Livingston vs Celtic Prediction & Betting Tips - Scottish Premiership

Prediction published on 29/03/2024, 07:00  by Kennedy Kechula | Modified on 30/03/2024 at 23:00 in Football Predictions

A lot is at stake when Livingston plays host to Celtic in their next Premiership game this Sunday. The two sides occupy the extreme opposite ends in the standings, Celtic top and Livingston bottom. Hosts Livingston come here with their backs against the wall, three games before the split. Coming into this game, Livingston have 17 points, 10 behind their nearest challengers, Ross County. With three victories only in their 30 league matches so far, Livingston have the lowest tally of wins. They also hold the unwanted record of having the most losses, conceding the most and scoring the least. For Livingston, this will be one tough encounter coming three weeks after a 4-1 loss to Celtic in the Scottish Cup. Save for their 3-0 loss to Hibernian last time, Livingston have had a great scoring run. That was the only time in seven matches that they failed to score. Looking at the number of goals they’ve conceded lately, Livingstone have an uphill task against the league’s top scorers.

Celtic have beaten Livingston in seven straight games coming to this one. That run includes three matches this season. The league leaders will therefore be the favorites coming here. Having played a game more than Rangers, and with just a point ahead, Celtic have incentive to go for another win. They recovered from the 2-0 away loss at Hearts with straight wins ahead of this game. The first of those was in the Scottish Cup, where they beat Livingston 4-2. In their most recent outing, Celtic saw off St. Johnstone 3-1 for their seventh win in 10 matches. It was also the fourth time in five matches that they scored three or more goals. Celtic’s loss to Hearts is their only defeat in the last 15 matches in all competitions. They have 12 wins in those 15 matches.