FootyMAD's Livingston match preview

History of the Livingston v Glasgow Celtic fixture

Celtic face a trip to Livingston at Almondvale at lunchtime on Saturday, and will hope to continue their unbeaten record at the ground. Victory has been gained on 3 of the 4 previous occassions for The Bhoys.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in November 2002, as the visitors ran out cosy 0 - 2 winners in a Scottish Premier match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2003/2004	Sat 30 Aug	Celtic	5 - 1	Livingston	SPL
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

Recent respective form guides

Livingston have collected 2 wins and 3 draws from their last six home matches. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 4 to 2.

The away form of Celtic however, is much more impressive, picking up four victories from the last six. Those games have seen the The Bhoys pummel 14 goals, and let in 5.

Livingston's 18 points from 14 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 6th position. Celtic are leading the way in the Bank of Scotland Scottish Premier, with their 14 games giving them a return of 40 points.

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Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Livingston	6	3	2	1	7	4	11
Celtic	6	5	0	1	22	3	15

FootyMad's prediction ...

The Bhoys's decent recent efforts out on the road should see them narrowly take the spoils from the match with Livingston, believes the FootyMad team. Away win

Sequence statistics:
Livingston	Unbeaten in the last 3 home games.
Celtic	10 games since last away draw. Won each of the previous 5 matches. Last drawn game 19 outings ago.