald 41'		 Attendance: 14,662
Referee: Gavin Duncan
2 November 2019 12 Motherwell 2 – 1 Livingston Fir Park
15:00 Long 47'
Gallagher Yellow card 52'
Campbell 83'		 Report Guthrie Yellow card 30'
Lawless 60' (pen.) Yellow card 69'		 Attendance: 4,423
Referee: Euan Anderson
10 November 2019 13 Livingston 0 − 2 Rangers Almondvale Stadium
15:00 McMillan Yellow card 20'
Bartley Yellow card 73'
Taylor-Sinclair Yellow card 81'		 Report Aribo 32'
Morelos 52'		 Attendance: 8,071
Referee: Nick Walsh
Note: Game televised on Sky Sports Football
23 November 2019 14 Celtic 4 – 0 Livingston Celtic Park
Édouard 19'
Brown 57' Yellow card 90+4'
Forrest 64', 90+1'		 Report Dykes Yellow card 44'
Tiffoney Yellow card 80'		 Attendance: 58,247
Referee: Andrew Dallas
30 November 2019 15 Livingston 0 − 0 Hamilton Academical Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Report Easton Yellow card 76' Attendance: 1,076
Referee: William Collum
4 December 2019 16 Heart of Midlothian 1 – 1 Livingston Tynecastle Park
MacLean 88' Report Bartley Yellow card 8' 33'
Pittman Yellow card 49'
Robinson Yellow card 55'
Guthrie Yellow card 68'		 Attendance: 14,681
Referee: Greg Aitken
7 December 2019 17 Livingston 3 − 0 Kilmarnock Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Guthrie 54'
Dykes 65'
Lawless 81'		 Report McKenzie Yellow card 27'
Power Yellow card 86'		 Attendance: 1,531
Referee: John Beaton
14 December 2019 18 St Mirren 3 – 3 Livingston St Mirren Park
Morias 33'
Obika 61', 73'
Flynn Yellow card 71'		 Report Souda 13', 56'
Lawson Yellow card 26'
Guthrie 45'
Robinson Yellow card 83'
Dykes Yellow card 88'		 Attendance: 4,344
Referee: Nick Walsh
21 December 2019 19 Livingston 4 − 0 Ross County Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Lamie 31'
Dykes 41', 50', 73'
Sibbald Yellow card 60'		 Report Attendance: 1,201
Referee: Colin Steven
26 December 2019 20 Aberdeen 2 − 1 Livingston Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 McLennan 13'
Taylor Yellow card 85'
Anderson 81'		 Report Dykes 86' Attendance: 14,518
Referee: Bobby Madden
29 December 2019 21 Livingston 2 − 0 Hibernian Almondvale Stadium
15:00 GMT Lawson Yellow card 33'
Guthrie 62', 77'
Bartley Yellow card 75'		 Report Slivka Yellow card 60' Attendance: 4,902
Referee: Euan Anderson
22 January 2020 22 Livingston 1 − 0 St. Johnstone Almondvale Stadium
McMillan Yellow card 40'
Bartley Yellow card 44'
Pittman 56'		 Report Kane Yellow card 80' Attendance: 1,140
Referee: Euan Anderson
25 January 2020 23 Hamilton Academical 2 – 4 Livingston New Douglas Park
15:00 Want 13'
Woods 57'
Fjørtoft Yellow card 77'		 Report Sibbald 15'
Taylor-Sinclair 32'
Lawless 62' (pen.)
Pittman 65'
Souda Yellow card 71'		 Attendance: 1,487
Referee: Bobby Madden
For upcoming Scottish Premiership fixtures, see the official Livingston F.C. website

League Cup

Main article: 2019–20 Scottish League Cup
13 July 2019[4] Group Falkirk 1 – 1
(3–4 p)		 Livingston Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Connolly Yellow card 6'
Dixon Yellow card 68'
Sammon 90'		 BBC Report
Livi Report		 Dykes 36' Attendance: 2,121
Referee: Alan Muir
Penalties
16 July 2019 Group Livingston 2 – 1 Ayr United Almondvale Stadium
19:45 Souda 25'
Lamie 83'		 SPFL Report
Livi Report		 Murdoch 51' Attendance: 1,097
Referee: Willie Collum
23 July 2019 Group Stranraer 1 – 2 Livingston Stair Park
19:45 McManus Yellow card 48'
Elliott 57'		 BBC Report Lawless 42' (pen.)
Souda 45'		 Attendance: 402
Referee: Craig Napier
27 July 2019 Group Livingston 5 – 0 Berwick Rangers Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Lamie 2', 81'
Sibbald 16', 84'
Lithgow 24'		 BBC Report Attendance: 692
Referee: Colin Steven
17 August 2019 Second round Forfar Athletic 1 – 2 Livingston Station Park
15:00 Hilson 63' BBC Report Dykes 34'
Pittman 53'		 Attendance: 884
Referee: Gavin Duncan
25 September 2019[5] Quarter-final Livingston 0 – 1 Rangers Almondvale Stadium
19:45 Report Kamara 5' Attendance: 8,160
Referee: Don Robertson
Note: Game televised on BT Sport 1 and BT Sport Ultimate

