Livingston 1 Wolves 2 - Verdict

Goals by George Elokobi (35) and David Davis (50) after Marc McNulty's 12th-minute opener only told part of the story of a thoroughly dominant Wolves display filled by excellent performances from former Livingston striker Leigh Griffiths, Jack Price and Lee Evans among others.

After a sluggish opening, Wolves went on to produce a highly impressive first-half performance liberally peppered with chances.

The excellent Jack Price had the first after two minutes when his audacious first-time left-footed curling shot from 40 yards had keeper Darren Jamieson acrobatically tipping away.

One of two un-named trialists got into space at the far post but could only scuff his shot into the ground to give Wolves a let-off a minute later.

Griffiths was then lucky to escape punishment when he reacted angrily to a late challenge by left-back Jason Talbot by going head to head with the Livingston defender before being pulled away by captain Sam Ricketts.

Wolves' slower start to the game saw Livingston take advantage with a superb opening goal from McNulty, who crashed home Talbot's inviting centre on the volley to give Aaron McCarey no chance.

But Wolves soon settled and went on to create chances galore in an otherwise one-sided first period.

Bjorn Sigurdarson wasted an opening through poor control when free after latching onto Bakary Sako's cross.

Then came three excellent chances for Griffiths in little over a minute.

First he fired wide first time after Sigurdarson had done brilliantly to wrestle possession from Simon Mensing and cross from the right.

Then the former Livingston striker twice found himself clean through but Coll Donaldson got back to block his first attempt then he screwed wide his second.

Sigurdarson followed Griffiths in wasting an opportunity when he ballooned over left footed after Sako's cross was headed dangerously across the box by Talbot.

The insatiable Griffiths was in the thick of things again when he whistled a low drive wide from the edge of the box from a loose ball after Ricketts had clattered into Moussa Mampuya, who needed treatment before resuming.

Griffiths was determined to score and saw a clean-through goalbound volley blocked by Donaldson after a lovely crossfield ball into his path by Price.

The equaliser Wolves had been threatening for a long time finally came when Elokobi's bouncing shot from 25 yards deflected in after Livingston partly cleared Sako's corner.

Price was desperately close to putting Wolves ahead in the 40th minute when he slid in to hit the post from Doherty's cross in a flowing move started by Evans and heavily involved Sigurdarson.

Wolves made just one change at half-time with Liam McAlinden on for Sigurdarson.

But they remained firmly in control of the game and creating chances.

Price drove an angled effort straight at the keeper before McAlinden prodded disappointingly wide after cleverly turning his man.

It was no surprise when Wolves went ahead, with Davis's crisp, first-time rising shot from the edge of the box as emphatically struck as his team's domination after Griffiths teed up Doherty for the cut back.

Sako drilled straight at the keeper before a rare break by Livingston was ended by a superbly-timed tackle from David Davis on Jack Downie.

Doherty had an effort disallowed for offside after McAlinden dummied Sako's cross as Wolves continued to boss the game.

Then came a 10-strong array of substitutes in the 70th minute that saw Carl Ikeme, Kevin Foley, Richard Stearman, Georg Margreitter, Jamie Reckord, Anthony Forde, Tongo Doumbia, Dave Edwards, Zeli Ismail and Jake Cassidy replace Aaron McCarey, Doherty, Danny Batth, Elokobi, Ricketts, Price, Davis, Evans, Sako and Griffiths, with Foley taking the armband from Ricketts.

McAlinden fired just wide on the angle and Ismail produced a smart flick and shot on the turn that flew a foot over as Wolves continued to turn the screw.

Cassidy was denied twice by keeper Kevin Walker from point-blank range, first with a header then with a follow-up shot from McAlinden's cross.

Edwards had Walker scrambling at full length to foil a diving header from Foley's cross as Wolves ended their tour on a high.