Scottish Cup | Quarter-Finals

Mar 10, 2024 at 2.30pm UK

Celtic Park

Celtic
4 - 2
Livingston

Maeda (7', 22', 86'), Furuhashi (90+5')

FT(HT: 2-1)

MacKay (12'), Yengi (54')
MacKay (44'), Montano (52'), Nottingham (81'), Shinnie (83'), Sangare (89')

Preview

Data Analysis

Lineups

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Sunday's Scottish Cup clash between Celtic and Livingston, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Celtic

All competitions

Scottish Cup

Last Game: Hearts 2-0 Celtic
Sunday, March 3 at 12pm in Scottish Premiership

Goals
for

Top scorers

Livingston

All competitions

Scottish Cup

Last Game: St Johnstone 1-1 Livingston
Saturday, March 2 at 3pm in Scottish Premiership

Goals
for

Top scorers

We said: Celtic 3-0 Livingston

While things may not be clicking for Celtic currently, they should have far too much quality for a struggling Livingston side at Celtic Park, and we fancy them to book a semi-final place in dominant fashion on Sunday. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Celtic win with a probability of 87.4%. A draw had a probability of 8.8% and a win for Livingston had a probability of 3.79%.

The most likely scoreline for a Celtic win was 3-0 with a probability of 12.33%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (11.45%) and 4-0 (9.97%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (4.17%), while for a Livingston win it was 0-1 (1.29%). The actual scoreline of 4-2 was predicted with a 1.7% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Celtic would win this match.

Result
Celtic	Draw	Livingston
87.4% ( 0.08)	8.81% ( -0.02)	3.79% ( -0.06)

Both teams to score 42.7% (

-0.55)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

73.42% (

-0.31)

26.57% (

0.31)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

53.05% (

-0.4)

46.95% (

0.4)

Celtic Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

96.05% (

-0.04)

3.95% (

0.04)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

83.29% (

-0.12)

16.71% (

0.12)

Livingston Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

44.45% (

-0.56)

55.54% (

0.56)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

11.79% (

-0.33)

88.2% (

0.33)

Score Analysis

Celtic 87.38%

Livingston 3.79%

Draw 8.81%

Celtic	Draw	Livingston
3-0 @ 12.33% ( 0.13) 2-0 @ 11.45% ( 0.16) 4-0 @ 9.97% ( 0.08) 3-1 @ 7.26% ( -0.05) 1-0 @ 7.09% ( 0.12) 2-1 @ 6.74% ( -0.02) 5-0 @ 6.44% ( 0.03) 4-1 @ 5.86% ( -0.06) 5-1 @ 3.79% ( -0.05) 6-0 @ 3.47% ( 0.01) 3-2 @ 2.13% ( -0.05) 6-1 @ 2.04% ( -0.03) 4-2 @ 1.72% ( -0.05) 7-0 @ 1.6% ( -0) 5-2 @ 1.11% ( -0.03) 7-1 @ 0.94% ( -0.02) Other @ 3.44% Total : 87.38%	1-1 @ 4.17% ( -0) 0-0 @ 2.19% ( 0.04) 2-2 @ 1.98% ( -0.04) Other @ 0.47% Total : 8.81%	0-1 @ 1.29% ( 0) 1-2 @ 1.23% ( -0.02) Other @ 1.27% Total : 3.79%