Ross County 2-4 Livingston (3-5 agg.) – Scottish Premiership play-off remaining: Livi full comeback to realize promotion to top-flight

Livingston fought again from two objectives all the way down to beat Ross County 5-3 on combination and acquire promotion to the Scottish Premiership.

The play-off had been within the stability going into the second leg in Dingwall after a 1-1 attract West Lothian final Thursday.

Targets from Josh Nisbet and Ronan Hale had appeared to place Ross County within the driving seat as they seemed to keep away from relegation to the Championship by successful the play-off for a 3rd successive yr.

However they have been consigned to the second tier as Lewis Smith, Danny Wilson, Robbie Muirhead and Tete Yengi all scored to safe Livi a 4-2 second-leg win that clinched their place again within the Premiership.

County opened the evening’s scoring within the seventh minute. Hale was slipped by means of on the left channel by Nohan Kenneh. He might have shot from a good angle, however as an alternative he determined to sq. it for Nisbet, who was left with a easy end.

Typically when going behind this season Livingston have responded properly, and inside minutes each skipper Jamie Brandon and Scott Pittman had sights of objective, solely to overlook the goal.

However Hale – who scored County’s stoppage-time penalty to earn a draw within the first leg – made it 2-0 on the evening within the twenty fourth minute. Former County participant Stephen Kelly was caught in possession by the striker, who coolly completed previous Jerome Previous to double the Staggies’ lead.

The guests pulled one again six minutes earlier than the break by means of a spectacular solo effort from Lewis Smith, who ran 40 yards earlier than drilling the ball into the underside nook from a good angle to make it 2-1 on the evening and 3-2 on combination.

5 minutes after the interval, Nisbet tried taking purpose from an identical place to the place Smith scored from, however pulled his effort barely extensive.

Nevertheless, Livingston levelled the tie within the 57th minute, regardless of heroics from Jordan Amissah.

First the goalkeeper made a save from Muirhead’s free-kick that went beneath the wall, earlier than making an exceptional response save to stop Wilson, earlier than the defender finally nodded in on the second time of asking to make it 3-3 on combination.

Simply 4 minutes later, Muirhead accomplished a shocking turnaround when he picked out the highest nook with an excellent effort from the nook of the field to place Livingston forward within the tie.

County wanted a objective to keep away from relegation however within the closing seconds of six minutes of added time the guests put the tie past doubt as Yengi broke clear and fired into the highest nook in entrance of the delirious Livingston followers.