Livingston Motherwell
Pos Name SL EL Ag Pos Name SL EL Ag
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GK Jerome Prior 26 10 n GK Kevin Budinauckas 26 10 p
SW Conor Bradley 26 10 n SW Jimmie Vaughan 25 10 n
DF Ibrahima Konate 24 10 n DF John Lee Hooker 26 10 n
DF Babacar Fati 24 10 n DF Gary Clark Jr 25 10 n
DF Joshua Brenet 18 10 n DF Clifton Chenier 20 10 n
MF Ryan Gravenberch 27 10 n MF Al Bondigas 25 10 n
MF Scott Arfield 25 10 n MF Memphis Slim 17 10 n
MF Graeme Souness 25 10 n WG BB King 27 10 n
WG Robbie Muirhead 19 10 n WG Jerry Jeff Walker 23 10 n
FW Tawanda Maswanhise 27 10 n FW Billy Bland 28 10 n
FW Lawrence Shankland 20 10 n FW Ray Wylie Hubbard 24 10 n
Min 0: Livingston opens up with a 4-3-3 N while the Well will play a 4-2-4 N.
Min 0: Today's referee is Mark Boland (STRONG/FAIR).
Min 0: John McCarthy (LIV) - Let's go. Title favourites visit.
Min 6: Scott Arfield (LIV) and Tawanda Maswanhise break for Livingston...
...Tawanda Maswanhise looks to have found space into which to recieve Scott Arfield's through ball...
...but some fantastic defending from Clifton Chenier (MOT) sees the danger snuffed out.
Min 7: Gary Clark Jr (MOT) cooly sends Jerome Prior the wrong way...
...but his shot curls inches wide!
Min 8: Livy Lions build down the left...
...Robbie Muirhead sends a cross to the middle...
...Lawrence Shankland beats John Lee Hooker to the ball...
...and hooks a left-footer past Kevin Budinauckas but wide of the net.
Min 8: Covid mask of manager hides him swearing as Memphis Slim (MOT) picks up a wonderful ball ...
...he slides a pass into Clifton Chenier...
...whose shot balloons over the bar.
Min 11: Graeme Souness (LIV) looks up and spots Scott Arfield arriving in the box...
...the Scotsman tees up Scott Arfield for the shot...
...he finds the back of the net with a low drive. GOAL!!!...
...it's a lead that John McCarthy's side deserve - can they add to it before the break?...
...score now: LIV 1 - MOT 0
Min 12: Livingston break quickly with Tawanda Maswanhise...
...he only has Kevin Budinauckas to beat...
...great save by Kevin Budinauckas but the ball falls to Lawrence Shankland...
...who slots the ball into the vacant net. GOAL!!!!!...
...Livingston are looking strong now...
...score now: LIV 2 - MOT 0
Min 16: Ryan Gravenberch breaks up the play in the middle of the park...
...and puts Joshua Brenet on the attack down the right...
...the Saudi Arabian cuts inside, evades John Lee Hooker's challenge...
...and flights the ball past a static Kevin Budinauckas and over the bar.
Min 16: BB King (MOT) whips in a decent looking cross to the six yard box...
...but Babacar Fati (LIV) is there to clear with his head.
Min 19: Jimmie Vaughan (MOT) is booked for a heavy tackle on Ryan Gravenberch and its a stramash and handbags now.
Min 21: Lawrence Shankland (LIV) tries a wildly ambitious effort from distance...
...which trundles back to Kevin Budinauckas in a restful Sunday type of way.
Min 26: Lawrence Shankland (LIV) goes down in the box looking for the penalty...
...but instead he's given a yellow card for what was clearly a dive.
Min 29: Graeme Souness (LIV) now gets a chance to cross...
...he looks for Lawrence Shankland but it evades him...
...Gary Clark Jr (MOT) is there to collect the ball and turn it back upfield.
Min 29: Ray Wylie Hubbard (MOT) now gets a chance to cross...
...he looks for Al Bondigas but it evades him...
...Conor Bradley (LIV) is there to collect the ball and turn it back upfield.
Min 34: Great tackle by Babacar Fati (LIV)...
...to prevent Billy Bland (MOT) from latching onto Al Bondigas's pass.
Min 37: Lawrence Shankland (LIV) crosses after some neat tricks inside the area...
...and Tawanda Maswanhise heads in from close range...
...its in the net GOAL!!...
...yet another one for Livingston; Coach Andrew Foss-Grant is furious...
