After a shaky start to the season, Livingston proved to be back to their typical best with a spirited defensive display in a 0-0 home draw with Rangers.
The Lions limited the Ibrox men to barely a chance with a late Borna Barisic free-kick the only real glimpse of a goal from the frustrated visitors.
Livingston were without Lyndon Dykes as the star striker prepares to finalise his £2million move to English Championship side Queen's Park Rangers. That meant a start for youngster Jack Hamilton in the lone striker role.
Elsewhere, there were debuts for goalkeeper Max Stryjek, in place for the ineligible Robby McCrorie who is on loan from Rangers, and former Ibrox midfielder Jason Holt. Full-backs Nicky Devlin and Jack McMillan also earned starting berths.
The game quickly settled into the predicted pattern of Rangers enjoying plenty of the possession and territory, but a strong defensive effort kept the visitors at bay in the early stages.
Ianis Hagi had the game's first chance on 14 minutes but dragged his strike from 20 yards comfortably wide of Stryjek's right-hand post.
Alfredo Morelos barely saw the ball as the Lions defended in numbers, but the Colombian may well feel he should have done better on 33 minutes when he could only direct his effort into the side-netting under pressure from Jack Fitzwater.
Despite boasting nearly 80 per cent possession, Steven Gerrard's men went into the break without a shot on target to show for their efforts.
Stryjek was finally called into action on 54 minutes when he kept out Ryan Kent's strike. The winger cut in from the left-wing but saw his strike punched clear from the goalie.
A frustrating afternoon for Morelos was summed up in the 70th minute when he harmlessly nodded a pinpoint James Tavernier cross over bar. It would be his final action as he was promptly replaced by Cedric Itten.
Having offered nothing in an attacking sense all game, Livi went close to taking an 84th minute lead in stunning fashion. Ten yards inside his own half, Craig Sibbald spotted John McLaughlin off the line and attempted an audacious strike that the Scotland keeper got back just in time to prevent a disaster.
Within a minute, Rangers will have thought they had the three points in the bag as Barisic's curling free-kick from 25 yards looked destined for the top corner, only for Stryjek to miraculously turn the ball out for a corner.
Kent then had the final chance of the game as he raced through the defence before a neat one-two but his strike went agonisingly wide as the Gers dropped their first points of the season.
Livingston: Stryjek; Devlin, Fitzwater, Guthrie, McMillan; Bartley (Crawford 57), Sibbald; Holt, Pittman, Forrest (Robinson 66); Hamilton (Poplatnik 57, Kouider-Aissa 75). Subs: Schwake, Taylor-Sinclair, Ambrose, Pignatiello, Tiffoney.
Rangers: McLaughlin; Tavernier, Goldson, Helander, Barisic; Jack, Kamara, Arfield (Barker 57); Hagi (Roofe 57), Morelos (Itten 70), Kent. Subs: Firth, Edmundson, Bassey, Davis, Patterson, Stewart.
