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Celtic vs Livingston
23 Aug 2025, 15:00 · Premiership · 2025/2026
Referee
Kevin ClancyPremiership 2025/2026 · 13 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
CelticMin
Livingston- VAR
Arne Engels
VAR · Goal Disallowed
Offside
14′ - 29′⇄
Stevie May
Substitution
Off: Shane Blaney
- ⚽
Benjamin Nygren 1-0
Goal · Right foot shot
Right foot shot
47′ - ⇄
James Forrest
Substitution
Off: Luke McCowan
58′ - ⇄
Daizen Maeda
Substitution
Off: Shin Yamada
58′ - ⇄
Callum McGregor
Substitution
Off: Paulo Bernardo
58′ - 66′⇄
Connor McLennan
Substitution
Off: Andy Winter
- 66′⇄
Tete Yengi
Substitution
Off: Jeremy Bokila
- ⇄
Johnny Kenny
Substitution
Off: Hyun-jun Yang
69′ - ⚽
Benjamin Nygren 2-0
Goal · Right foot shot
Right foot shot
71′ - 74′⇄
Lewis Smith
Substitution
Off: Macaulay Tait
- 75′
Stevie May
Yellowcard
Foul
- ⚽
Johnny Kenny 3-0
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Daizen Maeda
Right foot shot
76′ - ⇄
Colby Donovan
Substitution
Off: Anthony Ralston
79′
The numbers
Fixture statistics
Green marks the higher recorded number; grey means level. This does not always mean a better performance. A dash means no reported value, not zero.
Individual contributions
Player ratings & full match stats
| Player | Min | G | A | Shots | Key | Tackles | Saves | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 7.17 | |
| 79 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 7.97 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | — | 7.81 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 7.71 | |
| 90 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 3 | — | 7.65 | |
| 58 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 6.48 | |
| 58 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.64 | |
| 90 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | 7.07 | |
| 90 | 2 | — | 5 | 3 | 3 | — | 9.25 | |
| 58 | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | 6.13 | |
| 69 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 7.15 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 21 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 7.03 | |
| 32 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 7.24 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 32 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.52 | |
| 32 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6.82 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.61 |
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Before this match
Recent form
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Celtic
Latest: St. Mirren · 1–0
Match stats
3 Aug 2025, 16:30 · Home vs St. Mirren · 2025/2026
Livingston
Latest: Kilmarnock · 2–2
Match stats
2 Aug 2025, 15:00 · Away vs Kilmarnock · 2025/2026
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Celtic’s ground: 12 previous meetings, 9 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Celtic’s home games with Livingston’s away games. For older matches, these season totals may include games played later.
Only stats recorded for both clubs are shown. In the key stats, green marks the more favourable figure, or the higher number where neither is better. Grey means the figures are level.
The number after / is how many matches had that stat.
More team stats
Results & goals
Goal frequencies
Corners
Cards
Shots & play
Chance quality
Season xG
Choose all, home or away games for each club. Green marks higher xG or lower xG against; grey means level.
These are past-match averages, not a prediction for this fixture.
Players
Top scorers and assist makers
Season totals for 2025/2026. These players are not a confirmed lineup.
Celtic
Goals
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Livingston
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Expected goals and shot quality
Match counts are shown beside each player.
Expected goals (xG)
Chance quality before the shot.
Celtic
Livingston
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Celtic
Livingston
Shooting performance (xGoT - xG)
Shows whether a player made their chances better or worse with the quality of their shooting. Positive means they generally produced better-placed shots; negative means the shots were worse than the chances suggested.
Celtic
Livingston
Previous meetings
Select any result to see that fixture’s score, events and statistics.