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Four matches of the 30th round were played on Saturday in the Scottish "Premier" league - A "Lithuanian" Edinburgh club ended an unsuccessful streak of three winless matches by defeating one of the league's underdogs, "Livingston", at home.
"Hearts", with D.Cesnauskis playing in all matches again, took the lead in the 22nd minute when the team's attacking leader L.Miller scored a penalty, but at the end of the first half, the away team's player J.Dair equalized the score.
Inspired by the goal, "Livingston" started the second half as successfully as they finished it, so the "Hearts" coach J.Robertson, wanting to liven up the game, substituted Lithuanian M.Kiz replacing S.Simmons on the field.
However, the substitution didn't immediately pay off, as soon after the visitors almost scored a second goal, but after a great pass from the side by C.Easton, the ball was not controlled and a great opportunity to take the lead was wasted. And shortly after, "Hearts" punished them for it: A.Webster passed the ball to M.Burchill who chipped the ball over the opponent's goalkeeper.
Just three minutes later, the hosts increased their lead - after L.Miller's penalty shot was saved by the goalkeeper, the ball rebounded to R.Neilson who sent it into the net from close range. Later, D.Cesnauskis also had a chance to score, but his shot was saved by the goalkeeper, and the match ended with a 3-1 victory for "Hearts".
In the other matches, Edinburgh "Hibernian" also secured a victory, returning to the third place by defeating a team with A.Skerla playing the full match. "Aberdeen", who fell to the fourth position after a draw with "Dundee".
In the Scottish "Premier" league, Glasgow club once again leads, with C.Bellamy scoring a hat-trick to defeat "Dundee Utd" and stay two points ahead of the city's neighbor, who had already played their round matches.
