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Dramatic Draw in Livingston: Penalties and Late Goal Disallowed
Livingston and Motherwell played to a draw in a dramatic encounter at the Home of the Set Fare Arena, for the ninth matchday of the Scottish Premiership. The match, held in Livingston, saw Motherwell clearly dominate possession (66% against Livingston’s 34%), but they struggled to translate that control into effective goal-scoring opportunities.
Livingston took the lead in the 26th minute thanks to a penalty converted by J. Bokila. Despite the lead, the home team was outshot, registering 12 attempts (4 on target) compared to Motherwell’s 14 (1 on target). The game became physical, reflected in the 18 fouls committed by Livingston and the 11 by Motherwell, as well as the yellow cards shown to S. Pittman and J. Prior for the home team, and to L. Gordon and S. O’Donnell for the visitors.
Motherwell found the equalizer in the 59th minute, also through a penalty, this time executed by A. Stamatelopoulos. The match continued to be fiercely contested, and just when it seemed that a draw would be the final result, E. Just scored a goal for Motherwell in the 90th minute. However, the joy was short-lived, as VAR intervened to disallow the goal, leaving the final score as a draw. Despite having 3 corners in favor Motherwell could not realize any play
The match was characterized by intensity and constant interruptions, and the final score reflected the parity in the development of the match, although Motherwell felt frustrated by the disallowed goal at the end.
Substitutions livingston: at minute 59 R. Muirhead came in and L. Smith went out., at minute 69 J. Bokila came in and T. Yengi went out., at minute 69 M. Tait came in and M. Susoho went out.
Substitutions motherwell: at minute 60 T. Maswanhise came in and C. Slattery went out., at minute 60 L. Gordon came in and P. McGinn went out., at minute 81 I. Said came in and R. Charles-Cook went out., at minute 81 A. Stamatelopoulos came in and C. Hendry went out., at minute 87 E. Longelo came in and J. Koutroumbis went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Livingston
Motherwell
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