One-sided contest expected as Celtic welcomes Livingston

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Competition: Wed 21.December
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Celtic Park (60411 seats)

Celtic have played better than Livingston this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all the knowledge you need ahead of kickoff:

Insights:
  • Celtic have the most scored goals (51) in Premiership
  • Livingston have the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in Premiership

There have been little to rest for the hosts, as they were involved in a Premiership match only four days back. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Aberdeen.

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Celtic form and stats

7-0-0 is the performance here at Celtic Park so far in the Premiership, giving Celtic a total of 21 from their 7 games here. Outstanding results! After failing to beat Aberdeen here at Celtic Park, Celtic has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with seven wins in a row.

A strong away win for Celtic against Aberdeen the last match, as McGregor were on target. Midfield player McGregor got a match rating of 8.5 in that game, the max score being 10. McGregor scored one goal, hit six key passes and had 170 successful passes (of 179 total).

Ahead of that result, a home loss in the Sydney Super Cup against Sydney. Everyone expects Celtic to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found 14 games: 12 home wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Celtic have won with at least two goals margin 8 times in similar situations.

Goal party? Nobody knows about this one, but we do know that 10 of the 12 most recent league games with this team has seen three or more goals.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Celtic, as the Premiership home game vs St. Johnstone is only three days away.

It's goals goals goals for Celtic who have scored 22 goals from 7 league home games. From these home matches, Celtic have conceded only 5 goals.

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Livingston form and stats

The visitors are W2-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Premiership.

Livingston are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Hearts (placed 4th).

A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Aberdeen.

The schedule is very tough for Livingston now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Premiership game at Hibernian is waiting in only three days.

Livingston struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 12 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have played previously this season: Livingston - Celtic 0-3. Last ten meetings between these participants: Celtic won five, Livingston were winners in one and we saw four draws. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

CelticK. Furuhashi
K. Furuhashi
10 goals
CelticL. Abada
L. Abada
7 goals
CelticG. Giakoumakis
G. Giakoumakis
6 goals

Celtic missing players

Livingston missing players

Celtic Livingston
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
16 7 1 Played P 3 7 15
15 7 1 Won W 0 2 7
0 0 0 Drew D 2 2 2
1 0 0 Lost L 1 3 6
51 22 6 Scored S 2 7 15
13 5 1 Conceded C 7 12 20
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
94% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 60%
75% 71% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 43% 47%
44% 43% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 29% 13%
31% 29% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 29% 13%
50% 57% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 57% 47%
44% 43% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 27%
6% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 29% 27%
 
7.7 7.1 7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 3.7 4.1
2.8 3 2 Corners against (avg) C A 11 7.9 6.7
1.5 1.4 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.3 2.3
1 1 0 Red cards R C 2 3 3
 
19.7 19.6 21 Shots (avg) S ( 10.7 9.6 10.4
7.4 7.7 9 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.9 2.9
43% 41% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 35% 35%
 
7 6.7 9 Shots against (avg) S A 20.3 14.9 14.4
2.3 2.1 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 3.9 4
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • All of Celtic's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Celtic have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Celtic have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Celtic have scored more than double the goals of Livingston.
  • Celtic have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Premiership
  • Celtic have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premiership
  • Celtic have the most clean sheets (7) in Premiership
  • Celtic have the most scored goals (51) in Premiership
  • Celtic have the most scored goals in the first half (22) in Premiership
  • Celtic have the most scored goals in the second half (29) in Premiership
  • Celtic have the the best goal difference (+38) in Premiership
  • Celtic have won all their matches at home so far.
  • Celtic have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Celtic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Celtic is in the best form (6-0-0) in Premiership
  • Livingston have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Livingston have the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in Premiership
  • Livingston have the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in Premiership
  • Livingston haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 16 15 0 1 51 13 7 7 0 0 22 5 9 8 0 1 29 8 38 45
2 Rangers 16 11 3 2 37 16 9 8 1 0 25 5 7 3 2 2 12 11 21 36
3 Aberdeen 16 8 1 7 29 24 8 6 0 2 22 7 8 2 1 5 7 17 5 25
4 Hearts 16 7 3 6 27 26 8 5 1 2 19 16 8 2 2 4 8 10 1 24
5 St. Johnstone 17 7 3 7 21 22 8 3 2 3 8 6 9 4 1 4 13 16 -1 24
6 Livingston 15 7 2 6 15 20 8 5 0 3 8 8 7 2 2 3 7 12 -5 23
7 St. Mirren 15 6 3 6 17 23 9 5 3 1 11 6 6 1 0 5 6 17 -6 21
8 Hibernian 17 6 2 9 20 26 8 4 2 2 12 8 9 2 0 7 8 18 -6 20
9 Motherwell 16 5 2 9 20 22 7 1 1 5 5 11 9 4 1 4 15 11 -2 17
10 Ross County 17 4 3 10 14 28 9 2 2 5 9 18 8 2 1 5 5 10 -14 15
11 Kilmarnock 17 4 3 10 13 30 8 4 2 2 11 13 9 0 1 8 2 17 -17 15
12 Dundee United 16 3 3 10 17 31 8 3 0 5 10 16 8 0 3 5 7 15 -14 12

Read more about Premiership

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.