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Andy Campbell That's all for today, good night! Plenty of goals for you to watch on Sportscene on BBC Scotland and i Player from 19: 15 BST. It's almost time for us to go. Here are tomorrow's Scottish Premiership fixtures, which you can follow on BBC Radio Scotland and the BBC Sport website & app. Scottish Cup second round FT: Livingston 1-2 Motherwell Livingston manager David Martindale tells BBC Sportsound: "It's really raw. A late goal, dropped points. That's three times we've done that at home. I'm disappointed in the manner of the goals we've lost. "The first is a poor individual decision. The second one is a ball we don't need to play, and we've just got lucky from the offside goal moments before. I don't understand it. There's a level of naivety, and it's up to me to try and address that. "Players that have made mistakes and bad errors are having to learn on the job. There's a lot in the performance that I'm quite happy with. We got to grips with the game and we deserved the lead at half-time. "Second half, we started okay. We have to look after the ball a bit better in the final third. The two goals we lose are really disappointing. " FT: Falkirk 2-1 Dundee Falkirk manager John Mc Glynn tells BBC Sportsound: "I'm absolutely delighted, we had to do it the hard way coming from behind again. "It's nice to get [a first home win], it's back-to-back wins after Motherwell last week. "What can you say about Connor Allan's goal? It was absolutely incredible. It'll be goal of the week, if not goal of the month, season or whatever. "It's his first start for us. We spoke about the amount of centre-backs we've got injured and the young boy has come in and done magnificently well. I couldn't believe the goal he scored. He'll be lucky if scores a better goal in his whole career. "The resilience, character and spirit of the players to fight back once again, I'm still left in doubt what's going to happen when we go in front. " FT: Dundee United 3-1 St Mirren St Mirren manager Stephen Robinson tells BBC Sportsound: "It's a real disappointment. We dominate large parts of the game with 25 shots with [ three ] on target, which has been a common theme for us, unfortunately. "Decisions change the game, rightly or wrongly. I've seen footage of the first one [when Shamal George was penalised for picking up outside his box], and it's clearly on the line when he picks it up, so it's not a free-kick. "I haven't seen an angle from behind the goal for the [Dundee United] penalty, but the decisions change the complexion of the game. The parts we can control are that we have 25 shots away from home, 13 corners, play incredibly well, and we only hit the target three times. "That's onus, that's on me, that's on the players, we have to be better and we'll do our best to change that. " FT: Falkirk 2-1 Dundee Dundee manager Steven Pressley tells BBC Sportsound: "We went in at half-time with a deserved lead and acquitted ourselves well in the first half. "We had good organisation, pressed at the right times and looked a threat. But we were under no illusions that Falkirk are a very dangerous team and aggressive in their second-half performances. "The disappointment was we didn't match their aggression in the opening 20 minutes of the second half. The subs came on and gave us a real impetus and changed the flow of the game. "In the last 15 minutes we looked the more likely side and just as we were getting some pressure we lose such a poor goal. "Bar the Aberdeen game, our games have been decided by fine margins but we can't allow a margin like that. We can't allow that second goal to happen, it's really disappointing. " On the possible penalty incident involving Ethan Hamilton and Kyrell Wilson, Pressley said: "I've only seen it from one angle, and from that angle it's certainly a claim for a penalty. I'd need to see it from another angle but it was a key moment when we were winning 1-0 and playing reasonably well. "It was a chance to get that all important second goal but it wasn't to be and I don't want to use it as an excuse because we were still ahead and should have taken something from the game. " Scottish Cup second round FT: Livingston 1-2 Motherwell Motherwell manager Jens Berthel Askou tells BBC Sportsound: "A lot of emotions there. We went through a very difficult game. Big credit to Livingston for really making it hard for us. "They were a threat all the way through and we had to provide two big moments to make sure we won. The first half lacked quality, but we stepped up second half. "It wasn't perfect, but it became better, and we lifted out quality in the small moments, which led to two goals. "Elijah [Just] is a very good player, who has started very well for us, and hopefully that continues. It was good to see [Callum Slattery] back, we've missed him. There was some moments of light for us today, and the win is massive. " FT: Dundee United 3-1 St Mirren Dundee United manager Jim Goodwin tells BBC Sportsound: "Sometimes the result is more important than the performance. "I don't think there's a team in the Scottish Premiership that makes you defend your box as much as what St Mirren do. They're a really big, strong physical team "Our guys at the back had to stand up and be counted and I thought they did that brilliantly. The game wasn't a great spectacle in terms of nice and neat football but It was about grinding out a result for us. " Hearts v Celtic (Sun, 12: 00) Of course, tomorrow pitches the Scottish Premiership's top two against one another with five points separating the sides as things stand. Here's a classic encounter between the Hearts and Celtic from yesteryear. This video can not be played 1976: Hearts and Celtic's seven-goal thriller FT: Greenock Morton 0-4 St Johnstone Scottish Championship leaders St Johnstone didn't score in the second half at Cappielow but they didn't need to after bagging four in the first half. The Perth side lead the division by three points. FT: Raith Rovers 2-0 Partick Thistle Paul Hanlon scored the clinching goal as Raith Rovers defeated Partick Thistle to move fifth in the Scottish Championship. FT: Ross County 3-2 Dunfermline Athletic Ronan Hale struck Ross County's winner against Dunfermline Athletic as they moved up to seventh in the Scottish Championship. Scottish Championship This is what the second tier looks like after 12 games. Here's now the Scottish Premiership looks after today's games. Scottish Championship FT: Falkirk 2-1 Dundee Kenny Crawford BBC Sport Scotland at the Falkirk Stadium I’ve got no idea what centre-back Connor Allan was doing that far up the pitch, but Falkirk manager John Mc Glynn won’t care about that. What a story for the 20-year-old drafted in to play in defence and becoming the Bairns' match winner. Scottish Cup second round (Two other ties into extra