Livingston pick up first win of Premiership season thanks to Cristian Montano at Tannadice

Livingston picked up their first points of the Premiership season as Cristian Montano's stunner gave them all three points at Tannadice against Dundee United.

Following a brutal first half that featured no shots on target from either side, the Colombian produced the spark needed with a fizzing effort from outside the box that flew past Mark Birighitti.

United had plenty of chances to get back into the game but were unable to replicate any magic from their Europa Conference League win over AZ Alkmaar from three days earlier.

There was just one change to the Livingston line-up from last weekend's defeat to Rangers with Cristian Montano coming in at left-back for Phillip Cancar. That meant Joel Nouble continued being the focal point of the Lions' attack following his man of the match display in their Premiership opener.

The Lions created the first chance of the contest when Stephane Omeonga stole the ball off former team-mate Craig Sibbald 25 yards from the United goal with Nouble then teeing up Sean Kelly on the edge of the box. His effort was dragged comfortably wide, however.

United grew into the game after a slow start with Ryan Edwards no doubt hoping to have at least tested the keeper with a tame header over the bar on 16 minutes.

The game was being played at a sometime pedestrian pace with neither side looking to have much urgency when on the ball. The one instance where that wasn't the case led to a decent chance for the visitors on 35 minutes as Montano launched a counter-attack.

His one-two with Nouble set the Colombian full-back on goal but his angled drive didn't threaten Mark Birighitti in the United goal.

The two would be at the heart of the action as the Lions took the lead in the early stages of the second