Dundee United 1-1 Livingston

Pittman (34′) Keresztes ’48’)

Dundee United were held to a 1-1 draw at Tannadice to visiting side Livingston, thanks to goals either side of half time from Livi stalwart Scott Pittman, and Hungarian defender Krisztian Keresztes.

The result now sees David Martindale’s side without a win since early August, whilst Jim Goodwin’s United continue their inconsistent beginning to the season despite sitting in 4th, albeit with a game in hand of three potential leap-frogs beneath them.

The visitors dominated proceedings early, with their first sight of goal coming through a Lewis Smith strike from range. Yevhenii Kucharenko parried it as far as the lively Stevie May, who’s slidden effort appeared to be blocked from going goal bound by Bert Esselink but a goal kick was awarded instead.

United responded with a big chance of their own just minutes later. Ivan Doleck threaded a ball through to Nikolaj Moller, but the Swede’s effort ended up closer to the Shed End roof rather than the goal.

May continued causing problems for the Dundee United defence and the veteran found himself with acres of space 34 minutes in. The forward selflessly squared the ball for teammate Scott Pittman to tap in to an empty net, and give their team a deserved breakthrough.

The home side should have been going up the tunnel level at half time, as Vicko Sevelj’s free header at the back post from a corner went wide, with many of the home supporters believing he had found the net. Instead, they walked up the tunnel to a chorus of boos.

The equaliser would come just three minutes after the restart. A Will Ferry free kick found its way to the chest of Krisztian Keresztes, and the centre back made no mistake in firing it across into the right hand side of the net.

The hosts maintained the pressure in this game of two halves, with their biggest chance of going ahead coming 20 minutes from time. Another Ferry set play bounced temptingly to Luca Stephenson who unleashed a rocket that was beaten away by Jerome Prior. The following stramash led to Sevelj bundling it goal bound, but Mo Sylla cleared it off the line.