Livingston 1-2 Hearts: result and report

Premiership · Tuesday 2 January 2024

Result

Livingston 1-2 Hearts

Premiership · Tuesday 2 January 2024, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Livingston 1-2 Hearts: match report

Livingston lost to Hearts 1-2 in the Premiership on Tuesday 2 January 2024. The half-time score was 0-0.

Kenneth Vargas opened the scoring in the 53rd minute. Livingston's goal came from Andrew Shinnie (79', penalty). Hearts scored through Kenneth Vargas (53') and Lawrence Shankland (64').

Discipline: Livingston received 1 yellow card; Hearts received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Livingston were 12th on 12 points from 20 and Hearts 3rd on 33 points from 20. Livingston went on to finish that season 12th with 25 points, and Hearts 3rd with 68.

Livingston lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Hearts in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Alan Forrest of Hearts (8.5), ahead of Andrew Shinnie (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Livingston win, 2 draws and 4 for Hearts.

Going into the match Livingston's last five read L-D-L-L-D and Hearts's D-W-W-W-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 42'Yellow card · Calem NieuwenhofHearts
  • 45+4'Yellow card · Tom ParkesLivingston
  • 45+4'Yellow card · Lawrence ShanklandHearts
  • 51'Missed penalty · Lawrence ShanklandHearts
  • 53'Goal · Kenneth VargasHearts · 0-1
  • 60'Yellow card · Frankie KentHearts
  • 64'Goal · Lawrence ShanklandHearts · 0-2
  • 79'Penalty goal · Andrew ShinnieLivingston · 1-2

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Livingston 1, draws 2, Hearts 4.

Team news

Livingston line-up (3-4-2-1)

Jack Hamilton, Michael Devlin, Ayo Obileye, Tom Parkes, Jamie Brandon, Andrew Shinnie, J. Holt, James Penrice, Steven Bradley, Scott Pittman, Kurtis Guthrie

Hearts line-up (3-5-2)

Zander Clark, Frankie Kent, Craig Halkett, Stephen Kingsley, Toby Sibbick, Peter Haring, Kenneth Vargas, Calem Nieuwenhof, Alex Cochrane, Lawrence Shankland, Alan Forrest