Dundee vs Livingston - prediction, team news, lineups

Looking to grounds back-to-back wins, Dundee invited Livingston to Dens Park for a Scottish Premiership clash connected Saturday afternoon.

The Dark Blues secured a narrow occurrence implicit St Mirren past clip out, whilst the Lions shared the spoils with Aberdeen connected location soil.

Match preview

Following a wretched five-game winless tally (D2 L3) betwixt the mediate of March and the decision of April, Dundee commenced their May docket with a constrictive triumph implicit St Mirren astatine Dens Park.

Striking during the opening 15 minutes of the top-flight contest, Joe Westley netted his 3rd Premiership extremity of the run to assertion maximum points for the Dark Blues, who person won conscionable doubly since the opening of March.

Now connected a ngo to bask consecutive league wins for the archetypal clip since January 3, Dundee are presently occupying ninth spot successful the Premiership rankings, six points supra St Mirren successful the relegation-playoff spot.

With lone 3 matches remaining of the regular season, the Dark Blues tin all-but warrant their presumption successful the apical formation adjacent word with maximum points this weekend, erstwhile they volition beryllium warring to grounds their 10th league triumph of the term.

After netting a sensational 30 goals crossed the erstwhile 2 Premiership campaigns for Dundee, seasoned striker Simon Murray has slowed down somewhat successful 2025-26, bagging a respectable 7 strikes successful 30 appearances.

Set for a instrumentality to the 2nd tier of Scottish shot adjacent season, Livingston are purely playing for pridefulness successful what remains of a hard 2025-26 season, successful which they person failed to conscionable the standards required to genuinely compete.

That being said, the Lions are presently enjoying a uncommon two-game unbeaten streak (W1 D1), collecting 4 points from a brace of matches against St Mirren and Aberdeen implicit the past fortnight.

For a 4th crippled successful succession, Livingston netted doubly successful a lucifer to unit a stock of the Premiership points with Aberdeen astatine Home of the Set Fare Arena, wherever Joel Nouble and substitute Robbie Muirhead breached the nett of the visitors.

Despite their caller upturn successful results, the Lions stay firmly rooted to the bottommost of the Premiership standings aft 35 contests, 10 points from information with lone 9 points near to combat for.

Both the top-tier array and caller head-to-head records constituent towards a affirmative Saturday for Dundee, who are unbeaten crossed their past six matches (W4 D2) with Livingston since October 2023.

Dundee Scottish Premiership form:

D L L D L W

Livingston Scottish Premiership form:

D L D L W D

Team News

Dundee stay without the services of Clark Robertson, who is expected to beryllium sidelined for up to a fortnight due to the fact that of a thigh problem.

The Dark Blues person a fig of youngsters who are looking to marque an interaction during the closing stages of the season, including Joe Bevan and Joel Cotterill.

Featuring conscionable erstwhile successful the 2025-26 word for Livingston, Aidan Denholm remains connected the sidelines owed to a hamstring issue.

Reducing the options of the relegated Lions connected the close flank, 26-year-old Connor McLennan is recovering from an ankle injury.

Scoring disconnected the seat past clip out, Muirhead is pushing for a start, perchance replacing Stevie May oregon Lewis Smith successful the XI.

Dundee imaginable starting lineup:

McCracken; Halliday, Astley, Graham, Wright; Dhanda, Hamilton, Congreve, Westley, Yogane; Murray

Livingston imaginable starting lineup:

Prior; Kabongolo, Wilson, McGowan; Finlayson, McKay, Sylla, Montano; Muirhead, Smith, Nouble

We say: Dundee 1-0 Livingston

With caller musculus representation of triumph astatine Dens Park, Dundee volition beryllium assured of repeating the instrumentality against whipping boys Livingston this weekend.

The Lions person won conscionable 1 of their 18 Premiership distant matches this term, with a 12th decision connected the roadworthy apt connected Saturday.

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