Football Bet of the Day: Hibs to be scared

Livingston v Hibernian
Wednesday 19:45

Barcelona cruised to victory in the Champions League and we were along for the ride.

We'd like to dine at Europe's top table again tonight - not least because Spanish teams have been so good to this column lately. Alas, Madrid-Madrid has been passably dealt with elsewhere on site.

So it's battered Irn Bru all round as we head to West Lothian for a taste of the Scottish Championship.

Livingston are third bottom and only two points ahead of rock-bottom Alloa, so there's no doubt they could use the points on offer from the visit of promotion-chasing Hibernian this evening.

Mark Burchill's hosts have both scored and conceded in each of their last seven league games. Most recently, the once-mighty Rangers were held to a 1-1 draw at Almondvale Stadium.

The once-mighty (though it was a lot longer ago - somewhere around 1950, we'd reckon) Hibs arrive with a record of scoring at least once in 14/16 away matches so far this season.

But Alan Stubbs' men have hardly been doing him proud at the other end of the pitch: they've kept their sheets clean in just 5/16.

With their visitors smarting, perhaps, from the weekend's Scottish Cup defeat to Falkirk, Livingston can nick something - and we'll be happy even if that's just a goal.

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