Livingston XI: George, de Lucas, Obileye, Devlin, Brandon, Shinnie, Holt, Penrice, Pittman, Nouble, Guthrie.
Substitutes: Hamilton, Parkes, Lawal, Kelly, Sangare, Lloyd, Bradley, MacKay, Anderson.
St Mirren XI: Hemming, Fraser, Gogic, R Taylor, Strain, Baccus, Boyd-Munce, Tanser, Kiltie, Olusanya, McMenamin.
Substitutes: Kelly, Bolton, Dunne, Small, Lennon, Flynn, Jamieson, Greive, Nahmani.
Image source, SNSDanny Lloyd, the former Rochdale wide man, could make his Livingston debut after being signed as a replacement for Cristian Montano, who injured his calf in training this week and could be out for up to three months.
Sean Kelly remains on the sidelines.
St Mirren forward Jonah Ayunga is still working his way back from a long-term knee problem.
Livingston have confirmed forward Esmael Goncalves' contract has been terminated with immediate effect.
The 32-year-old didn't score during his time in West Lothian.
Image source, SNSLivingston defender Morgan Boyes has signed a season-long loan deal at Championship side Inverness Caley Thistle.
The 22-year-old, who started his career at Liverpool, has made 35 appearances and has scored one goal since moving to West Lothianin 2022.
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St. Mirren have the highest shot conversion rate in the Scottish Premiership this season (19.4%), while no side has scored more goals so far than the Buddies (7 from 36 shots).
St. Mirren have won two of their first three (D1) Scottish Premiership matches for the first time since 2020-21 and are unbeaten in their first three for the first time in the top-flight since 2011-12.
Livingston have failed to score in three of their last four Scottish Premiership matches and have drawn a blank in six of their last nine in the league, although they did score three last time out against Hibernian.
St. Mirren have scored at least once in all eight of their top-flight trips to Livingston, remaining unbeaten in the last four (W2 D2).
Livingston are winless in their last 10 league meetings with St. Mirren (D5 L5) since a 2-1 victory in February 2020 under Gary Holt.
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Image source, Getty ImagesLivingston have signed former Rochdale forward Danny Lloyd until January after Cristian Montano picked up an injury that will rule the Colombian out for at least six weeks.
The 31-year-old had already been training with Livingston and could play against St Mirren on Saturday, with manager David Martindale saying that gate receipts from their forthcoming Viaplay Cup quarter-final against Rangers had allowed him to add to his squad.
"Being really honest, if it wasn’t for the cup draw at Ibrox, there would be no room to bring anyone in on a short-term deal," he told his club website. "Sometimes life is about timing – probably more so in football than any other industry.
"Cris picked up a calf injury last week while working in the gymnasium and we anticipate that will be a minimum six weeks at best before he’ll return, but we will have a better idea once we get the scan results back. I felt it left us really short on the left hand side of the park."
Lloyd made 25 appearances, 22 of them starts and scoring six goals, for Rochdale as they finished bottom of League Two after joining in December following his release by Gillingham last summer.
"He can play a number of positions and has over 200 games under his belt at a decent level," Martindale said.
“A great left foot and can play in most offensive areas and as a wing-back, so I’m delighted to get him signed on a short term deal until January with the club having an option to extend beyond then too."
Lloyd began his career with Southport before spells with Chorley, Skelmersdale United, Colwyn Bay, Lincoln City, Tamworth, Fylde, Stockport County, Peterborough United, Salford City, Stockport County and Tranmere Rovers.
Stuart Barrie, Livingston fan
You wait months and months for an away goal and three turn up at the same time!
Not only three goals but three points on the road too. Livingston hadn't won away in the league since January, so the victory at Hibs is a much-needed boost for the team and fans.
What are we doing differently? We’re back to doing what we do well. Closing down, tackling, attacking at pace and never stop running, with 100% effort into everything. It’s wonderful.
Hibs managers will hate the sight of us as defeats against Livi have cost a few their job over recent years.
To be fair we were skelped by Hibs last season so it’s even more pleasing to knock in the goals against them.
Those goals were excellent too, a rare header from the diminutive Bruce Anderson and a fantastic long-range effort from Mo Sangare.
