Celtic maintained their nine-point lead in the Scottish Premiership after easing to victory against Livingston.
Ange Postecoglou’s side blitzed their visitors in the first half, with Greg Taylor netting the first with a sweet strike across the deck and Daizen Maeda and Kyogo both converting one of a plethora of chances.
The onslaught eased after the break but Celtic strolled to victory, with Livingston’s only real threat coming when Bruce Anderson struck the woodwork from an acute angle.
More to follow.
Line-ups
Celtic
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Hart
- 2johnston
- 20Carter-Vickers
- 4Starfelt
- 3Taylor
- 33O’RileySubstituted forMooyat 63′minutes
- 42McGregorSubstituted forIwataat 85′minutes
- 41HatateSubstituted forTurnbullat 75′minutes
- 17Neve FilipeSubstituted forAbadaat 63′minutes
- 8FuruhashiSubstituted forOhat 75′minutes
- 38MaedaBooked at 81mins
Substitutes
- 9Haksabanovich
- 11Abada
- 13Mooy
- 14Turnbull
- 18Kobayashi
- 19Oh
- 24Iwata
- 29Bain
- 49Forest
Livingston
Formation 3-5-1-1
- 1George
- 6Obileye
- 5Fitzwater
- 15Boyes
- 2DevlinBooked at 51minsSubstituted forMountainat 57′minutes
- 33OmeongaSubstituted forKellyat 69′minutes
- 18Holt
- 8Pittman
- 29Penrice
- 22ShinnieSubstituted forBradleyat 81′minutes
- 9AndersonSubstituted fornobleat 69′minutes
Substitutes
- 3Longridge
- 11Mountain
- 16Bradley
- 17Kelly
- 19noble
- 23DeLucas
- 24Kelly
- 28Guthrie
- 32Hamilton
Live Text
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Match ends, Celtic 3, Livingston 0.
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Second half ends, Celtic 3, Livingston 0.
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Attempt missed. Liel Abada (Celtic) left footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Tomoki Iwata.
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Corner, Celtic. Licensed by Scott Pittman.
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Attempt blocked. Alistair Johnston (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by David Turnbull.
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Offside, Celtic. Liel Abada tries a through ball, but Aaron Mooy is caught offside.
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Foul by Greg Taylor (Celtic).
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Steven Bradley (Livingston) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Offside, Celtic. Hyeon-Gyu Oh tries a through ball, but Liel Abada is caught offside.
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Substitution, Celtic. Tomoki Iwata replaces Callum McGregor.
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Corner, Celtic. Granted by Cristian Montano.
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Attempt missed. David Turnbull (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Aaron Mooy with a cross following a corner.
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Corner, Celtic. Granted by James Penrice.
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Attempt blocked. Liel Abada (Celtic) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Aaron Mooy.
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Offside, Celtic. Greg Taylor tries a through ball, but Daizen Maeda is caught offside.
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Substitution, Livingston. Steven Bradley replaces Andrew Shinnie.
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Daizen Maeda (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Foul by Daizen Maeda (Celtic).
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Cristian Montaño (Livingston) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt blocked. Scott Pittman (Livingston) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
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Celtic
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Team number1Player nameHart
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Team number2Player namejohnston
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Team number20Player nameCarter-Vickers
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Team number4Player nameStarfelt
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Team number3Player nameTaylor
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Team number33Player nameO’Riley
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Team number42Player nameMcGregor
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Team number41Player nameHatate
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Team number17Player nameJota
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Team number8Player nameFuruhashi
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Team number38Player nameMaeda
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Team number11Player nameAbada
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Team number13Player nameMooy
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Team number14Player nameTurnbull
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Team number19Player nameOh
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Team number24Player nameIwata
Livingston
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Team number1Player nameGeorge
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Team number6Player nameObileye
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Team number5Player nameFitzwater
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Team number15Player nameBoyes
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Team number2Player nameDevlin
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Team number33Player nameOmeonga
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Team number18Player nameHolt
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Team number8Player namePittman
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Team number29Player namePenrice
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Team number22Player nameShinnie
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Team number9Player nameAnderson
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Team number11Player nameCristian Montaño
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Team number16Player nameBradley
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Team number17Player nameKelly
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Team number19Player namenoble