Livingston vs Celtic — result, stats and line-ups

Full Time

2023/2024

Livingston

31 MAR

0:3

Celtic

Goals

GOAL

Own goal49'

Jamie Brandon 0-1

GOAL

AST

Goal72'

Paulo Bernardo (assist: Matt O'Riley) · Right foot shot 0-2

GOAL

AST

Goal82'

Matt O'Riley (assist: Adam Idah) · Left foot shot 0-3

Man of the match

Matt O'RileyCeltic9.1

Expected goals (xG)

LivingstonxGCeltic

1.262.37

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United States

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Venue

Tony Macaroni Arena

Conditions

Weatherclear sky
RefereeDon Robertson
1st AssistantGraeme Stewart
2nd AssistantAndy Milne
4th OfficialEuan Anderson

Pressure index

LivingstonCeltic

1′45′90′

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Match flow

PLAYER

Yellow card46'

Michael Devlin · Foul

GOAL

Own goal49'

Jamie Brandon 0-1

OUT

Substitution53'

In: Dan MacKay · Out: Steven Bradley · Substitution because of injury

OUT

Substitution65'

In: Paulo Bernardo · Out: Reo Hatate · Tactical sub

OUT

Substitution71'

In: Hyun-jun Yang · Out: Nicolas Kühn · Tactical sub

OUT

Substitution71'

In: Adam Idah · Out: Kyogo Furuhashi · Tactical sub

GOAL

AST

Goal72'

Paulo Bernardo (assist: Matt O'Riley) · Right foot shot 0-2

OUT

Substitution73'

In: Bruce Anderson · Out: J. Holt · Tactical sub

OUT

Substitution80'

In: Kurtis Guthrie · Out: Stephen Kelly · Tactical sub

GOAL

AST

Goal82'

Matt O'Riley (assist: Adam Idah) · Left foot shot 0-3

OUT

Substitution87'

In: James Forrest · Out: Daizen Maeda · Tactical sub

OUT

Substitution87'

