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Livingston v Hamilton Academical : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 25th Jan, 15:00 BST, Tony Macaroni Arena, Livingston

Hamilton Academical pay Championship rivals Livingston a visit on Saturday afternoon, as John Rankin guides his men into an away clash with David Martindale & co. at the Tony Macaroni Arena. Form, head to head (H2H) statistics, predictions and odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers are all shown below. We're here to give you everything you need to place an intelligent bet. Here we've gone for , but why not flip through the tabs and find the one you like best?


Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

Neither Livingston or Hamilton are in the sort of form that would have us feeling confident in tipping a match winner, so we've opted for over 1.5 goals. The stats show that both have a proven record in this market, both individually and when facing one another head-to-head. We're predicting there's a 76% chance of two goals or more.

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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Livingston are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 58% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.65.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Livingston
58%
13/20-
Draw
23%
13/5-
Hamilton
19%
18/5-
Livingston 1-0
11%
11/2-
Draw 1-1
11%
13/2-
Livingston 2-0
10%
13/2-
Livingston 2-1
10%
8/1-
Livingston 3-0
6%
12/1-
Draw 0-0
6%
9/1-
Livingston 3-1
6%
14/1-
Hamilton 1-0
6%
12/1-
Hamilton 2-1
5%
16/1-
Draw 2-2
5%
16/1-
Livingston 4-0
3%
22/1-
Livingston 3-2
3%
28/1-
Hamilton 2-0
3%
22/1-
Livingston 4-1
3%
28/1-
Hamilton 3-1
2%
40/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
53%
19/20-
Under 2.5 Goals
48%
17/20-
Home 1st Goal
55%
4/9-
Away 1st Goal
41%
21/10-
No 1st Goal
4%
9/1-
BTTS - Yes
52%
10/11-
BTTS - No
48%
4/5-
BTTS - Home Win
25%
3/1-
BTTS - Draw
17%
4/1-
BTTS - Away Win
10%
17/2-
Home/draw
81%
1/8-
Away/draw
42%
11/10-
Home/away
77%
2/9-
Over 1.5 Goals
76%
3/10-
Under 1.5 Goals
24%
12/5-
Over 3.5 Goals
30%
12/5-
Under 3.5 Goals
70%
3/10-
Over 4.5 Goals
15%
11/2-
Under 4.5 Goals
85%
1/10-
Over 5.5 Goals
6%
9/1-
Under 5.5 Goals
94%
1/33-
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
1/33-
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
9/1-
Home DNB
74%
2/7-
Away DNB
35%
5/2-
Livingston win to nil
32%
13/8-
Hamilton win to nil
10%
7/1-
Livingston / Livingston
32%
8/5-
Livingston / Hamilton
2%
40/1-
Livingston / Draw
5%
16/1-
Draw / Livingston
19%
10/3-
Draw / Hamilton
9%
17/2-
Draw / Draw
15%
9/2-
Hamilton / Livingston
4%
22/1-
Hamilton / Hamilton
10%
7/1-
Hamilton / Draw
5%
16/1-
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Win / draw / win Championship table

Livingston have played 21 matches so far this season and lay in 3rd place in the Championship league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 17 games against teams below in the table, having won 9, drawn 5 and lost 3 matches. They have kept 7 clean sheets and have failed to score in 4 fixtures. Both Livingston and Hamilton Academical have scored 27 goals this season.

Home League Performance

Livingston have played 10 games at home winning 7, drawing 2 and losing 1 game. They have scored 16 goals, kept 4 clean sheets and conceded 6 goals at home.

Hamilton are in 8th position in the Championship on 21 points having played 19 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

6 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 19 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 12 goals in total and failed to score in 4 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

14 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 9 games, drawn 2 and won 3. Hamilton have conceded 27 goals, scored 15, failed to score in 5 fixtures and have kept 3 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Livingston
Hamilton
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Falkirk202043 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
0-00-0
Mar 29
Jan 31
l
 