...score now: LIV 3 - MOT 0
Min 37: Ray Wylie Hubbard (MOT) finds space for a cross from the left...
...Jerome Prior doesn't know whether to go for the ball or stay on his line...
...Al Bondigas rises highest at the back post...
...and its punched over the bar by Jerome Prior who stayed on his line.
Min 38: Ryan Gravenberch's (LIV) goal-bound effort is blocked brilliantly by John Lee Hooker (MOT)...
...and it loops up and into the hands of Kevin Budinauckas.
Min 41: The ball is hooked on towards Billy Bland (MOT)...
...who takes on Conor Bradley on the edge of the area...
...Conor Bradley gets control to erase the opportunity.
Min 45: The Well sit back and absorb pressure...
...before Graeme Souness's (LIV) ball into the box is cut out by Clifton Chenier (MOT).
Min 45: Guy Clark on for Ray Wylie Hubbard(FW)...
...Guy Clark will play FW.
HALFTIME SCORE: Livingston 3 - Motherwell 0
Min 49: Jerry Jeff Walker (MOT) passes a great ball to Memphis Slim...
...whose low shot across goal is only parried by Livy Lions keeper Jerome Prior...
...and who else but Jerry Jeff Walker is there to slot it in...
...somehow he shoots wide!!
Min 54: Billy Bland (MOT) does well to turn on the edge of the box...
...only to see his shot blocked by Conor Bradley (LIV).
Min 55: Ryan Gravenberch (LIV) swings a ball in to the Motherwell box...
...but the presence of Jimmie Vaughan (MOT) means it is easily cleared.
Min 56: Scott Arfield slides the ball under Kevin Budinauckas...
...but it rolls wide for a goal kick.
Min 56: Jerry Jeff Walker (MOT) stops Tawanda Maswanhise as he flies down the wing...
...he won the ball but took the man...
...and gets a yellow card.
Min 60: Alan Hansen on for Tawanda Maswanhise(FW)...
...Alan Hansen will play DF.
Min 60: Mo Salah on for Ryan Gravenberch(MF)...
...Mo Salah will play MF.
Min 60: Louis Gabriel on for Lawrence Shankland(FW)...
...Louis Gabriel will play DF.
Min 60: Lightnin Hopkins on for Clifton Chenier(DF)...
...Lightnin Hopkins will play DF.
Min 60: Steve Earle on for Memphis Slim(MF)...
...Steve Earle will play MF.
Min 60: MOT now playing Press
Min 61: Graeme Souness(LIV) is forced to reposition to FW.
Min 62: Al Bondigas almost penetrates Livy Lions's sheilds with a dazzling volley...
... a little more power and Conor Bradley would have lost his well placed foot.?
Min 64: Graeme Souness (LIV) nods the ball down for Louis Gabriel on the edge of the box...
...Louis Gabriel takes a heavy touch into the box...
...and Kevin Budinauckas rushes of his line...
...Louis Gabriel gets there first...
...but his chip is deflected out of danger by an alert Gary Clark Jr (MOT)!
Min 65: Joshua Brenet (LIV) now gets a chance to cross...
...he looks for Scott Arfield but it evades him...
...Gary Clark Jr (MOT) is there to collect the ball and turn it back upfield.
Min 71: Mo Salah opts to attack the goal on his own...
...John Lee Hooker greets the intruder at the gate and strips him of the ball.?
Min 72: Scott Arfield (LIV) finds Robbie Muirhead steaming through the middle...
...he gets into the area...
...but Lightnin Hopkins (MOT) is there to make a key tackle.
Min 77: The ball is hooked on towards Joshua Brenet (LIV)...
...who takes on John Lee Hooker on the edge of the area...
...John Lee Hooker gets control to erase the opportunity.
Min 81: Lightnin Hopkins (MOT) makes a late challenge on Scott Arfield...
...and gets yellow-carded.
Min 83: Jings crivensRobbie Muirhead (LIV) looks up and spots Mo Salah arriving in the box...
...the Scotsman tees up Mo Salah for the shot...
...the shot flies over the goal. Whit's fur ye'll no go by ye as they say in Scotland!
Min 84: Louis Gabriel gets overlapped by Guy Clark (MOT)...
...who threads it to Al Bondigas...
...who hits it right into the hands of Jerome Prior.
Min 88: Babacar Fati (LIV) and Graeme Souness break for Livingston...
...Graeme Souness looks to have found space into which to recieve Babacar Fati's through ball...
