Livingston 0-1 Hibernian: Analysis published at 17:25 9 December 2023
Sean McGill, BBC Sport Scotland
When these sides last met in August, they both seemed so far away from the current entities that stepped out in the rain at Almondvale.
Based off that showing on a summer's day in the sunshine on Leith, Livingston looked destined for another season of defying expectation.
Martindale's side showed flashes of the outfit that has impressed the top-flight for years, but the grit and guile that had become synonymous with this side has seemingly seeped away.
Seven losses in a row, the last six without scoring. That makes them first team to suffer six successive top-flight defeats with no goals since Aberdeen in 1999.
The manager maintains that the changing room holds the necessary quality to escape the self-admitted "crisis" they find themselves in.
With every passing week, the lack of evidence to back up that belief up leaves Livingston languishing.