Livingston vs Dundee Prediction - 13th December 2025

The Premiership's basement battle sees 12th-placed Livingston host 11th-placed Dundee in a match where desperation, rather than quality, is likely to be the dominant theme. With just four points separating the sides, this is a genuine six-pointer, but the data paints a picture of two teams utterly bereft of form and confidence. Livingston's recent record makes for grim reading: no wins in their last ten outings, picking up just three points from a possible thirty. Their last victory seems a distant memory. At home, the story is no better, with a 0% win rate from their last four games at Almondvale. They've managed to score in three of those four, including a 2-2 draw with Hibernian and narrow 1-2 defeats to Motherwell and Rangers, but they've consistently leaked goals, conceding an average of 1.75 per game on their own patch. Crucially, they have failed to keep a single clean sheet in their last ten matches across all venues. Dundee arrive in an equally wretched state, particularly on their travels. Their away form is catastrophic: six consecutive away defeats, scoring a paltry one goal in that entire sequence – a consolation in a 1-3 loss at Aberdeen. That translates to a microscopic 0.17 goals per game away from home. While they managed a famous 2-0 home win over Celtic and a 3-1 victory against St Mirren, those results are stark outliers in a run of eight defeats from ten. Their inability to trouble the scoreboard on the road is the defining characteristic of their season. The head-to-head history offers Dundee a psychological edge, with five wins from nine encounters, including a 3-2 victory in the reverse fixture just three months ago. However, that match was at Dens Park. Livingston's home record against Dundee is more balanced, with two wins and three losses from five previous meetings. When we drill into the key metrics, the case for a low-scoring, tense affair becomes compelling. Dundee averages a league-low 0.17 goals per away game and just 3 shots on target per match overall. Livingston, while slightly more potent at home (1.00 goals per game), creates only 3.5 shots on target on average. Defensively, both are sieve-like, conceding 2.10 goals per game on average over their last ten. This suggests that while chances will be conceded, the finishing quality to convert them is severely lacking, especially from the visitors. **Key Points:** * Livingston are winless in ten (0W, 3D, 7L) and have not kept a clean sheet in that period. * Dundee have lost all six of their recent away matches, scoring just once. * Dundee's away attack is the league's worst, averaging a mere 0.17 goals per game on the road. * The last H2H was a 3-2 Dundee win, but that was at home; their away form is fundamentally different. * Both teams concede heavily (2.10 goals per game each), but their mutual attacking frailties may cancel this out. **Summary & Betting Verdict:** This is a classic 'something has to give' fixture, but the data strongly suggests what will give is any semblance of attacking fluency. Dundee's travel sickness in front of goal is so extreme it's hard to see them breaking their duck against a Livingston side that, while leaky, won't face the same caliber of attack they've been struggling against. Livingston are likely to have the better of the chances, but their own profligacy is well-documented. The most probable outcomes are a low-scoring Livingston win (1-0, 2-0) or a dire stalemate (0-0). The market offers **Both Teams To Score - No at 1.95**, which represents significant value against a probability we assess to be much higher. With Dundee's goal drought on the road looking systemic rather than coincidental, this is the clear value play.