# 2019–20 Livingston F.C. season

The 2019–20 season was Livingston's second consecutive season in the Scottish Premiership, the top flight of Scottish football. Livingston also competed in the Scottish Cup and the League Cup.
On 13 March, the Scottish football season was suspended with immediate effect due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak. On 18 May, the SPFL declared the end of the season determining on an average points per game with Livi finishing in fifth place.

## Season Summary

Gary Holt remained as manager for the season. Livi started the season well by going nine matches unbeaten until they met Rangers in the League, with them also knocking Livi out of the League Cup. Then for the first time in their history Livi earned their maiden win against Celtic in the League. They went on an eight match win-less League run but ended it with a win against Kilmarnock. Lyndon Dykes became the first Livi player to score a top-flight hat-trick against Ross County. Livi were knocked out in the fifth round of the Scottish Cup by Inverness Caledonian Thistle. Their away match at Rangers was postponed and rearranged 24 hours later by the SPFL due to Storm Dennis. They moved up to fifth in the table before all football was suspended due to COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak. On 9 April, the Scottish football season was further suspended until at least 10 June. Livi shortly after released a statement saying they would support a decision to finish the league early. On 18 May, the SPFL finished the league.

## Results & fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Scottish Cup
## Squad statistics
### Appearances

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premiership | Premiership | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SCO | Robby McCrorie | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Nicky Devlin | 16 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | NIR | Ciaron Brown | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SCO | Alan Lithgow | 17 | 3 | 9+3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Ricki Lamie | 30 | 4 | 19+3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ENG | Marvin Bartley | 36 | 1 | 27+1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | RSA | Keaghan Jacobs | 29 | 0 | 14+10 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Scott Pittman | 30 | 4 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Lyndon Dykes | 33 | 11 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | SCO | Craig Sibbald | 21 | 4 | 14+4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | SCO | Steven Lawless | 37 | 8 | 29+1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ENG | Hakeem Odoffin | 7 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | FRA | Cécé Pepe | 6 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | SCO | Robbie Crawford | 25 | 0 | 13+7 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | SCO | Scott Robinson | 27 | 2 | 13+9 | 2 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | SCO | Chris Erskine | 14 | 0 | 3+7 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | TUN | Aymen Souda | 25 | 4 | 11+6 | 2 | 5+1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | SCO | Jack McMillan | 25 | 0 | 19+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | ANG | Dolly Menga | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | NGA | Efe Ambrose | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ENG | Jon Guthrie | 32 | 6 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | SCO | Aaron Taylor-Sinclair | 14 | 3 | 12+2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | ENG | Ryan Schofield | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | TOG | Steve Lawson | 20 | 0 | 11+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | SCO | Gary Maley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the season ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | SCO | Ross Stewart | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | SCO | Cameron Blues | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | SCO | Lee Miller | 5 | 1 | 0+3 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | SCO | Scott Tiffoney | 11 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ITA | Raffaele De Vita | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | GUI | Ibrahima Savane | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | MNE | Matija Sarkic | 18 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | ENG | Jack Stobbs | 4 | 1 | 2+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | SCO | Craig Henderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Robby McCrorie used squad No. 23 for one match against St Johnstone. He used No. 1 after.

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Motherwell | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 41 | 38 | +3 | 46 | 1.53 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 40 | 36 | +4 | 45 | 1.50 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Livingston | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 41 | 39 | +2 | 39 | 1.30 | |
| 6 | St Johnstone | 29 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 28 | 46 | −18 | 36 | 1.24 | |
| 7 | Hibernian | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 42 | 49 | −7 | 37 | 1.23 | |
* ↑ All play-off matches were cancelled, as clubs voted to curtail the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

### League cup table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | LIV | AYR | FAL | STR | BER |
| 1 | Livingston | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 11 | Qualification for the Second Round | — | 2–1 | — | — | 5–0 |
| 2 | Ayr United | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 7 | | — | — | 2–1 | 2–2p | — |
| 3 | Falkirk | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 | | 1–1p | — | — | 1–0 | — |
| 4 | Stranraer | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 5 | | 1–2 | — | — | — | 6–0 |
| 5 | Berwick Rangers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 21 | −21 | 0 | | — | 0–7 | 0–3 | — | — |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | Previous Club | Fee |
| 11 Jun 2019 | DF | Cécé Pepe | Rieti | Free |
| 15 Jun 2019 | MF | Robbie Crawford | Ayr United | Free |
| 26 Jun 2019 | GK | Matija Sarkic | Aston Villa | Loan |
| 1 Jul 2019 | DF | Nicky Devlin | Walsall | Free |
| 16 Jul 2019 | DF | Ibrahima Savane | Béziers | Free |
| 20 Jul 2019 | FW | Aymen Souda | Dunărea Călărași | Free |
| 12 Aug 2019 | DF | Jon Guthrie | Walsall | Free |
| 20 Aug 2019 | MF | Jack Stobbs | Sheffield Wednesday | Loan |
| 6 Nov 2019 | DF | Aaron Taylor-Sinclair | Motherwell | Free |
| 8 Jan 2020 | GK | Ryan Schofield | Huddersfield Town | Loan |
| 8 Jan 2020 | DF | Ciaron Brown | Cardiff City | Loan |
| 21 Jan 2020 | GK | Robby McCrorie | Rangers | Loan |
| 18 Feb 2020 | DF | Efe Ambrose | Derby County | Free |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | Subsequent Club | Fee |
| 14 Jun 2019 | GK | Liam Kelly | Queens Park Rangers | Undisclosed |
| 18 Jun 2019 | MF | Shaun Byrne | Dundee | Undisclosed |
| 19 Jun 2019 | MF | Nicky Cadden | Greenock Morton | Free |
| 27 Jun 2019 | MF | Carlo Pignatiello | Stranraer | Loan |
| 1 Jul 2019 | DF | Callum Crane | Edinburgh City | Free |
| 1 Jul 2019 | GK | Jordan Pettigrew | Dumbarton | Free |
| 1 Jul 2019 | FW | Jack Hamilton | Queen of the South | Loan |
| 1 Jul 2019 | DF | Declan Gallagher | Motherwell | Free |
| 1 Jul 2019 | DF | Craig Halkett | Heart of Midlothian | Free |
| 7 Jul 2019 | DF | Cameron Clark | Queen's Park | Free |
| 12 Jul 2019 | FW | Matthew Knox | Brechin City | Free |
| 18 Jul 2019 | FW | Raffaele De Vita | Partick Thistle | Loan |
| 18 Jul 2019 | FW | Dolly Menga | Atlético Petróleos de Luanda | Loan |
| 26 Jul 2019 | DF | Henk van Schaik | Greenock Morton | Undisclosed |
| 6 Sep 2019 | MF | Cameron Blues | Greenock Morton | Free |
| 19 Nov 2019 | FW | Lee Miller | Falkirk | Free |
| 1 Jan 2020 | FW | Raffaele De Vita | Falkirk | Loan |
| 4 Jan 2020 | FW | Gregg Wylde | Clyde | Free |
| 23 Jan 2020 | GK | Ross Stewart | Queen of the South | Loan |
| 30 Jan 2020 | MF | Scott Tiffoney | Ayr United | Loan |
| 31 Jan 2020 | DF | Ibrahima Savane | US Avranches | Free |