Premiership preview of Livingston - Celtic: Visitors believed to win

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Competition: Sat 23.Sep
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Tony Macaroni Arena (8716 seats)

Livingston contest Celtic for honour and success.

Insights:
  • Livingston have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Celtic have the most scored goals (11) in Premiership

The visiting Celtic played their last game only four days ago, a Champions League match. That game, against Feyenoord, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Celtic.

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Livingston form and stats

Livingston have less points than they have played home games in the Premiership so far. Their two previous attempts here have produced 2 points.

Livingston drew their last game, 1-1 away at Ross County (placed 6th). The attacking player Anderson won the honour of being "man of the match" for Livingston with the rating of 7.43/10. Anderson scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus St. Mirren that ended 1-1.

Despite playing at their own arena the home team are massive underdogs in this game. The home fans will enjoy their drinks and snacks knowing that the chances of a positive outcome are very slim. When Livingston have been in this position before, they have won 1, drawn 0 and lost 5 from 6 games. 4 defeats by at least two goals.

The manager Martindale will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Rangers in only four days.

Livingston has scored {1 goals-1} so far and conceded {1 goals-2} from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Celtic form and stats

Celtic are yet to lose a point on their Premiership travels this season with 2 wins from 2 away games.

335 minutes! That's how long the Celtic goalkeeper Joe Hart and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Two away games in a row for Celtic, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Feyenoord in the Champions League. Midfield player O'Riley was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.41/10. O'Riley hit three key passes.

Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against Dundee in the Premiership.

Celtic have the goal stats of 4-1 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

The 4 most recent games involving these opponents have all ended as Celtic victories. Are we destined for another one?

Top Goalscorers

CelticK. Furuhashi
K. Furuhashi
4 goals
CelticD. Turnbull
D. Turnbull
3 goals
CelticM. O'Riley
M. O'Riley
3 goals

Livingston missing players

Celtic missing players

Livingston Celtic
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
5 2 1 Played P 0 2 5
1 0 0 Won W 0 2 4
3 2 1 Drew D 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
5 1 1 Scored S 0 4 11
8 1 1 Conceded C 0 1 3
80% 50% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 80%
80% 50% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 60%
40% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 60%
40% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 40%
20% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 20%
60% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 40%
20% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 60%
40% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 20%
 
4.4 6.5 6 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5.5 8.6
5.8 4.5 2 Corners against (avg) C A 0 7.5 5
2.8 3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.5 0.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.8 12.5 13 Shots (avg) S ( 0 11.5 16
2.4 2 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 7.5 7.8
42% 25% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 27% 28%
 
14 9.5 8 Shots against (avg) S A 0 14 8.8
4.2 2 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 2.5 2
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • Celtic have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Celtic have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Celtic have scored more than double the goals of Livingston.
  • Celtic have the most scored goals (11) in Premiership
  • Celtic have the most scored goals in the first half (6) in Premiership
  • Celtic have the the best goal difference (+8) in Premiership
  • Celtic have won all their away games so far.
  • Celtic have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Celtic is in the best form (4-1-0) in Premiership
  • Livingston have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Livingston have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Livingston have yet to win a game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Celtic 5 4 1 0 11 3 3 2 1 0 7 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 8 13
2 St. Mirren 5 3 2 0 9 6 2 1 1 0 4 3 3 2 1 0 5 3 3 11
3 Motherwell 5 3 1 1 6 4 3 2 0 1 4 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 10
4 Rangers 5 3 0 2 8 2 2 1 0 1 4 1 3 2 0 1 4 1 6 9
5 Hearts 5 2 1 2 4 2 3 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 2 7
6 Ross County 5 2 1 2 6 7 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 3 4 -1 7
7 Livingston 5 1 3 1 5 8 2 0 2 0 1 1 3 1 1 1 4 7 -3 6
8 Kilmarnock 5 1 2 2 4 5 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 5
9 Dundee 5 1 2 2 5 8 2 1 1 0 2 1 3 0 1 2 3 7 -3 5
10 Hibernian 5 1 1 3 9 10 2 0 0 2 4 6 3 1 1 1 5 4 -1 4
11 Aberdeen 5 0 2 3 3 9 2 0 0 2 1 5 3 0 2 1 2 4 -6 2
12 St. Johnstone 5 0 2 3 2 8 3 0 1 2 2 6 2 0 1 1 0 2 -6 2

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The Scottish Premiership is the top division of football in Scotland, the Scottish Professional Football League. Twelve teams play 38 fixtures to top the league table in a season running from August to May. The teams first meet each other three times. Then the league splits in two for five more games.