Livingston slump to disappointing home loss to Ross County

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Livingston somehow found themselves on the wrong end of a 1-0 defeat at home to Ross County despite controlling large parts of the contest.The Lions were ineffective in front of goal despite creating numerous chances - and were then undone by a defensive error 16 minutes from time.Sean Kelly's loose header allowed Jordy Hiwula to bear down on goal with his strike bouncing back off the crossbar and Owura Edwards on hand to roll the ball into the net for the game's only goal.The home side were boosted by a bumper crowd after having handed out over 4300 free tickets to the local community.

While not all those were in attendance, it was still a sizeable and vocal home support.And there was drama before a ball was even kicked at the Tony Macaroni Arena as one of the crossbars was cracked - leading to Lions gaffer David Martindale and staff trying to fix it before a spare set of goalposts were put in place.Livi boss David Martindale elected to make two changes to the line-up following last week's loss at St Mirren with Cristian Montano and Andrew Shinnie being recalled at the expense of James Penrice and Stephane Omeonga.Winger Dylan Bahamboula was proving to be a threat every time he was in possession and his play should have resulted in the home side taking a 14th minute lead.

He linked up well with Montano down the left flank with the Colombian fizzing the ball across goal - only for Kurtis Guthrie to somehow fire wide from close range.The hosts enjoyed a period of dominance midway through the first-half but were unable to make it count with a pair of free-kicks on the edge of the box coming to nothing, while Scott Pittman had to be perfect with a last-ditch challenge on Edwards to prevent the Staggies winger from charging