2019–20_Livingston_F.C._season

2019–20 Livingston F.C. season

2019–20 Livingston F.C. season

Livingston 2019–20 football season


The 2019–20 season was Livingston's second consecutive season in the Scottish Premiership, the top flight of Scottish football. Livingston also competed in the Scottish Cup and the League Cup.

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On 13 March, the Scottish football season was suspended with immediate effect due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak.[1] On 18 May, the SPFL declared the end of the season determining on an average points per game with Livi finishing in fifth place.[2][3]

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.[4] They went on an eight match win-less League run but ended it with a win against Kilmarnock. Lyndon Dykes became the first Livi player to score a top-flight hat-trick against Ross County.[5] Livi were knocked out in the fifth round of the Scottish Cup by Inverness Caledonian Thistle.[6] Their away match at Rangers was postponed and rearranged 24 hours later by the SPFL due to Storm Dennis.[7] They moved up to fifth in the table before all football was suspended due to COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak. On 9 April, the Scottish football season was further suspended until at least 10 June.[8] Livi shortly after released a statement saying they would support a decision to finish the league early.[9] On 18 May, the SPFL finished the league.

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season

30 June 2019 Friendly[10] Slovakia ŠKF Sereď 1 1 Livingston Budapest, Hungary
16:00 Kuzma 73' (pen.) Report Dykes 41'
3 July 2019 Friendly Hungary Paksi 1 0 Livingston Budapest, Hungary
16:00 Böde 28' Report
6 July 2019 Friendly England 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

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
1 February 2020 24 Livingston 1 – 0 Motherwell Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Bartley Yellow card 56'
Dykes Yellow card 56'
Taylor-Sinclair 67'
Report Tait Yellow card 70'
O'Hara Yellow card 89'
Carroll Yellow card 90+1'
Attendance: 1,932
Referee: John Beaton
5 February 2020 25 Ross County 2 – 0 Livingston Global Energy Stadium
19:45 McKay 2', 59' Report Attendance: 3,301
Referee: Nick Walsh
12 February 2020 26 Livingston 2 – 1 St Mirren Almondvale Stadium
19:45 Lawless 34' (pen)
Dykes 46'
Report Obika 50' Attendance: 1,263
Referee: David Munro
16 February 2020 27 Rangers 1 – 0 Livingston Ibrox Stadium
15:00 Arfield 59' Report Lawson Yellow card 34'
Guthrie Yellow card 43'
Crawford Yellow card 68'
Attendance: 48,302
Referee: Euan Anderson
Note: Match was played 24 hours later than planned due to Storm Dennis
22 February 2020 28 Hibernian 1 – 1 Livingston Easter Road
15:00 Doidge 50' Report Taylor-Sinclair 56' Attendance: 15,553
Referee: Alan Newlands
4 March 2020 29 Livingston 2 – 2 Celtic Almondvale Stadium
Guthrie 24'
Robinson 46'
Report McGregor 16'
Rogic 90+1'
Attendance: 8,640
Referee: Willie Collum
7 March 2020 30 St Johnstone 1 – 0 Livingston McDiarmid Park
15:00 Hendry 84' Report Attendance: 3,008
Referee: Kevin Clancy

Scottish League Cup

13 July 2019[11] 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[12] 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

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
8 February 2020 Fifth Round Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1 0 Livingston Caledonian Stadium
15:01 GMT Welsh 61' Report Attendance: 1,512
Referee: Don Robertson

Squad statistics

Appearances

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Team statistics

League table

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Source: BBC SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points per game; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-Head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification, second stage group allocation or relegation).[14]
Notes:
  1. All play-off matches were cancelled, as clubs voted to curtail the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[13]

League cup table

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Source: [15]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[16]

Transfers

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Transfers out

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See also

List of Livingston F.C. seasons

Footnotes


    References

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    2. "Celtic champions & Hearts relegated after SPFL ends season". BBC Sport. 18 May 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
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    6. "Format". SPFL. Archived from the original on 1 October 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
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    8. "Welcome Jon Guthrie". livingstonfc.co.uk. 12 August 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
    9. "Livingston: Aaron Taylor-Sinclair signs as Ibrahima Savane leaves". BBC Sport. 6 November 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
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    19. Mew, Steven (11 July 2019). "Matthew Knox Signs". Brechin City F.C. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
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    21. "Le Petro de Luanda recrute Dolly Menga et Jacques Tuyisenge". TV5 Sports (in French). 2019-07-18. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
    22. Telegraph, Greenock (6 September 2019). "Blues given permanent deal". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
    23. "LEE MILLER & DAVID McCRACKEN APPOINTED INTERIM COACHING TEAM". Falkirk FC. 19 November 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
    24. "Falkirk: Livingston's Raffaele De Vita joins on loan". BBC Sport. 1 January 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
    25. MacLean, Ian (4 January 2020). "Ex-Rangers winger Gregg Wylde signs for Clyde". Cumbernauld News. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
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    27. "Mercato. Ibrahima Savane rejoint l'US Avranches" (in French). Ouest France. 30 January 2020.

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