...but some fantastic defending from Jimmie Vaughan (MOT) sees the danger snuffed out.
Min 90: Superb sliding block by Gary Clark Jr (MOT) denies Mo Salah a sure goal...
...after great work from Graeme Souness in the Motherwell box.
FINAL SCORE: Livingston 3 - Motherwell 0
Man Of The Match: Jerome Prior (LIV)
Livingston
Nm Ef Mk Sh
Ps Name SL SL SL SL EL Ag DP Sv Gl Sh Mn Rt
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GK Jerome Prior 26 26 26 11 4 n 0 2 0 0 90 7
SW Conor Bradley 26 26 26 18 4 n 0 0 0 0 90 7
DF Ibrahima Konate 24 24 24 19 4 n 0 0 0 0 90 6
DF Babacar Fati 24 24 24 19 4 n 0 0 0 0 90 6
DF Joshua Brenet 18 18 18 14 4 n 0 0 0 1 90 6
DF Alan Hansen 10 10 10 8 8 n 0 0 0 0 30 6
DF Louis Gabriel 17 17 17 13 8 n 0 0 0 0 30 6
MF Scott Arfield 25 25 25 22 4 n 0 0 1 2 90 6
MF Ryan Gravenberch 27 27 27 24 6 n 0 0 0 0 60 6
MF Mo Salah 15 15 15 15 8 n 0 0 0 1 30 6
WG Robbie Muirhead 19 19 19 17 4 n 0 0 0 0 90 6
FW Tawanda Maswanhise 27 27 27 27 6 n 0 0 1 1 60 6
FW Graeme Souness 25 20 20 22 4 n 0 0 0 0 90 6
FW Lawrence Shankland 20 20 20 20 6 n 4 0 1 3 60 6
Motherwell
Nm Ef Mk Sh
Ps Name SL SL SL SL EL Ag DP Sv Gl Sh Mn Rt
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GK Kevin Budinauckas 26 26 26 11 5 p 0 1 0 0 90 6
SW Jimmie Vaughan 25 25 25 17 4 n 4 0 0 0 90 6
DF Clifton Chenier 20 20 20 16 6 n 0 0 0 1 60 6
DF Gary Clark Jr 25 25 25 22 4 n 0 0 0 1 90 6
DF John Lee Hooker 26 26 26 20 4 n 0 0 0 0 90 6
DF Lightnin Hopkins 19 19 19 15 8 n 4 0 0 0 30 6
MF Al Bondigas 25 25 25 22 4 n 0 0 0 2 90 6
MF Memphis Slim 17 17 17 15 6 n 0 0 0 0 60 6
MF Steve Earle 16 16 16 14 8 n 0 0 0 0 30 6
WG Jerry Jeff Walker 23 23 23 20 4 n 4 0 0 1 90 6
WG BB King 27 27 27 24 4 n 0 0 0 0 90 6
FW Billy Bland 28 28 28 28 4 n 0 0 0 0 90 6
FW Ray Wylie Hubbard 24 24 24 24 7 n 0 0 0 0 45 6
FW Guy Clark 28 28 28 28 7 n 0 0 0 0 45 6
Statistics LIV MOT
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Halftime 3 0
Fulltime 3 0
Shots On Target 4 2
Shots 8 5
Saves 2 1
Offsides 0 0
Penalty Kicks 0 0
Yellow Cards 1 3
Red Cards 0 0
Avg SL% Used 67 66
Revenue 118 118
MIN TEAM MT GP DEF OFF
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1 LIV N 59.00 144.50 161.85
1 MOT N 54.00 134.20 190.95
46 MOT N 54.00 134.20 194.95
61 LIV N 72.50 153.00 112.90
61 MOT P 29.75 95.95 230.70
Trainer's Report
Robbie Muirhead (LIV) was awarded a Captain's Bonus.
Tawanda Maswanhise (LIV) played 60 minutes and earned a CP.
Conor Bradley (LIV) played 90 minutes and earned a CP.
Jeremy Bokila (LIV) did not appear in the match and could not be coached.
Lawrence Shankland (LIV) played 60 minutes and earned a TP.
MOT has spent 2 CP to raise their OTF to 10.
Kevin Budinauckas (MOT) played 90 minutes and earned a CP.
Billy Bland (MOT) played 90 minutes and earned a CP.
BB King (MOT) played 90 minutes and earned a CP.
Clifton Chenier (MOT) played 60 minutes and earned a TP.
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