In: Daniel Kelly · Out: Matt O'Riley · Tactical sub

Ball positions

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Commentary

Thats all. Game finished - Livingston 0, Celtic 3.
90+9′Second Half ended - Livingston 0, Celtic 3.
90+4′Missed chance. Jamie Brandon - Livingston - shot with right foot from outside the box goes high following a fast break.
90+4′Liam Scales - Celtic - won a free kick in defence.
90+4′Fouled by Kurtis Guthrie - Livingston
90+1′Missed chance. Daniel Kelly - Celtic - shot with the head from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assist - James Forrest with a cross after corner.
90′Corner - Celtic. Conceded by Jamie Brandon.
90′Corner - Celtic. Conceded by Michael Devlin.
89′New attacking attempt. James Forrest - Celtic - shot with right foot from outside the box is saved by goalkeeper in the centre of the goal. Assist - Yang Hyun-Jun.
87′Missed chance. Adam Idah - Celtic - shot with right foot from outside the box is close, but missed to the left from a free kick.
87′Substitution - Celtic. Daniel Kelly for Matt O'Riley.
87′Substitution - Celtic. James Forrest for Daizen Maeda.
86′Greg Taylor - Celtic - won a free kick in attack.
86′Fouled by Tete Yengi - Livingston
85′Delay over. They are ready to continue.
84′Delay in match - injury Daniel Mackay - Livingston
82′Goal! Livingston 0, Celtic 3. Matt O'Riley - Celtic - shot with left foot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assist - Adam Idah.
82′Shot blocked. Matt O'Riley - Celtic - shot with left foot from outside the box is blocked. Assist - Paulo Bernardo.
82′Shot blocked. Matt O'Riley - Celtic - shot with left foot from outside the box is blocked. Assist - Greg Taylor.
81′Missed chance. Bruce Anderson - Livingston - shot with right foot from outside the box is close, but missed to the left. Assist - Daniel Mackay.
80′Shot blocked. Jamie Brandon - Livingston - shot with right foot from outside the box is blocked.
80′Substitution - Livingston. Kurtis Guthrie for Stephen Kelly.
79′Fouled by Yang Hyun-Jun - Celtic
79′Bruce Anderson - Livingston - won a free kick in defence.
79′Delay over. They are ready to continue.
77′Delay in match - injury Tete Yengi - Livingston
75′Corner - Celtic. Conceded by Shamal George.
73′Substitution - Livingston. Bruce Anderson for Jason Holt.
72′Goal! Livingston 0, Celtic 2. Paulo Bernardo - Celtic - shot with right foot from outside the box to the left corner. Assist - Matt O'Riley.
71′Delay over. They are ready to continue.
71′Substitution - Celtic. Adam Idah for Kyogo Furuhashi.
71′Substitution - Celtic. Yang Hyun-Jun for Nicolas Kühn.
70′Delay in match - injury Jamie Brandon - Livingston
69′Missed chance. Tomoki Iwata - Celtic - shot with right foot from the right side of the box missed to the left after corner.
69′Shot blocked. Matt O'Riley - Celtic - shot with left foot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assist - Greg Taylor.
69′Corner - Celtic. Conceded by Michael Devlin.
68′Corner - Celtic. Conceded by Michael Nottingham.
68′New attacking attempt. Kyogo Furuhashi - Celtic - shot with right foot from the centre of the box is saved by goalkeeper in the centre of the goal. Assist - Nicolas Kühn with a cross.
65′Substitution - Celtic. Paulo Bernardo for Reo Hatate.
61′Jamie Brandon - Livingston - won a free kick in attack.
61′Fouled by Reo Hatate - Celtic
61′Shot blocked. Nicolas Kühn - Celtic - shot with left foot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assist - Tomoki Iwata.
59′New attacking attempt. Reo Hatate - Celtic - shot with right foot from a diffucult position on the right is saved in the right corner.
57′New attacking attempt. Liam Scales - Celtic - shot with the head from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assist - Matt O'Riley with a cross.
56′Corner - Celtic. Conceded by Shamal George.
56′New attacking attempt. Nicolas Kühn - Celtic - shot with left foot from the right side of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assist - Reo Hatate.
54′Kyogo Furuhashi - Celtic - won a free kick in attack.
54′Fouled by Ayo Obileye - Livingston
54′Missed chance. Stephen Kelly - Livingston - shot with right foot from the right side of the box goes high. Assist - Michael Nottingham.
54′Delay over. They are ready to continue.
53′Substitution - Livingston. Daniel Mackay for Steven Bradley - injury.
52′Delay in match - injury Steven Bradley - Livingston
51′Offside - Celtic. Reo Hatate is in offside.
51′New attacking attempt. Kyogo Furuhashi - Celtic - shot with left foot from few metres is saved by goalkeeper in the centre of the goal. Assist - Nicolas Kühn with a cross.
49′Own Goal by Jamie Brandon, Livingston. Livingston 0, Celtic 1.
49′New attacking attempt. Reo Hatate - Celtic - shot with right foot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the right corner.
49′Missed chance. Kyogo Furuhashi - Celtic - shot with right foot from the centre of the box missed to the left. Assist - Nicolas Kühn.
46′Michael Devlin - Livingston - receive yellow card for a foul.
46′Kyogo Furuhashi - Celtic - won a free kick on the left wing.
46′Fouled by Michael Devlin - Livingston
45′Second Half starts Livingston 0, Celtic 0.
45+4′First Half ended - Livingston 0, Celtic 0.
45+2′New attacking attempt. Kyogo Furuhashi - Celtic - shot with left foot from the right side of the box is saved by goalkeeper in the centre of the goal.
43′Tete Yengi - Livingston - won a free kick in defence.
43′Fouled by Cameron Carter-Vickers - Celtic
42′Offside - Celtic. Daizen Maeda is in offside.
40′Reo Hatate - Celtic - won a free kick in defence.
40′Dangerous play by Stephen Kelly - Livingston
40′Missed chance. Reo Hatate - Celtic - shot with right foot from outside the box is close, but missed. Assist - Daizen Maeda.
38′Delay over. They are ready to continue.
38′Delay in match - injury Kyogo Furuhashi - Celtic
33′Hand ball by Daizen Maeda - Celtic
32′Scott Pittman - Livingston - won a free kick in defence.
32′Fouled by Matt O'Riley - Celtic
29′Michael Nottingham - Livingston - won a free kick on the right wing.
29′Fouled by Kyogo Furuhashi - Celtic
22′Offside - Celtic. Kyogo Furuhashi is in offside.
19′Matt O'Riley - Celtic - won a free kick in attack.
19′Fouled by Jamie Brandon - Livingston
16′New attacking attempt. Ayo Obileye - Livingston - shot with the head from the right side of the box is saved in the top right corner.
15′Jason Holt - Livingston - won a free kick in defence.
15′Fouled by Daizen Maeda - Celtic
12′Delay over. They are ready to continue.
11′Delay in match - injury Michael Nottingham - Livingston
5′Missed chance. Reo Hatate - Celtic - shot with left foot from outside the box is very close to the goal. Assist - Matt O'Riley after corner.
5′Corner - Celtic. Conceded by Stephen Kelly.
4′Corner - Celtic. Conceded by Steven Bradley.
4′Missed chance. Nicolas Kühn - Celtic - shot with left foot from the centre of the box missed to the left. Assist - Daizen Maeda with a cross.
2′Tete Yengi - Livingston - won a free kick in defence.
2′Fouled by Liam Scales - Celtic
2′Fouled by Scott Pittman - Livingston
2′Daizen Maeda - Celtic - won a free kick in defence.
First Half starts.