time) Apostolos Stamatelopoulos scores from the spot to level for Motherwell At a glance Bokila penalty puts Livi in front Stamatelopoulos levels from spot in second half Just has late goal ruled out for VAR before finding a winner moments later Elijah Just provided a dramatic moment of inspiration as his injury-time winner earned Motherwell a thrilling last-gasp Scottish Premiership victory over Livingston. Despite being denied by the video assistant referee (VAR) just moments earlier for a narrow offside call, New Zealand midfielder Just found the back of the net deep into stoppage time to give the visitors only their second league win of the season. It was the hosts who struck first from the spot after Jeremy Bokila was caught by Liam Gordon inside the Motherwell box. Bokila stepped up to take and rifled the ball into the roof of the net. David Martindale's side were probably unlucky not to be further ahead at the break with Robbie Muirhead and Mo Sylla both being denied in front of goal before Bokila's attempt deep into first-half stoppage time was blocked. Despite trailing, Jens Berthel Askou made no changes at the break but his side were rewarded with a penalty less than 10 minutes into the second half. After being instructed to go to the monitor by the VAR, referee Nick Walsh awarded the spot-kick for a handball by Macaulay Tait. There was a further delay to proceedings while Robbie Muirhead received treatment before the spot kick could be taken, but it did not faze Apostolos Stamatelopoulos who slotted the ball beyond Jerome Prior and into the bottom left corner. Stamatelopoulos did have the ball in the back of the net for what would have been the winner, but Just was adjudged to have been offside before he rolled the pass to the Australian striker. Tete Yengi had a chance to snatch it for Livi at the other end but Calum Ward did well to keep the ball out of the Motherwell goal, paving the way for late drama at the other end. Motherwell started the first half in Livingston in similar fashion to last week at home to Falkirk. They were enjoying the majority of possession, getting the ball up the pitch and peppering the goal with attempts but yet again they were found wanting in front of goal. This week, however, they had to face the challenge of going in a goal down at the break. David Martindale said pre-match that he felt like he was trying to fit square pegs in round holes when choosing his starting line-up, given the amount of injuries to his side and they spent the first 20 minutes being totally dominated by Motherwell. But after their opening goal went in they looked like a different side. The hosts were enjoying a lot more of the ball and were carving out chances - Robbie Muirhead blazed over while Mo Sylla had one blocked from close range while Bokila could have had another deep into first half stoppage time. Motherwell, on the other hand, looked a bit deflated and frustrated as the half wore on. Despite enjoying 65% possession in the first 45 minutes, Motherwell failed to put a shot on target and only generated an x G (expected goals) of 0. 27 compared to Livingston's 1. 38. Much like last week against Falkirk, the second half presented a different story but this time it was a happy ending for Motherwell. Stamatelopoulos' spot-kick breathed new life into Motherwell who looked renewed in confidence in the second half and Askou was boosted by the return of Callum Slattery to the pitch. They kept going and Elijah Just, after being denied by VAR just moments before, got the winning goal. Could this be the victory which changes Motherwell's fortunes? Livingston manager David Martindale tells BBC Sportsound: "It's really raw. A late goal, dropped points. That's three times we've done that at home. I'm disappointed in the manner of the goals we've lost. "The first is a poor individual decision. The second one is a ball we don't need to play, and we've just got lucky from the offside goal moments before. I don't understand it. There's a level of naivety, and it's up to me to try and address that. "Players that have made mistakes and bad errors are having to learn on the job. There's a lot in the performance that I'm quite happy with. We got to grips with the game and we deserved the lead at half-time. "Second half, we started okay. We have to look after the ball a bit better in the final third. The two goals we lose are really disappointing. " Motherwell manager Jens Berthel Askou tells BBC Sportsound: "A lot of emotions there. We went through a very difficult game. Big credit to Livingston for really making it hard for us. "They were a threat all the way through and we had to provide two big moments to make sure we won. The first half lacked quality, but we stepped up second half. "It wasn't perfect, but it became better, and we lifted out quality in the small moments, which led to two goals. "Elijah [Just] is a very good player, who has started very well for us, and hopefully that continues. It was good to see [Callum Slattery] back, we've missed him. There was some moments of light for us today, and the win is massive. " Livingston welcome Hibernian to West Lothian next Saturday (15: 00 GMT). Motherwell are at home to Dundee United on Wednesday (19: 45) before a massive League Cup semi-final at Hampden on 1 November (17: 30). After the opportunity to rate players has closed, the score displayed represents the average from all the submissions by BBC Sport users. Last Updated 25th October 2025 at 16: 58 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. Manager: David Martindale Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Jens Berthel Askou Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: David Martindale Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Jens Berthel Askou Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Scottish Premiership All competitions All competitions All competitions Livingston have won just one of their last 14 league meetings with Motherwell (D4 L9), a 2-0 victory in October 2023. Motherwell have only lost one of their last seven league visits to Livingston (W3 D3), winning their last 3-1 in February 2024. Livingston’s Scottish Premiership games this season have seen more goals (28 – 10 for, 18 against) than any other side. Motherwell have lost more points from winning positions in the Scottish Premiership this season (12) than any other side, losing both of their last two league games despite leading each time. Against Falkirk last time out, Tawanda Maswanhise scored his 10th Scottish Premiership goal for Motherwell. Aged 22 years and 332 days, he was the youngest player to reach double figures for league goals for the club since Allan Campbell in March 2020 (21y 244d), and youngest non-Scottish player since Henrik Ojamaa in April 2013 (21y 334d). Copyright © 2025 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.