Late goal seals Livingston win over Hibs in feisty encounter

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Livingston sealed a dramatic three points with a late winner over Hibs as Ayo Obileye nodded home four minutes from time.The Lions were utterly dominant in the first half but only had Joel Nouble's fifth minutes strike to show for their efforts.

The striker delicately dinked the ball over David Marshall after being played through on goal.It was a changed Hibs after the break, though, with Nohan Kenneh levelling things up five minutes into the second half before the visitors dominated proceedings in a sometime fiery encounter that featured several heated exchanges - including one between both managers that resulted in yellow cards being shown to both.But heaving seen that period out, Livi went on to seal the victory four minutes from time as Obilye was found at the back post from a Sean Kelly free-kick.Livingston boss David Martindale named an unchanged line-up to the one that defeated Dundee United six days earlier.

That meant a club record-equalling 309th appearance for midfielder Scott Pittman.The hosts got off to the perfect start as Nouble opened the scoring on six minutes.

Jason Holt won the ball back in midfield for the Lions before feeding the striker who coasted beyond the heart of the Hibs defence before bagging his second goal of the campaign with a delicate dink over David Marshall.The away side looked flustered following that setback and boss Lee Johnson made a tactical change midway through the first half with the ineffective Elias Melkersen hooked in favour of Christian Doidge.Moments later Pittman almost marked his milestone appearance in style but wasn't able to fashion enough power into his header from a deep Nicky Devlin cross with Marshall saving comfortably.The keeper passed a significantly greater