Dunfermline vs Livingston Prediction & Betting Tips

Recent form: Dunfermline look the steadier side

Dunfermline's last five Championship games make decent reading: a win away at Morton, a home win over Queen's Park, a draw at Arbroath, and a home win against Raith Rovers. The only blemish in that run was the home loss to Livingston back in August.

Dunfermline: 20 completed matches; Livingston: 20 completed matches.

Dunfermline

20 matches

Win

45% 9 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

30% 6 / 20

Scored

26

Conceded

18

Difference

+8

Livingston

20 matches

Win

50% 10 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

25% 5 / 20

Scored

35

Conceded

18

Difference

+17

Livingston's recent form in the same competition is more mixed. A draw at Inverness and a big win at Morton sit either side of home and away losses to Stenhousemuir and Arbroath, with that win over Dunfermline squeezed in between.

Dunfermline have been the more consistent of the two over the last month, even if Livingston have shown they can find goals.

Comparative Team Statistics: Dunfermline vs Livingston

Head-to-head: no clear pattern

The most recent meeting in August went Livingston's way, a 2-0 win on their own patch. Beyond that, results between these two over the past couple of seasons have gone both directions: a Dunfermline home win, a goalless draw, a Livingston cup win, another home win for Dunfermline, then away wins for Livingston either side of that.

There's no long run of dominance either way in the recent history between these clubs.

The head-to-head record doesn't lean strongly toward either team.

League table: little between them

Dunfermline sit fourth with 12 points from seven games, three wins, three draws and a loss. Livingston are fifth with 10 points from the same number of matches, also with three wins but one draw and three defeats.

Interestingly, Livingston's goal difference is slightly better than Dunfermline's despite having fewer points, having scored and conceded more freely.

This early in the season, the gap between the sides is minimal.

What to expect

Put it together and this looks a fairly even contest. Dunfermline arrive with the better recent Championship form and home advantage, but Livingston have already shown they can win on the road against this opponent and have been the more open, higher-scoring side in games generally.

With both teams capable of winning or drawing on a given day, and neither side clearly separated in the table, this has the feel of a game that could go either way.