Match statistics

LIVCEL

Possession and passing

24%Possession76%

55%Pass accuracy84%

210Passes658

117Successful Passes556

2Key Passes16

3Substitutions5

1 more

15Throw-ins18

Attack

0Goals3

5Shots Total21

1Shots On Target10

0Corners8

32Dangerous Attacks97

1Accurate Crosses9

12 more

73Attacks146

16Dribble Attempts29

49Duels Won78

0Offsides3

0Penalties0

1Shots Blocked4

2Shots inside the box14

3Shots Off Target7

3Shots outside the box7

50%Successful dribbles74%

6Successful Dribbles21

7Total Crosses33

Defence and discipline

8Saves1

19Tackles22

8Interceptions2

7Fouls8

1Yellow cards0

0Red cards0

Other

0Hit Woodwork0

17Successful Headers28

19Successful Interceptions21

51Headers39

6Challenges2

0Assists2

1 more

1Counter Attacks1

The halves are each period's own numbers — not a split of the full-time figures.

The referee

D. RobertsonPer-match averages this season · 18 matches · career: 247

	Avg	Home	Away	Career
Yellow cards	2.89	1.17	1.72	3.70
Red cards	0.17	0.06	0.11	0.12
Second yellows	0.06	0.00	0.06	0.09
Penalties	0.22	0.11	0.11	0.25

Home / away: what the home and the away side received on average. Career: the average over every match officiated.

Expected goals (xG)

LivingstonxGCeltic

1.262.37

Expected Goals on Target (xGoT)

1.062.54

Expected Goals Non Penalty Goals (npxG)

1.262.37

Expected Goals Open Play (xGOP)

1.242.16

Expected Goals Set Play (xGSP)

0.020.21

Expected Goals Corners (xGC)

0.000.17

Expected Goals Free Kicks (xGFK)

0.000.04

Expected Points (xPTS)

0.762.05

Starting XI

CelticFormation: 4-3-3 · €46M10/11

Brendan Rodgers

LivingstonFormation: 4-2-3-1 · €184K2/11

David Martindale

The ↓ and minute under a player mean they were substituted off then.

