Livingston 1 - 0 Aberdeen

Aberdeen kicked off and enjoyed a lot of possession in the opening five minutes without threatening the Livi goal. They forced the first corner in the 6th minute and after collecting the home team's clearance Morrison tested McKenzie from distance and the keeper had to get down quickly to smother the effort. Both sides continued to probe, but scoring chances were at a premium as neither defence was seriously tested. With such a low turn out from the home crowd the game had the feel of an U21 match rather than an important cup replay.

Zdrilic had a half chance in the 18th minute but the ball skidded away from him on the wet surface. Two minutes later the Aussie striker was on the end of a 60-yard pass from Scott Morrison, but once again Dorado was quick to snuff out the danger. The Dons won the second corner of the match in the 22nd minute when a long range Heikkinen effort was deflected wide. The move ended with the same player firing the ball well over the bar from a similar range. Livingston managed their first shot at goal in the 25th minute when Lilley was wide of the target with a speculative effort.

Aberdeen attempted to hit back as they forced several corners and went close when Morrison's deflected effort went inches wide. The subsequent corner created another chance and this time Diamond fired wide. With five minutes remaining in the first half Heikkinen had another dig at goal from distance, but this effort went well wide. Hart felt aggrieved just before the break when Mr. Dougal allowed Andrews to win the ball then take the man then seconds later penalised Hart for a similar challenge on Fernandez.

Morrison had a great chance in the 47th minute when he collected a poor clearance from McNamee and then fired the ball wildly over the bar. The youngster had another attempt two minutes later when Clark rolled a free kick into his path, but the strike was easily blocked. Aberdeen should have levelled in the 54th minute when a good passing move involving Diamond and Sheerin released Hinds. Unfortunately the strikers clever cutback was missed by everyone allowing Livi to clear.

Steve Paterson made a final throw of the dice in the 78th minute when he made a triple substitution. Foster, Prunty and Tiernan replacing Zdrilic, Clark and Muirhead. Hinds broke into the area in the 84th minute, but could only steer his cutback into the hands of McKenzie. A minute later Morrison delivered a wicked free kick, which failed to find a forward. The home defence was looking solid however and it was going to take a bit of magic to get the ten man Dons in behind. Sheerin had a chance to rescue the game in the closing seconds, but his shot went inches over the bar and the Dons were out.