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Dundee were beaten 2-0 by Livingston in Saturday's pre-season friendly as Robbie Muirhead scored twice in the second half.

Manager Steven Pressley fielded a trialist in the first half and two more in the second, while also giving minutes to younger players in West Lothian.

The match was goalless until the 67th minute when Muirhead netted and he added another with nine minutes to play.

Livi are in the Scottish Championship this term after finishing bottom of last season's Premiership.

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Livingston striker Tete Yengi has put scoring on his "dream" debut for World Cup-bound Australia against Switzerland down to being "a long guy".

The 25-year-old had scored only twice in 23 games last season with a Livingston side rooted to the bottom of the Scottish Premiership by the time he joined Machida Zelvia on loan in January.

Since then, he contributed six goals in 22 appearances as his new side finished third in Japan's East Region - and reached the final of the Asian Champions League.

It earned a late, first call-up to Tony Popovic's Socceroos squad along with Sassuolo winger Cristian Volpato and the two new caps were paired with Nestory Irankunda up front in Saturday's 1-1 draw in their final warm-up game before the finals.

"It was a great ball from Cam Burgess and a great run by Connor [Metcalfe]," he said.

"My first thought was get in the box. When he first kicked it, I thought it was a bit far and I thought 'oh, no', but then I'm a long guy, so I extended my leg and I got there thankfully, so I'm very happy.

"Amazing, you can only dream of moments like this. I'm just grateful for the opportunity. First game, first goal, you can't start any better than that I guess and hopefully I can get more."

Yengi, who joined now relegated Livingston after leaving Ipswich Town in 2024, is hoping to continue the frontline combination when Australia face Turkey, Paraguay and hosts United States in Group D.

"Me and Nestory, we're very good friends, so we want to play on the pitch together and Cristian too, coming in my first time playing with both of them," he said.

"I enjoyed it, though, and the more that I play with all the boys, the better the connection will be, but they're top players for a reason, I am here for a reason, so when we get on the pitch, we have to show why we're here with our nice link-up play and everything.

"I'm looking forward to playing more with them and hopefully we can do something special."

Meanwhile, Aberdeen-born Leicester City centre-half Harry Souttar started against Switzerland, with Hearts midfielder Cammy Devlin coming on as a late substitute.

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The World Cup kicks off in a week's time and all 48 squads are locked in.

Seven Scottish top-flight clubs have players at the big show in the Americas.

Of the 1,248 players at the tournament, 21 (1.68%) plied their trade in the Premiership in season 2025-26.

Celtic have the biggest representation with eight players, while Rangers are next on seven (including Derek Cornelius, who spent the season on loan from Marseille).

Here is the full list:

Celtic – Alistair Johnston (Canada), Daizen Maeda (Japan), Benjamin Nygren (Sweden), Yang Hyun-jun (South Korea), Kieran Tierney, Anthony Ralston (both Scotland), Sebastian Tounekti (Tunisia), Auston Trusty (USA).

Rangers – Nicolas Raskin (Belgium), Thelo Aasgaard (Norway), Findlay Curtis, Lawrence Shankland, John Souttar, Liam Kelly (all Scotland), Derek Cornelius (Canada).

Hearts – Cammy Devlin (Australia), Craig Gordon (Scotland).

Hibs – Grant Hanley (Scotland).

Motherwell – Elijah Just (New Zealand).

Kilmarnock – Aaron Tshibola (DR Congo).

Livingston – Tete Yengi (Australia).

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Relegated Livingston will get a taste of life back in the Scottish Championship after being drawn with two of next season's league rivals in the Premier Sports Cup group stage.

Mark Wilson's Partick Thistle, who lost in the Premiership Play-off final to St Mirren after finishing runners-up to St Johnstone, will be expected to be Livingston's main rivals for top spot.

However, part-time Stenhousemuir will also be preparing for their first-ever Championship campaign after winning promotion via a play-off final win over Alloa Athletic having finished runners-up in League 1 behind Inverness Caledonian Thistle.

By then, both the Ochil View outfit and Livingston will have a new manager, with midfielder Scott Arfield, who was in interim charge in West Lothian after the resignation of Marvin Bartley, not being under consideration for the post permanently.

Stenhousemuir are seeking a new manager after Gary Naysmith left to take charge of Championship rivals Ayr United at the end of the season.

Livingston's final two group opponents are Jim Weir's Forfar Athletic, who were fourth in League 2, and Andy Kirk's Highland League runners-up, Brechin City.

The West Lothian side finished runners-up in their group last season behind Premiership rivals Kilmarnock but qualified as one of the best second-placed sides before losing to Hibernian in the second round.

Next season's group stage begins on 11/12 July and finishes on 25/26 July.

Brian McLauchlin
BBC Sport Scotland Senior Reporter

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Former Dundee boss Tony Docherty has informed Livingston he no longer wants to be under consideration for the position of head coach at the West Lothian club.

Docherty had spoken to Livingston after the position became vacant when Marvin Bartley left the club with three games left of last season.

The club were relegated from the Scottish Premiership after finishing in bottom spot in the table after gaining promotion 12 months ago through the play-offs when they defeated Ross County.

Docherty is understood to be looking at other coaching opportunities and recently has been working with the Scottish FA at coaching seminars.

Scott Arfield took charge of the club for the last three matches of the season but is not under consideration for the job although there remains a possibility of a player/coach role with Livingston.

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Livingston shipped striker Tete Yengi out to Japan in January and, while his parent club slipped to relegation from the Scottish Premiership, the 25-year-old has won himself a call-up to Australia's pre-World Cup training squad.

Yengi joined the West Lothian club in January 2024 from Ipswich Town and his 10 goals in 43 appearances helped win promotion last season.

But, after just two goals in 22 at the start of the current season, half as a substitute, he joined Machida Zelvia and has helped them finish third in Japan's East Region - and reach the final of the Asian Champions League, where they lost to Al-Ahli.

Yengi's six goals in 22 appearances have led to a first call-up to the Socceroos' squad and he now will hope to be among head coach Tony Popovic's final picks for this summer's finals.

Former Hearts defender Kye Rowles, now with DC United, has also been added to the squad, but Hibernian forward Ante Suto has been released along with Dundee-born Cardiff City midfielder Alex Robertson.

Livingston say Cammy Palmer will add "energy, technical quality and versatility" to their squad after the midfielder agreed a pre-contract to join from Glentoran.

The 26-year-old has previously played in Scotland with Partick Thistle and Clyde on loan from Rangers. He also had a loan at Orange County and joined Linfield in 2021 and Glentoran two years later.

"Primarily a central midfielder, Palmer is also capable of operating in both attacking and defensive midfield roles," Livingston said.

At Glentoran, Livi say Palmer "became an important figure in midfield, impressing with his work rate, passing ability and composure on the ball across three strong seasons with the club, featuring 100 times".

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