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The Premiership match at The Tony Macaroni Arena on Sunday sees home side Livingston playing Celtic.
Scroll down to see all of the predictions, poll and statistics for Livingston v Celtic - plus the latest match odds.
๐ Form Guide
Livingston
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Livingston will be hoping to bounce back here after a 3-0 Premiership loss in their previous game against Hibernian.
In that game, Livingston managed 43% possession and 9 shots at goal with 3 on target. Hibernian had 14 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Jordan Obita (5'), Myziane Maolida (7') and Adam Le Fondre (22') scored for Hibernian.
It has not been often in recent games that Livingston have shown defensive steel. The reality is that Livingston have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, giving up 14 goals during that time. Having said that, we will just have to wait and see if such a trend might persist in this next match or not.
Heading into this fixture, Livingston haven't won against Celtic in their previous 7 matches in the league.
Celtic
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Celtic come into this clash following on from a 3-1 Premiership win to defeat St Johnstone in their most recent outing.
In that game, Celtic had 74% possession and 21 attempts at goal with 9 of them on target. For Celtic, the scorers were Kyogo Furuhashi (40'), Nicolas Kรผhn (46') and James Forrest (68'). St Johnstone got 6 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Connor Smith (81') was the scorer for St Johnstone.
A very clinical Celtic have racked up an abundance of goals over their last 6 clashes (18 to be precise). That has earned them an outstanding average of 3 goals scored per game over this period of time.
Going into this one, Celtic have not been beaten by Livingston when having played them away from home in the previous 3 matches in the league.
โ๏ธ Head to head
An inspection of their past head to head results going back to 30/10/2022 reveals that these fixtures have not been kind to Livingston. They have not been able to register any victories at all while Celtic have been too good for them, getting wins in 100% of those matches.
20 goals were produced between them in this period, with 3 for Livi Lions and 17 for The Bhoys. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.33.
๐๏ธ Team News: Livingston
The Livingston manager David Martindale has a full complement, with no fitness concerns whatsoever before this game with a completely healthy squad available for selection.
๐ฐ Team News: Celtic
Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers has to choose a team with limited availability. Liam Scales (unknown injury) and Adam Montgomery (Hamstring injury) are those who canโt be considered.
โจ Prediction
Our assessment is that Livingston have the capability to find the back of the net against this Celtic outfit, although one goal possibly wonโt be enough to avoid a loss.
Weโre therefore tipping a 1-2 winning score for Celtic at the end of the 90 minutes. It should be a decent one.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Victor Martins, 10:24 31/03/2024
Predicted Lineups
โฝ๏ธ Team Focus:
Livingston
Formed: 1943
Stadium: The Tony Macaroni Arena (9,713)
Captain: Michael Devlin
Chairman: John Ward
Manager: David Martindale
Competitions: Premiership position 12
โญ Key Player: Tete Yengi
Customarily used in the Striker position, Tete Yengi was born in Adelaide, Australia. Having played his first senior match for Newcastle United Jets in the 2020 - 2021 season, the dangerous Forward has got 3 league goals in the Premiership 2023 - 2024 season so far from a total of 9 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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1 |
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30 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 50 | 73 | WWWLW |
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30 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 48 | 71 | DWWLW |
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31 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 56 | LDWLD |
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31 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 45 | WLDWD |
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31 | 12 | 7 | 12 | -1 | 43 | WDWLD |
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30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | -9 | 39 | LLDWW |
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31 | 9 | 11 | 11 | -6 | 38 | DWDWL |
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31 | 7 | 12 | 12 | -6 | 33 | LWWLD |
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31 | 8 | 9 | 14 | -14 | 33 | LLLWW |
10 |
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31 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -21 | 28 | LWDLL |
11 |
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31 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -24 | 27 | DLDWL |
12 |
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30 | 3 | 8 | 19 | -32 | 17 | WLLDL |
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Goals scored | 0.6 |
Goals conceded | 1.4 |
Time first goal scored | 56 |
Time first goal conceded | 44 |
Yellow cards | 1.7 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 3.9 |
Biggest victory | 2-0 |
Biggest defeat | 4-1 |
Goals scored | 2.1 |
Goals conceded | 0.7 |
Time first goal scored | 37 |
Time first goal conceded | 55 |
Yellow cards | 1.3 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 4.4 |
Biggest victory | 4-1 |
Biggest defeat | 2-0 |
Bruce Anderson | 5 |
Sean Kelly | 3 |
Tete Yengi | 3 |
Stephen Kelly | 2 |
Scott Pittman | 2 |
Matt O'Riley | 13 |
Kyogo Furuhashi | 11 |
Adam Idah | 7 |
David Turnbull | 7 |
Luis Palma | 6 |
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