Livingston vs Queen of South preview - Jacobs missing for Livi

Posted Saturday, August 06, 2011 by PA

Livingston will be without defender Kyle Jacobs through suspension as they celebrate the Second Division winning flag being presented before they face Queen of the South.

Goalkeeper Tony Bullock remains out with a knee injury, but everyone else is fit and available to manager Gary Bollan for the game that caps the end of a turbulent two-year period in West Lothian.

Bollan said: "We will be competing at a First Division game two years after we thought we would be following the club's enforced demotion but we will be out to make up for lost time.

"Queen of the South will be well organised and really fit. That will make our first win in this league very hard to achieve."

Queen of the South will give former Scotland midfielder Allan Johnston until the last minute to prove his fitness.

Midfielder Stephen McKenna starts a three-game ban and recent striker signing Marc McCusker remains unavailable with a groin injury as manager Gus McPherson contemplates a way of stopping Gary Bollan's side.

McPherson said: "We are coming across as a team that are full of confidence and full of goals.

"That has been the case for a couple of seasons now and Livingston are seeing the benefits of having a cohesive squad and management team.

"We will need to dig deep to win and the boys showed they were capable of doing that when they came back from a goal down to defeat Stranraer last weekend."