Livingston vs Celtic match preview

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Competition: Wed 20.January
Match begins: 20:15 (UTC)
Venue: Tony Macaroni Arena (8716 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Livingston have their presumed home advantage while Celtic are ahead 14 points in the Premiership table.

Insights:
  • Livingston has the most matches over the total-line (12) in Premiership
  • Celtic has the most scored goals in the second half (29) in Premiership

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Livingston form and stats

The story so far in the Premiership for Livingston at their home stadium (Tony Macaroni Arena) is 4 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats. Livingston has recorded two wins in a row here at Tony Macaroni Arena, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Livingston shared the glory with Celtic in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Ahead of that match, Livingston won a home game hosting Ross County (3-1).

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as St. Mirren are coming to town in four days.

The Livingston fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 10 matches. Livingston have conceded 13 in these home matches.

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Celtic form and stats

Celtic have an excellent away record in the Premiership so far with 6-3-1 from 10 games.

Celtic's last game was the home draw against Livingston (0-0). A draw for Celtic before that, at their own venue hosting Hibernian (1-1).

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Celtic are regular goalscorers on their travels. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (9 so far).

Head 2 Head

Livingston and Celtic have met before this season: Celtic - Livingston 0-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Livingston one win, four draws and Celtic five victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

CelticO. Édouard
O. Édouard
7 goals
CelticM. Elyounoussi
M. Elyounoussi
6 goals
LivingstonJ. Guthrie
J. Guthrie
5 goals

Livingston missing players

Celtic missing players

Livingston Celtic
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
22 10 2 Played P 3 10 21
9 4 0 Won W 2 6 13
4 1 1 Drew D 1 3 6
9 5 1 Lost L 0 1 2
28 11 1 Scored S 4 23 46
27 13 4 Conceded C 2 9 16
91% 90% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
77% 70% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 80% 86%
50% 40% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 60% 52%
23% 30% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 40% 29%
9% 10% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 30% 24%
50% 40% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 43%
32% 40% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 40% 48%
27% 30% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 10% 14%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 1.9 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.2 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10 10.1 6 Shots (avg) S ( 18 17.7 17.1
3.2 2.9 1.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.7 6.5 6.3
40% 38% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 35% 35%
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • Celtic has the most scored goals in the second half (29) in Premiership
  • Celtic have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Celtic have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Celtic have scored at least twice as many goals away as Livingston have scored home.
  • Celtic haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Livingston has the most matches over the total-line (12) in Premiership

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Rangers 23 21 2 0 59 6 11 11 0 0 33 1 12 10 2 0 26 5 53 65
2 Celtic 21 13 6 2 46 16 11 7 3 1 23 7 10 6 3 1 23 9 30 45
3 Hibernian 24 11 7 6 33 24 12 4 5 3 15 16 12 7 2 3 18 8 9 40
4 Aberdeen 22 11 6 5 29 24 12 7 2 3 19 14 10 4 4 2 10 10 5 39
5 Livingston 22 9 4 9 28 27 10 4 1 5 11 13 12 5 3 4 17 14 1 31
6 Dundee United 24 6 10 8 19 29 12 4 4 4 14 13 12 2 6 4 5 16 -10 28
7 Kilmarnock 23 7 3 13 24 28 11 4 2 5 15 12 12 3 1 8 9 16 -4 24
8 St. Mirren 21 6 5 10 16 24 10 2 4 4 8 13 11 4 1 6 8 11 -8 23
9 St. Johnstone 24 5 8 11 22 33 12 3 3 6 5 11 12 2 5 5 17 22 -11 23
10 Ross County 24 5 5 14 18 43 12 2 4 6 10 23 12 3 1 8 8 20 -25 20
11 Hamilton Academical 23 5 4 14 21 47 12 2 3 7 9 20 11 3 1 7 12 27 -26 19
12 Motherwell 21 4 6 11 18 32 11 2 2 7 9 19 10 2 4 4 9 13 -14 18

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.