Livingston vs Celtic LIVE: Scottish Premiership team news, report, reaction, stats & head-to-head

It was another exciting attacking display from Nancy’s side, albeit this time a few more of their chances found the back of the net.

Celtic had 18 shots over the 90 minutes – seven on target – and created five big chances. They had almost 70% possession and 638 passes compared to Livingston’s 209 and generated an expected goals of 3.44.

For all their attacking prowess, their defending left a lot to be desired yet again.

After conceding twice in the opening eight minutes at Almondvale, Celtic have now conceded three goals in the first 15 minutes of the first half – only Livingston (six) and Dundee (four) have conceded more in the Premiership.

They allowed Livingston to send in 20 crosses – higher than their season average of 19.2 – and allowed Cristiano Montano Cristian to attempt six shots.

Despite the scoreline, Livingston put in an impressive performance and perhaps wouldn’t be wrong to be disappointed not to take something from the game.

Montano’s brace set the tone for a high-intensity performance. They had 13 shots – albeit only three on target – and eight of those came inside Celtic’s box. They also had 26 touches in Celtic’s penalty area and 42 final third entries.

Despite finding themselves 4-2 down in the second half, they continued to fight until the final whistle.

In fact in the second half, Livingston generated a higher xG than Celtic , had more shots (six to Celtic’s five) and had 15 touches in Celtic’s box.

Ultimately they lacked the cutting edge in front of goal and find themselves in an unenviable position at the bottom of the Premiership table.

But Martindale can surely take confidence from a tenacious performance from his team.