Celtic are comprehensive favourites coming into this match, as both the table and recent form are testimony to.

With 11 wins from 15 away games, Rodgers’ side have been consistently solid away from home. Even if they lost their most recent trip to Hearts, the Edinburgh side are of a far higher standard than the Livingston side they will tackle on Sunday.

This will be the third meeting between the teams this season, with Celtic winning each of the previous two matches by at least two goals. They are 1.62 to continue that trend.

Although Livingston are yet to score against the Glasgow club in the league, losing 3-0 at home in September then 2-0 at Parkhead just before Christmas, the way they played in the Scottish Cup suggests they can cause the visiting defence trouble. January signing Tete Yengi has added scoring power that they previously lacked.

With Celtic having conceded in their last seven Premiership matches, backing both teams to score at a price of 1.91 holds good value.

Indeed, a high-scoring match is probable. Livingston have conceded at least three goals in four of their last five matches, which is bad news ahead of the visit of the league’s top scorers.

Celtic have injury doubts over Reo Hatate and Luis Palma ahead of the weekend, with both players offering good options for having a shot on target in usual circumstances. Meanwhile, centre-forward Kyogo Furuhashi is having a testing season, suggesting the odds of 1.11 on him getting an effort at goal are rather low. He did not have a single shot in his last visit to the Tony Macaroni.

Daizen Maeda actually has more shots on target per 90 this season than Furuhashi, and having scored a hat-trick last time Livingston faced Celtic, he looks a much more attractive bet at 1.36 to have one effort on target. He has mustered shots on target in both meetings with David Martindale’s side this season.

Given Maeda’s history against Livingston – he has scored in two of the previous three fixtures this season – odds of 2.4 for him to net anytime are also worth considering.

For anyone chasing bigger odds, centre back Cameron Carter-Vickers is available at 4.0. The American had 1+ shots on target in five of his last 10 starts, including the previous league match with Livingston.

Livingston’s threat, meanwhile, will come from January signing Tete Yengi, who already has three goals for the club in the Premiership. The Australian leads the way for Livi in terms of shots on target per 90 with 0.95.

On-loan Hibs winger Daniel Mackay is the only Livingston player to average even close to 1 shot on target per 90 this season, but he is an unlikely starter.

The previous fixtures between Livingston and Celtic have been contrasting. The last match at Parkhead saw just nine fouls, yet there were 17 committed by Livingston alone at the Tony Macaroni in September.

Across these fixtures, there have been six cards shown to Livingston and three to Celtic.

With the Hoops having only picked up 41 cards in total this season, Livingston are a strong bet to see more in this game. They have received 60 cards this season, 19 more than their visitors.

All eyes will certainly be on referee Don Robertson, who was criticised by Brendan Rodgers after sending off Hyun-jun Yang in the recent loss at Hearts. Robertson, though, gives less than one card per match to Celtic on average but has dished out nearly 2 per game to Livingston.

Jason Holt at 3.2 and Jamie Brandon at 3.6 lead the way to be shown a card in this game, but Michael Devlin looks strong odds at 5.0 if he starts. With nine cautions, no Livingston player has seen yellow more this season.

Cristian Montano is another attractive bet at 3.4. The Colombian has only played 677 minutes due to injury problems and yet has been cautioned three times and sent off once. He is expected to play a significant role in this game.

Liam Scales at 5.5 to see yellow looks Celtic’s likeliest criminal. He has a team-leading five yellow cards for the season in the Premiership.