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2019–20 Scottish Cup
18 January 2020 Fourth Round Livingston 3 – 1 Raith Rovers Almondvale Stadium
15:00 GMT Lawless 77' (pen.), 90+1' (pen.)
Dykes 78'		 Report Baird 22' Attendance: 1,725
Referee: Alan Newlands

Squad statistics

Appearances

No. Pos Nat Player Total Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Scotland SCO Ross Stewart 9 0 7 0 2 0 0 0
2 DF Scotland SCO Nicky Devlin 15 0 10 0 5 0 0 0
3 DF Northern Ireland NIR Ciaron Brown 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
4 DF Scotland SCO Alan Lithgow 17 3 9+3 2 5 1 0 0
5 DF Scotland SCO Ricki Lamie 27 4 18+2 1 6 3 1 0
6 MF England ENG Marvin Bartley 28 1 21 1 6 0 1 0
7 MF South Africa RSA Keaghan Jacobs 22 0 12+6 0 3+1 0 0 0
8 MF Scotland SCO Scott Pittman 20 2 14 1 5 1 1 0
9 FW Australia AUS Lyndon Dykes 23 10 16 8 6 2 1 0
10 MF Scotland SCO Craig Sibbald 12 3 7+3 1 1 2 1 0
11 MF Scotland SCO Steven Lawless 27 6 20+1 6 5 0 1 0
14 DF England ENG Hakeem Odoffin 7 0 3+4 0 0 0 0 0
15 DF France FRA Cécé Pepe 6 0 0+2 0 3+1 0 0 0
16 MF Scotland SCO Robbie Crawford 20 0 12+3 0 4+1 0 0 0
17 MF Scotland SCO Scott Robinson 18 1 8+6 1 1+2 0 0+1 0
19 FW Scotland SCO Chris Erskine 13 0 3+6 0 0+3 0 0+1 0
20 FW Tunisia TUN Aymen Souda 20 4 9+4 2 5+1 2 1 0
21 DF Scotland SCO Jack McMillan 17 0 12+1 0 3 0 0+1 0
22 MF Scotland SCO Scott Tiffoney 11 0 1+7 0 0+3 0 0 0
27 DF England ENG Jon Guthrie 22 5 19 5 2 0 1 0
29 DF Scotland SCO Aaron Taylor-Sinclair 7 0 6+1 0 0 0 0 0
31 GK England ENG Ryan Schofield 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
33 DF Togo TOG Tevi Steve Lawson 14 0 7+5 0 0+1 0 1 0
40 GK Scotland SCO Gary Maley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players who left the club during the season
12 MF Scotland SCO Cameron Blues 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 FW Scotland SCO Lee Miller 5 1 0+3 1 0+2 0 0 0
23 MF Italy ITA Raffaele De Vita 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 DF Guinea GUI Ibrahima Savane 2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0 0
30 GK Montenegro MNE Matija Sarkic 18 0 14 0 4 0 0 0
31 MF England ENG Jack Stobbs 4 1 2+2 1 0 0 0 0
37 MF Scotland SCO Craig Henderson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Team statistics

League table

Template:2019–20 Scottish Premiership table

Group G Table

Main article: 2019–20 Scottish League Cup § Group G

Template:2019–20 Scottish League Cup Group G table

Transfers

Main articles: List of Scottish football transfers summer 2019 and List of Scottish football transfers winter 2019–20

Transfers In

Date Position Name Previous Club Fee Ref
11 Jun 2019 DF France Cécé Pepe Italy Rieti Free [6]
15 Jun 2019 MF Scotland Robbie Crawford Scotland Ayr United Free [7]
26 Jun 2019 GK Montenegro Matija Sarkic England Aston Villa Six-month Loan [8]
1 Jul 2019 DF Scotland Nicky Devlin England Walsall Free [9]
16 Jul 2019 DF Guinea Ibrahima Savane France Beziers Free [10]
20 Jul 2019 FW France Aymen Souda Romania FC Dunărea Călărași Free [11]
12 Aug 2019 DF England Jon Guthrie England Walsall Free [12]
20 Aug 2019 MF England Jack Stobbs England Sheffield Wednesday Six-month Loan [13]
6 Nov 2019 DF Scotland Aaron Taylor-Sinclair Scotland Motherwell Free [14]
8 Jan 2020 GK England Ryan Schofield England Huddersfield Town Six-month Loan [15]
8 Jan 2020 DF Northern Ireland Ciaron Brown Wales Cardiff City Six-month Loan [15]

