Clubs play 16 or 17 dwelling video games in the 33 earlier than the cut up – with a minimal of two, and a most of three, dwelling fixtures after it.
Ideally, they need to play 19 of every by the season’s finish, however that’s not all the time potential – and that is the second season in a row that there was an imbalance.
In compiling its preliminary fixtures, the SPFL tries to foretell which golf equipment will find yourself in the prime six and backside six to greatest keep away from such a situation, however this season promoted Falkirk have overperformed and sit in sixth spot.
As a consequence, they are going to play 20 dwelling video games and Livingston can have 18.
Not ultimate, however the SPFL defined that they’ve opted for that to mitigate the influence spreading too broadly.
With Falkirk 5 factors adrift of Hibernian, an additional dwelling recreation is the least doubtless situation to have an effect on European qualification. And Livingston having one fewer dwelling recreation means little given they are all however relegated already.
The Scottish prime flight has had such a 20/18 situation in almost half of its seasons.