Transfer fees

Livingston€184Kstarting XI · 2/11€416Kwith bench · 3/18

Celtic€46Mstarting XI · 10/11€59Mwith bench · 14/20

Celtic's starting XI cost €46M more.

The amount under a player is their last known transfer fee and its year (provider data) — not a market value.

Livingston — bench

David CarsonMidfielder9

Bruce AndersonAttacker6.8 11

Dan MacKayAttacker · €232K (2021)6.8 20

Mo SangareMidfielder23

Michael McGovernGoalkeeper28

Kurtis GuthrieAttacker6.3 32

Jack HamiltonGoalkeeper

Celtic — bench

Adam IdahAttacker · €6.9M (2025)7.1 13

Hyun-jun YangAttacker · €2.5M (2023)6.7 17

Maik NawrockiDefender · €2.5M (2026)28

Paulo BernardoMidfielder7.5 29

Scott BainGoalkeeper48

Daniel KellyMidfielder · €470K (2024)49

James ForrestMidfielder7.3 56

Anthony RalstonDefender57

Stephen WelshDefender

Player statistics

Livingston starters then subs, by rating

Shamal George#1 · Goalkeeper · 90′8.1

In this match

Goalkeeping

Saves: 8
Saves inside box: 7
Goals conceded: 2

Passing

Passes (accurate/total): 16/37
Pass accuracy: 43%
Key passes: 0
Long balls (won/total): 14/35

Possession & duels

Touches: 0
Duels (won/total): 0/0

Defence

Tackles: 0
Clearances: 1

Discipline

Fouls: 0

Outcome	bet365	Unibet
Livingston	12.008.33%	11.508.7%
Draw	8.0012.5%	7.0014.29%
Celtic	1.1884.67%	1.1984.03%

Outcome	bet365	Unibet
Livingston or Draw	4.5022.22%	4.6021.74%
Livingston or Celtic	1.0892.34%	1.0991.74%
Draw or Celtic	1.0595.24%	1.0397.09%

Outcome	bet365	Unibet
2+ goals	–	1.1090.91%
0–1 goals	–	6.2516%
3+ goals	1.4071.43%	1.4071.43%
0–2 goals	2.8734.78%	2.8535.09%
4+ goals	–	2.0848.08%
0–3 goals	–	1.7656.82%

Outcome	bet365	Unibet
Livingston	10.0010%	8.5011.76%
Draw	3.0033.33%	3.1531.75%
Celtic	1.5763.65%	1.5066.67%

Outcome	bet365
LIV → LIV	23.004.35%
LIV → X	23.004.35%
LIV → CEL	17.005.88%
X → LIV	26.003.85%
X → X	11.009.09%
X → CEL	3.7526.67%
CEL → LIV	51.001.96%
CEL → X	21.004.76%
CEL → CEL	1.6161.92%

Outcome	bet365
12 - 14	3.2530.77%
6 - 8	4.5022.22%
9 - 11	2.7536.36%
Under 6	19.005.26%
Over 14	5.0020%

Outcome	bet365	Unibet
3+ cards	–	1.3076.92%
0–2 cards	–	2.9533.9%
4+ cards	1.8354.56%	1.8454.35%
0–3 cards	1.8354.56%	1.8055.56%
5+ cards	–	2.9034.48%
0–4 cards	–	1.3275.76%

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Celtic	7	18
2	Rangers	7	16
3	Hearts	7	13
4	Dundee	7	10
5	St. Mirren	7	10
6	St. Johnstone	7	8
7	Aberdeen	7	8
8	Dundee United	7	8
9	Motherwell	7	8
10	Hibernian	7	7
11	Falkirk	7	6
12	Kilmarnock	7	5

Outcome	bet365	Unibet
Yes	2.0050%	1.9850.51%
No	1.7557.14%	1.7856.18%