Today's local press reports that David Kelly has recovered from the hamstring injury that has forced him to miss the last three games, and he should return to the side at Almondvale on Saturday.  Scott Leitch is the only player struggling to be fit after picking up a knee injury against Aberdeen.

Looking forward to the Livingston game, Eric Black said:
"We've had quite a few away games since I took over, but I suppose it all evens itself out come the end of the season.  Like Aberdeen on Saturday, Livingston are on a high just now, but after getting the win then the players are going into the game in confident mood.  We don't have a game plan or any surprise up our sleeve, but I will be going to watch them in action against Celtic on Wednesday to see how they are playing."

Eric had plenty of praise for his players following the 3-2 win over Aberdeen last week:
"I was very pleased with the performance and effort from the players and more of the same should start to see us winning more games than we lose.  Obviously, I had to change my team talk at half-time slightly as the difference in going in 2-0 up and just 2-1 up is a fair bit.  However, all credit to the players because they dug in deep when Aberdeen pulled it back to 2-2 and managed to get the winner which I thought we deserved.

"The system we play is very flexible as we can play with three at the back or four and I thought Eric Deloumeaux was man-of-the-match on Saturday as he showed tremendous composure on the ball.  To be honest, we have to have a system like that and our aim is to start building the team from the back as every teams foundations are built on having a tight defence."

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