The new boy may get the headlines but the star players were a couple of old stagers. Scott Pittman was everywhere and James Penrice had a great game too, solid in defence, attacked brilliantly and a great assist.
This week marked six years since he first joined Livi on loan from Thistle. Like Pitts, he’s a local lad and that’s a brilliant thing for the club and fans to have in the team. I hope he can stay another six years.
It’s only three points but they are all the more sweeter for beating the big boys from the Lothians.
It's not all about the goalscorers...
James Penrice - who set up Bruce Anderson for the second goal - and Joel Nouble - who tee'd up Mo Sangare to round off the win - have made Sportscene presenter, Jonathan Sutherland's team of the week.
As well as picking Anderson out, Penrice won eight of his nine duals in the win against Hibs, while Nouble had the most touches in David Marshall's box.
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Bruce Anderson says Livingston's victory over Hibernian demonstrated the "togetherness" in David Martindale's side.
Anderson came off the bench to put Livi 2-1 up and they ultimately won 3-2.
"There's just a real togetherness," Anderson told BBC Scotland. "The manager's built a group of boys where we're all in it together - staff players, everyone that works around the club.
"We are all wanting to go in the same direction and we're all wanting to fight for each other. You see that on the pitch. We all want to do all we can to get the three points for [the manager] as well.
"As long as I get on the park, I'm going to give 100% and that'll never change."
Image source, SNSLivingston manager David Martindale celebrates at Easter Road
Highlights: Hibernian 2-3 Livingston
Livingston boss David Martindale: "Huge credit to the players. I think we really, really limited their two wide players, which to me, are their biggest threats in the game.
"We were nearly a 6-3-1 at one point. The boys all over the park were fantastic. They found solutions during the game and that's huge testament to the players.
"If we'd been sitting here with no points, I probably wouldn't have been that downbeat about it because it probably would have been a bit expected. I'm really proud."
On Joel Nouble: "I thought the big man was fantastic today. He's been nursing a calf knock. I didn't think he'd last 60 minutes today. There's nothing on him [in terms of transfer news]."
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Image source, BBC SportYou waited 827 minutes to see a league goal on the road - just how good did that feel, Livi fans?
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Sean McGill, BBC Sport Scotland
It's not as if Livingston came to Leith in stellar away form. They hadn't scored in league action on the road since 14 January, yet scoring three here seemed a doddle for David Martindale's men. They were typically robust and regimented, with their forward players offering real threat.
Martindale's frustration with a lack of funds has only emboldened the siege mentality that has brought so much success to Livingston in recent years.
Off the back of good displays against Aberdeen and Rangers, and earning a place in the quarter finals of the Viaplay Cup, their first league win of the season could be a springboard to another campaign of defying expectation.
The left wing-back caused Hibs all kinds of problems on the flank, picking up two assists and keeping Boyle quiet for large spells.
Hibs fans may have been having flashbacks from Aston Villa and France international Lucas Digne's performance on Wednesday, such was the quality of the maurading defender's performance.
Image source, snsLivingston boss David Martindale has a week to prep for the trip to Easter Road after his time progressed to the quarter-finals of the Viaplay Cup with a 2-0 win over Ayr United.
Christian Montano and Stephen Kelly drop out, with Jamie Brandon and club stalwart Scott Pittman come in.
Image source, snsAndrew Shinnie continues in the Livi midfield
Image source, BBC SportHibernian: Marshall, Fish, Bushiri, Harbottle, Boyle, Delferriere, Jeggo, Newell, Obita, Youan, Doidge.
Substitutes: Boruc, Miller, Hanlon, Vente, Stevenson, Le Fonde, Campbell, Molotnikov, Megwa.
Livingston: George, Devlin, Obileye, de Lucas, Brandon, Shinnie, Holt, Penrice, Pittman, Nouble, Guthrie.
Substitutes: Hamilton, Bahamboula, Anderson, Boyes, Bradley, Sangare, Ledingham, Lawal, Kelly.
Image source, BBC SportHibernian midfielder Jake Doyle-Hayes is managing an ongoing ankle issue but could be involved.
Dylan Levitt (ankle), Jojo Wollacott (thigh), Harry McKirdy (heart) and Chris Cadden (Achilles) are all out.
Livingston have reported no fresh injuries with Sean Kelly the only absentee.
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