Scottish League

2026-05-12 - Dundee United vs Livingston

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Dundee United v Livingston
Football: Scottish Premiership Relegation Group
Tuesday 12th May 2026 - Kick Off 7:45pm

Dundee United

There is a growing resentment from the fans around Jim Goodwin and the football his style is delivering for Dundee United, but the board are unlikely to be moving on from the manager. In the first season back in the Scottish Premiership, Dundee United finished 4th and returned to European Football, but failure to earn a spot in the Championship Group in this campaign has been a source of frustration for the supporters.

A poor effort this past weekend saw Dundee United well beaten at Aberdeen, but they are still in control of 7th place in the Premiership and with a couple of League games remaining. Four points will be enough and Dundee United will be keen to improve the 7-6-5 home record having scored 24 goals and conceded 22 here this season.

Dundee United had won 2 games either side of the split in the League standings, but back to back defeats without scoring a goal will have hurt. The manager will be expecting a positive reaction at Tannadice Park on Tuesday and Dundee United are unbeaten in 7 here in all competitions, while winning the last 4 League games.

Livingston

Wins over Partick Thistle and Ross County helped Livingston earn promotion to the Scottish Premiership via the Play Offs twelve months ago, but this has been a tough campaign. There was a real belief that the squad had enough experience to avoid an immediate return to the Scottish Championship, but it has been a slog and Livingston have long been cut off at the bottom of the table.

Just 20 points have been earned this season and Livingston are 12th in the standings and 10 points behind St Mirren in the position above them. The 1-6-12 record away from home has been a massive problem and Livingston have scored 16 goals and conceded 39 in those matches.

Livingston have struggled for wins all season, but they have shown some late resilience with 3 losses in the last 10 games, although all of those defeats have come in the last 6 played. The win at St Mirren after the split in the standings has dragged The Buddies into the bottom two with them, but Livingston have lost 3 of the last 4 away games around that victory.

Scott Arfield will be hoping for better fortune as he prepares to take charge for a second time.

Head to Head

Dundee United have picked up 7 points from the three matches against Livingston this season and have earned back to back wins.

Dundee United have won 2 of the last 3 when hosting this opponent with one draw in between those victories.

Prediction

A final home game of the season should see a much better effort from Dundee United compared with this past weekend at Aberdeen and playing at Tannadice Park has produced the best performances from the squad in recent weeks.

They are facing a Livingston team that have been able to express themselves a little more since relegation became an inevitability, but this is the time of the season when even that motivation to play for pride dips.

The 3-0 defeat at Dundee this past weekend underlines that point and Livingston may struggle to prevent Dundee United from earning the three points here.

The Arabs have won 4 in a row at home and Dundee United have scored at least twice in each of those wins- they can do the same to round out the campaign in front of the home supporters on Tuesday evening after scoring three times in each of the last 2 wins over Livingston.