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Livingston face a trip to Glasgow Celtic at Celtic Park on Saturday evening, looking to break their duck against the hosts. On each previous occassion, the match has ended in defeat for the Livi Lions.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in February 2003, the The Bhoys carving out a narrow 2 - 1 victory in a Scottish Premier match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2002/2003 | Sun 09 Feb | Celtic | 2 - 1 | Livingston | SPL |
| 2002/2003 | Sun 24 Nov | Livingston | 0 - 2 | Celtic | SPL |
| 2002/2003 | Sun 01 Sep | Celtic | 2 - 0 | Livingston | SPL |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 06 Apr | Celtic | 5 - 1 | Livingston | SPL |
| 2001/2002 | Wed 30 Jan | Livingston | 1 - 3 | Celtic | SPL |
| 2001/2002 | Wed 26 Dec | Celtic | 3 - 2 | Livingston | SPL |
| 2001/2002 | Wed 19 Dec | Livingston | 0 - 2 | Celtic | SLC |
Recent respective form guides
Glasgow Celtic are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. In this time, The Bhoys have rattled up an impressive 16 goals, and conceded 3.
In complete contrast to Celtic, Livingston are having a torrid time on their travels, seeing them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While the Livi Lions have hit 7 goals, 12 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Celtic are just outside the promotion places, in 2nd, having taken 7 points from 3 games. Livingston see themselves just below half way in the Bank of Scotland Scottish Premier, showing a record of 4 points from their 3 games played so far,
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Celtic | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 16 |
| Livingston | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 4 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Livi Lions are in poor form away, and the FootyMad team are afraid to say this game can be passed over as a comfortable defeat against Celtic. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Celtic | Won 5 successive home games. 6 games since last home draw. Won their latest 3 matches. Not drawn a match in their last 3 . |
| Livingston | Not won in previous 5 away matches. |