Livingston, founded in 1943 and based at Almondvale Stadium, remain one of Scottish football’s more awkward modern fixtures: compact, direct enough to unsettle better-resourced sides, and rarely inclined to make life decorative for visitors.
The 2025-26 Premiership campaign ended with Livingston in twelfth after 38 matches. Their closing league form told much of the story: a 1-4 home defeat to Kilmarnock followed draws with Dundee United and Aberdeen, heavy losses at Dundee and Dundee United, and a useful 0-2 win at St Mirren.
Goals were spread rather than concentrated. Robbie Muirhead finished as leading scorer with eight, ahead of Lewis Smith on seven, while Jeremy Bokila and Scott Pittman added five each. Stevie May contributed three.
There was, however, a clear defensive problem away from Almondvale, where Livingston conceded an average of two goals per match. At home they averaged 1.3 scored and two conceded, figures that left little margin for error across a long league season.
With a 39-player squad averaging 28 years of age, Livingston looked more stocked with experience than promise. For Celtic supporters, they were a familiar Scottish opponent: capable of making games awkward, but ultimately a side that finished bottom of the Premiership table.