1-3A
l
 
1-0A
Mar 1
May 2
2
Ayr United211741 
l
 
0-1A
w
 
1-2F
Apr 19
Feb 22
l
 
0-2A
l
 
3-2A
Feb 1
Mar 22
3
Livingston H211139 
-
-
-
-
l
 
1-3A
l
 
3-0A
Apr 26
Jan 25
4
Partick21735 
w
 
2-0F
d
 
0-00-0
May 2
Mar 1
w
 
1-0F
l
 
5-1A
l
 
1-2F
Apr 12
5
Queen's Park21129 
d
 
1-1F
d
 
1-1A
Apr 5
l
 
2-0A
w
 
2-1F
l
 
1-0A
Apr 19
Feb 15
6
Raith Rovers19-724 
w
 
2-1A
w
 
0-1F
Mar 8
l
 
2-1F
Jan 28
d
 
3-3F
Mar 29
Feb 22
7
Greenock 19-523 
d
 
1-1F
d
 
0-00-0
Feb 25
Apr 12
w
 
3-0F
d
 
0-00-0
Mar 15
Feb 18
8
Hamilton A19-721 
w
 
3-0F
w
 
1-3F
Jan 25
Apr 26
-
-
-
-
9
Dunfermline21-719 
w
 
2-0F
l
 
3-0A
Feb 15
Mar 22
w
 
1-0F
l
 
3-2A
Feb 25
Apr 5
10
Airdrieonians20-306 
w
 
2-1F
w
 
0-3F
w
 
2-1F
Mar 15
d
 
2-2F
w
 
0-4F
w
 
3-2F
Mar 8
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
3
Hamilton have lost 3 consecutive away league games
Livingston 3RD
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
27
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
10
Draw
5
Lost
5
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Livingston2 - 1Airdrieonians
Livingston0 - 1Ayr United
Livingston2 - 0Partick
Livingston1 - 0Falkirk
Livingston1 - 1Queen's Park
Livingston2 - 1Raith Rovers
Livingston2 - 1Airdrieonians
Livingston3 - 0Hamilton
Livingston1 - 1Greenock
Livingston2 - 0Dunfermline
Livingston1 - 1Hibernian
Livingston2 - 1St. Johnstone
Livingston2 - 0Ross County
Livingston0 - 0Aberdeen
Livingston0 - 3Celtic
Livingston1 - 3Motherwell
Livingston1 - 0St. Mirren
Livingston2 - 2Ross County
Livingston1 - 4Dundee
Livingston1 - 2Hearts
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
16
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
10
Draw
6
L
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HLivingston2 - 1Airdrieonians
ALivingston0 - 2Queen's Park
ALivingston1 - 2Raith Rovers
HLivingston0 - 1Ayr United
ALivingston3 - 0Airdrieonians
HLivingston2 - 0Partick
ALivingston0 - 0Greenock
HLivingston1 - 0Falkirk
ALivingston3 - 1Hamilton
HLivingston1 - 1Queen's Park
ALivingston0 - 3Dunfermline
HLivingston2 - 1Raith Rovers
ALivingston2 - 1Ayr United
ALivingston0 - 0Falkirk
ALivingston0 - 0Partick
HLivingston2 - 1Airdrieonians
HLivingston3 - 0Hamilton
ALivingston1 - 0Raith Rovers
HLivingston1 - 1Greenock
ALivingston1 - 1Queen's Park
Hamilton 8TH
20 league games
Away
3
Overall
Goals: Scored
18
Conceded
38
Games: Scored
8 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
12 / 20
W
4
D
3
Lost
13
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Falkirk1 - 0Hamilton
Dunfermline3 - 2Hamilton
Partick5 - 1Hamilton
Airdrieonians0 - 4Hamilton
Queen's Park1 - 0Hamilton
Raith Rovers3 - 3Hamilton
Livingston3 - 0Hamilton
Ayr United3 - 2Hamilton
Greenock 0 - 0Hamilton
Arbroath0 - 0Hamilton
Queen's Park1 - 0Hamilton
Greenock 2 - 0Hamilton
Raith Rovers1 - 2Hamilton
Dundee7 - 0Hamilton
Inverness0 - 3Hamilton
Partick0 - 1Hamilton
Ayr United1 - 0Hamilton
Cove Rangers FC2 - 0Hamilton
Queen's Park4 - 0Hamilton
Dundee1 - 0Hamilton
Goals: Scored
27
Conceded
34
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
6
D
4
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HHamilton1 - 2Partick
HHamilton3 - 2Airdrieonians
AHamilton0 - 1Falkirk
HHamilton2 - 1Queen's Park
AHamilton2 - 3Dunfermline
AHamilton1 - 5Partick
HHamilton1 - 3Livingston
AHamilton4 - 0Airdrieonians
HHamilton3 - 0Greenock
HHamilton1 - 3Falkirk
AHamilton0 - 1Queen's Park
HHamilton1 - 0Partick
AHamilton3 - 3Raith Rovers
AHamilton0 - 3Livingston
HHamilton2 - 2Airdrieonians
HHamilton1 - 0Dunfermline
AHamilton2 - 3Ayr United
AHamilton0 - 0Greenock
HHamilton0 - 2Ayr United
AHamilton0 - 0Arbroath
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Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
4
Livingston have beaten Hamilton in 4 consecutive league meetings
League games at Livingston since 2018
Livingston
Hamilton
Goals: Scored
9
3
Games: Scored
5 / 6
2 / 6
Clean sheets
4 / 6
1 / 6
LIV
4
D
1
HAM
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Livingston
Livingston3 - 0
Livingston2 - 1
1 - 2Hamilton
Draw0 - 0Draw
Livingston2 - 0
Livingston1 - 0
League games at Hamilton since 2018
Hamilton
Livingston
Goals: Scored
9
13
Games: Scored
5 / 6
5 / 6
Clean sheets
1 / 6
1 / 6
LIV
3
D
1
HAM
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Hamilton
1 - 3Livingston
0 - 2Livingston
2 - 4Livingston
Hamilton2 - 1
Draw3 - 3Draw
Hamilton1 - 0
Goal Statistics

