Livingston marginally increased their slim hopes of Scottish Premiership survival by grinding out a drab goalless draw with managerless Aberdeen.

Bojan Miovski thought he had won it for the visitors in West Lothian late on when he netted acrobatically on the rebound after Shamal George denied Stefan Gartenmann’s header with a stunning save.

But the VAR ruled out the Aberdeen striker’s effort for an offside call on Angus MacDonald, meaning Livingston move a point closer to 11th-placed Ross County.

However, David Martindale’s bottom side still face the monumental task of making up a nine-point deficit in their final six games.

The draw ends Aberdeen’s faint hopes of a top-six finish but moves them seven points clear of the relegation play-off place.

Several stoppages played a part in a dull encounter, where both sides managed just four shots on target between them.

Livingston’s Steven Bradley ought to have done better with an early header before Miovski was denied by George when clean through.

The home goalkeeper was forced into action again after the break when Jamie McGrath saw his free-kick pushed round the post, with MacDonald’s header cleared off the line from the resulting corner.

McGrath clipped the Livingston woodwork with a hopeful cross minutes later, but that is as it got for either side until the late drama in an encounter seriously lacking in attacking quality.

Match Report: BBC Scotland

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