Livingston 2-2 Hibernian: Late Graham Carey penalty Livingston precious point in fight for survival
Report as Livingston hold Hibernian to a 2-2 draw at Alderstone Road; a stoppage-time penalty from Graham Carey was enough to earn Livi a precious point; Livingston remain bottom of Scottish Premiership table as Hibernian fail to close on top two
Saturday 1 November 2025 22:07, UK
Graham Carey netted an injury-time penalty as Livingston twice fought back from being behind to claim a point against Hibernian.
Referee Calum Scott pointed to the spot following a VAR intervention after Nicky Cadden handled and Carey made no mistake for the bottom side.
Hibs got off to the perfect start when Jamie McGrath put them ahead after 17 seconds before Jeremy Bokila levelled before the break.
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Martin Boyle restored Hibs' lead before late drama unfolded.
The visitors could not have asked for a better start after McGrath found the net just moments after kick off.
Hibs striker Thibault Klidje nodded the ball back into the Irishman's path and McGrath drilled a left-footed half volley past Jerome Prior via the post.
The hosts looked stunned but McGrath did not care as he wheeled away to celebrate in front of the big travelling support.
Hibs had their tails up and went looking for the second in the seventh minute through Boyle.
The forward left Mo Sylla on his back as he weaved a way into the box and his low shot was comfortably saved by Prior.
Goals were then exchanged at both ends but both were disallowed. Scott Pittman coolly slotted past Hibs keeper Rafa Sallinger but referee Scott pulled the play back for a foul by Bokila on defender Grant Hanley in the build up.
Hibs defender Rocky Bushiri then volleyed in from close range but the DR Congo international was standing in an offside position from Hanley's header.
Livingston then scored what was deemed a valid goal that came from a flowing move.
Joshua Brenet darted forward from a Liam Smith pass and flicked the ball to Scott Pittman on the side of the box.
The midfielder picked out Bokila and the forward did not have to break his strike as he placed a composed first-time shot past Sallinger.
Hibs started the second period well as they looked to regain the lead.
Boyle fired a first-time shot straight at Prior but the Australia international was not to be denied in the 55th minute.
Miguel Chaiwa found Josh Mulligan following a forceful run and the wing-back picked out Boyle.
The forward controlled with his right boot before turning and firing past Prior from six yards.
Hibs looked comfortable for most of the second half but were forced into some last-ditch defending with five minutes left.
Hanley blocked an Andrew Shinnie shot before Sallinger got his legs in the way of a tame effort from Tete Yengi.
But Livingston grabbed a draw as Carey scored an injury-time penalty after Cadden was penalised for blocking Daniel Finlayson's header with his arm.
Gray: Hibs didn't do enough to win
Hibernian boss David Gray:
"I'm not going to moan about officials because I don't think we were good enough.
"If Kieron makes it three it's different, but I don't want to contradict what I said.
"It needs to be explained where they've drawn the lines and why they drew the lines the way they have, because it looks pretty onside to me.
"But at the same time, it's a factual thing. The technology we use, whether it's good enough, I don't know.
"But I'm not going to moan about it. In the big moments we didn't do enough to see it out.
"You have to make sure you get over the line when you're not at your best and we didn't do that.
"We are very frustrated, we couldn't ask for a better start but from that moment until half-time we were second best all over the pitch.
"Livi were first to second balls, it was a collective for us at that point so we spoke to the players at half-time.
"We needed a reaction because the players knew they were below what we wanted. We got that so we're very frustrated to not see the game out."
Martindale: We deserved something from the game:
Livingston boss David Martindale:
"It's hard saying we never started the game well because we didn't defend the action well but it's a good strike.
"Losing a goal so early gave us a mountain to climb. When you are where we are in the league you're taking a lot of punches and it would have been easy for us to go under at that point.
"But I thought they were magnificent. Hibs tweaked things a bit, we managed to get a foothold back in the game and I felt we deserved to get something from it.
"Credit to the players, they come away from this with a lot of that."