Livingston's fans will be hoping for goals on Saturday afternoon, not least because Hamilton Academical have conceded in each of their last 7 Championship outings. A PG of 1.8 for David Martindale's side suggests that run should continue.

Livingston 3rd Hamilton 8th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.8
goals
1.0
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
16%
1
29%
2
27%
3
16%
4+
11%
There is a 84% probability that Livingston will score 1 or more goals
0
39%
1
37%
2
18%
3
4+
There is a 76% probability of Hamilton scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
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Livingston’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-16
Hamilton have scored 16% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.4
average goals scored
0.9
average goals scored
1.1
conceded
1.9
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2024/2025 season
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Livingston
PG (predicted goals)
Hamilton
1.8
1
Attack rating
LIV
HAM
3%
better
view stats
Games scored15
14
Failed to score6
5
Scored first13
9
Goals scored27
27
Avg. goals scored1.3
1.4
Avg. shots per game12
9
Avg. shots per goal9
6
Conversion rate for11
17
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
+3%
Defence rating
38%
better
LIV
HAM
view stats
Games conceded12
14
Clean sheets9
5
Conceded first5
9
Goals conceded16
34
Avg. goals conceded0.8
1.8
Avg. shots/game conceded8
12
Avg. shots/goal conceded11
7
Conversion rate against9%
15%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
+38%

Livingston v Hamilton Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

Livingston Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
21537
R McGowanS MayL SmithJ Brandon
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
R McGowan DEF21
3
-
S Pittman MID2142
4
-
S Kelly MID2121
4
-
M Nottingham DEF201
3
-
J Brandon DEF201
7
-
M Clarke DEF1921
5
-
D Finlayson DEF192
2
-
S May FWD1951
4
-
J Prior GLK18
2
-
A Shinnie MID1811
4
-
R Muirhead FWD184
2
-
R McAlear MID161
1
-
A Winter FWD161
-
L Smith MID1513
4
-
T Yengi FWD1422
4
-
C Montano MID11
-
L Sole FWD111
2
-
S. Adeniran Lawal MID2
-
D Carson MID1
-
O Green MID1
-
R Korboa FWD1
-
Hamilton Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
191027
S McGintyO ShawS HendrieS Martin
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
S McGinty DEF1911
4
-
J Barjonas MID1911
4
-
K O'Hara FWD194
2
-
E Henderson FWD1911
-
R Tumilty DEF1821
5
-
S Martin MID181
6
1
O Shaw FWD1810
-
N Todorov FWD17
2
-
S Hendrie DEF162
4
-
C Albinson GLK15
1
-
S Bradley FWD152
1
-
J Longridge DEF14
1
-
B Maguire MID13
3
-
B Williamson MID12
4
-
L Kilday DEF91
2
-
K MacDonald MID81
1
-
D Lyness GLK4
-
D McGowan DEF41
1
-
D O'Connor MID3
-
C Newbury DEF2
-