Livingston boss David Martindale says he’s not specializing in the potential permutations wanted for the Lions to achieve the last-16 of the Premier Sports activities Cup.
That’s as a result of he is aware of merely getting the higher of Kelty Hearts shall be a troublesome sufficient job.
The highest flight hosts want to choose up three factors of their closing group match and hope another outcomes go their approach if they're to make it into the subsequent spherical.
They might nonetheless qualify robotically as Group G winners ought to they beat Kelty and Inverness fall at residence to Cove Rangers - in addition to a six objective swing in Livi’s favour. However it’s seemingly they’ll have to depend on being one of many three greatest runners-up to advance which can even require a string of outcomes working of their favour.
Martindale, although, is just regarding himself with what he can management and that’s making certain the Lions are ready for a troublesome problem towards final season’s runaway League Two winners.
He stated: “I’m anticipating a troublesome sport. Pottsy (Kelty boss John Potter) is discovering his ft and Kelty are discovering their ft with Pottsy however I believe the 2 of them shall be an excellent match for each other and it is going to be a good sport of soccer.
“When the lower-league golf equipment come to a Premiership membership they at all times up their sport. It’s as much as the workers and gamers at this soccer membership to step up our sport and match them.”
He added: “We’re ready on a few outcomes elsewhere to assist us out. We’ve nonetheless received to choose up the three factors on Saturday, so I’m probably not wanting into the permutations an excessive amount of as a result of I simply assume we have now to win that sport of soccer.”
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