Aziz Behich scored a last part balancer as Dundee United finished a run of seven straight losses by drawing 1-1 with Livingston at the Tony Macaroni Field. Steven Bradley had given Livi an early lead by rifling high into the net after great work from Joel Nouble.
United superior after a sluggish beginning and Behich showed self-restraint at the back post to space home a leveler not long before the hour mark. Bradley hit the woodwork two times while United's Sadat Anaku botched a glaring opportunity yet the two sides in the long run needed to make due with a draw as Jim Goodwin got his primary point as United chief. Livingston stayed seventh subsequent to finishing their run of four straight losses.
Livi supervisor David Martindale had been compelled to rearrange his load with wounds and Jack Fitzwater's suspension. Luiyi De Lucas came in for his most memorable Livingston start in protection, while Andrew Shinnie and Steven Bradley began in midfield. Goodwin rolled out two improvements from Saturday's loss to Aberdeen, with Loick Ayina and Anaku supplanting Ryan Edwards and Dylan Levitt. Before the match started, the two sides noticed brief's praise for previous Livingston executive Bill Tracker who passed on a week ago.
At the point when the activity got going it was the hosts who began the front foot and they nearly got their noses in front in the tenth moment, as great expertise from Jason Holt teed up Bradley yet his pounding strike from 20 yards cannoned off the crossbar. Bradley just needed to hang tight two or three minutes for one more opportunity however and this time he committed no error.
Nouble got the better of Kieran Freeman down the left-hand side and his diverted set back in the long run found Bradley loose in the six yard box to side foot the ball high into the net. Freeman got through a hot beginning to the game and - in the wake of being reserved from the get-go - he got away from a subsequent yellow card for pulling back Cristian Montano prior to being supplanted by Liam Smith with just thirty minutes on the clock.
The hosts had ruled the half however they were lucky to go on as Behich drove down the left and his pin-point cross found Anaku who mysteriously cut the ball wide of the post from a couple of yards out. United did work on after the break and they pulled themselves level not long before the hour mark. Craig Sibbald's low cross was flicked on by Kai Fotheringham and met by Behich who side-footed across Shamal George and into the furthest corner.
The Livi fans were becoming disappointed and they were additionally enraged when Ayina got Scott Pittman with a full-blooded challenge however official Matthew MacDermid delivered only a yellow card. Bradley was looking the most probable for Livingston and he hit the woodwork again in the 67th moment. Mark Birighitti was nowhere near persuading however he ultimately figured out how to turn the Livi midfielder's short proximity shot on to the post.
United completed the more grounded and Charlie Mulgrew nearly won it at the passing yet George saved his twisting free-kick from 20 yards as the match completed all square.
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