Transfers Out

Date Position Name Subsequent Club Fee Ref.
14 Jun 2019 GK Scotland Liam Kelly Scotland Queens Park Rangers Undisclosed [16]
18 Jun 2019 MF Scotland Shaun Byrne Scotland Dundee Undisclosed [17]
19 Jun 2019 MF Scotland Nicky Cadden Scotland Greenock Morton Free [18]
27 Jun 2019 MF Scotland Carlo Pignatiello Scotland Stranraer Season Loan [19]
1 Jul 2019 DF Scotland Callum Crane Scotland Edinburgh City Free [20]
1 Jul 2019 GK Scotland Jordan Pettigrew Scotland Dumbarton Free [21]
1 Jul 2019 FW Scotland Jack Hamilton Scotland Queen of the South Season Loan [22]
1 Jul 2019 DF Scotland Declan Gallagher Scotland Motherwell Free [23]
1 Jul 2019 DF Scotland Craig Halkett Scotland Heart of Midlothian Free [24]
7 Jul 2019 DF Scotland Cameron Clark Scotland Queen's Park Free [25]
12 Jul 2019 FW Scotland Matthew Knox Scotland Brechin City Free [26]
18 Jul 2019 FW Italy Raffaele De Vita Scotland Partick Thistle Six-month Loan [27]
18 Jul 2019 FW Angola Dolly Menga Angola Atlético Petróleos de Luanda Season Loan [28]
26 Jul 2019 DF Netherlands Henk van Schaik Scotland Greenock Morton Undisclosed [29]
6 Nov 2019 DF Guinea Ibrahima Savane Free agent Free [14]
6 Sep 2019 MF Scotland Cameron Blues Scotland Greenock Morton Free [29][30]
19 Nov 2019 FW Scotland Lee Miller Scotland Falkirk Free [31]
1 Jan 2020 FW Italy Raffaele De Vita Scotland Falkirk Six-month Loan [32]
4 Jan 2020 FW Scotland Gregg Wylde Scotland Clyde Free [33]

See also

List of Livingston F.C. seasons

References

  1. ^ https://livingstonfc.co.uk/livingston-2-0-celtic/
  2. ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50791601
  3. ^ https://livingstonfc.co.uk/preseason-fixtures-2019/
  4. ^ "Betfred Cup group stage fixtures". SPFL. Retrieved 2019-06-07.
  5. ^ https://spfl.co.uk/news/betfred-cup-quarter-final-details
  6. ^ "Cece Franck Pepe: Livingston boss Gary Holt recruits defender". 2019-06-11. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
  7. ^ "Robbie Crawford: Livingston sign midfielder from Ayr United". 2019-06-15. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
  8. ^ "Matija Sarkic: Livingston sign Aston Villa goalkeeper on loan". 2019-06-26. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
  9. ^ "Nicky Devlin: Livingston sign right-back after he rejects new Walsall deal". 2019-06-08. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
  10. ^ "Livingston: Ibrahima Savane joins on two-year deal". 2019-07-16. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
  11. ^ admin (2019-07-10). "New striker checks in". Livingston Football Club. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
  12. ^ "Welcome Jon Guthrie". livingstonfc.co.uk. 12 August 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  13. ^ "Jack Stobbs: Livingston land winger on loan from Sheffield Wednesday". 20 August 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  14. ^ a b "Livingston: Aaron Taylor-Sinclair signs as Ibrahima Savane leaves". BBC Sport. 6 November 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  15. ^ a b "Livingston sign Cardiff's Ciaron Brown and Huddersfield's Ryan Schofield on loan". BBC Sport. 8 January 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  16. ^ "Liam Kelly joins QPR". QPR. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
  17. ^ "Shaun signs". Dundee Football Club - Official Website. 2019-06-18. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
  18. ^ "BREAKING | Nicky Cadden signs for Morton – Greenock Morton". Retrieved 2019-07-28.
  19. ^ "Livi prospect signs". www.stranraerfc.org. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
  20. ^ "Edinburgh City sign ex-Hibs defender Callum Crane from Livingston". www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
  21. ^ "Dumbarton Football Club - SIGNING NEWS: NEW KEEPER JOINS". www.dumbartonfootballclub.com. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
  22. ^ "QosFC: Jack Hamilton". www.qosfc.com. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
  23. ^ "Motherwell: Declan Gallagher to sign from Livingston". 2019-04-11. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
  24. ^ "Hearts: Livingston's Craig Halkett signs pre-contract to switch on three-year deal". 2019-04-01. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
  25. ^ "Out of contract & inspired by Andy Robertson - how do players find a club?". 2019-07-07. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
  26. ^ Mew, Steven (11 July 2019). "Matthew Knox Signs". Brechin City F.C. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  27. ^ "Raffaele De Vita – on loan from Livingston". Partick Thistle FC. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
  28. ^ "Le Petro de Luanda recrute Dolly Menga et Jacques Tuyisenge". TV5 Sports (in French). 2019-07-18. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
  29. ^ a b "BREAKING | Van Schaik and Blues Sign For Morton – Greenock Morton". Retrieved 2019-07-28.
  30. ^ Telegraph, Greenock (6 September 2019). "Blues given permanent deal". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  31. ^ "LEE MILLER & DAVID McCRACKEN APPOINTED INTERIM COACHING TEAM". Falkirk FC. 19 November 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  32. ^ "Falkirk: Livingston's Raffaele De Vita joins on loan". BBC Sport. 1 January 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  33. ^ MacLean, Ian (4 January 2020). "Ex-Rangers winger Gregg Wylde signs for Clyde". Cumbernauld News. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2019–20_Livingston_F.C._season&oldid=937549614"