Open game expected at Indodrill Stadium: Alloa Athletic vs Hamilton Academical preview

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Competition: Scotland Championship Play-Offs
Competition: Tue 09.May
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Indodrill Stadium (3100 seats)

Alloa Athletic and Hamilton Academical supporters have their most valued supporter outfits on for this first game week of a new Championship Play-Offs campaign. Let's go!

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Alloa Athletic form and stats

It's the first season at a new level for Alloa Athletic as they were promoted from League One last season. Happy days that were secured through 17 wins, 6 draws and 13 losses from 36 games. The team scored 31 goals at home last season and conceded 23. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Alloa have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 9 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 0 and lost 4.

Alloa Athletic are traveling soon after this match as the Championship Play-Offs match at Hamilton Academical awaits in four days.

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Hamilton Academical form and stats

The last season was not a pleasant experience for Hamilton Academical as they could not accumulate enough points to survive. After only 7 victories from 36 games, relegation was a fact. Hamilton Academical's manager Rankin are hoping to lead the team right back to Championship at the first attempt.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Academical playing away and similar expectations, we found 9 relevant matches. Results were 2 Hamilton Academical wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Alloa Athletic in just four days.

Head 2 Head

Statistics for the last eight meetings featuring these two sides are: two wins for Alloa Athletic, one draw and five wins for Hamilton Academical. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

Alloa AthleticC. Sammon
C. Sammon
13 goals
Alloa AthleticL. Donnelly
L. Donnelly
6 goals
Alloa AthleticS. Taggart
S. Taggart
5 goals

Alloa Athletic missing players

Hamilton Academical missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Alloa Athletic Hamilton Academical
Total Home vs Statistics Stat vs Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Alloa Athletic Last season Hamilton Academical
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   18 36
17 10   Won W   4 7
6 2   Drew D   4 10
13 6   Lost L   10 19
56 31   Scored S   13 31
47 23   Conceded C   33 63
94% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 94%
78% 78%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   61% 69%
50% 61%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   44% 42%
33% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 28%
17% 22%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 14%
47% 56%   BTTS BTTS   28% 42%
31% 28%   Clean Sheets C S   22% 19%
28% 22%   Failed to Score F T   56% 44%
 
4.5 4.5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.4 5
5.2 5   Corners against (avg) C A   6.6 6.2
1.2 1.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.9
1 0   Red cards R C   2 3
 
7.6 7.1   Shots (avg) S (   7.2 7.7
3.6 3.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.4 3.1
43% 48%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 28%
 
7.4 5.4   Shots against (avg) S A   10.7 11.4
3.5 2.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.5 4.5

Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dunfermline Athletic 36 23 12 1 63 21 18 10 8 0 30 10 18 13 4 1 33 11 42 81
2 Falkirk 36 19 10 7 70 39 18 10 5 3 38 17 18 9 5 4 32 22 31 67
3 Airdrieonians 36 17 9 10 82 51 18 10 3 5 50 27 18 7 6 5 32 24 31 60
4 Alloa Athletic 36 17 6 13 56 47 18 10 2 6 31 23 18 7 4 7 25 24 9 57
5 Queen of the South 36 16 6 14 59 59 18 9 2 7 30 25 18 7 4 7 29 34 0 54
6 Edinburgh City 36 15 6 15 60 55 18 7 3 8 28 30 18 8 3 7 32 25 5 51
7 Montrose 36 13 9 14 50 55 18 8 5 5 31 26 18 5 4 9 19 29 -5 48
8 Kelty Hearts 36 10 10 16 39 54 18 7 4 7 21 18 18 3 6 9 18 36 -15 40
9 Clyde 36 5 9 22 35 68 18 4 6 8 23 32 18 1 3 14 12 36 -33 24
10 Peterhead 36 3 7 26 19 84 18 3 4 11 10 33 18 0 3 15 9 51 -65 16
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dundee 36 17 12 7 66 40 18 10 4 4 42 22 18 7 8 3 24 18 26 63
2 Ayr United 36 16 10 10 61 43 18 7 7 4 28 17 18 9 3 6 33 26 18 58
3 Queen's Park 36 17 7 12 63 52 18 10 4 4 32 22 18 7 3 8 31 30 11 58
4 Partick Thistle 36 16 9 11 65 45 18 10 4 4 39 20 18 6 5 7 26 25 20 57
5 Greenock Morton 36 15 12 9 53 43 18 11 2 5 29 16 18 4 10 4 24 27 10 57
6 Inverness CT 36 15 10 11 52 47 18 6 7 5 25 18 18 9 3 6 27 29 5 55
7 Raith Rovers 36 11 10 15 46 49 18 7 7 4 34 24 18 4 3 11 12 25 -3 43
8 Arbroath 36 6 16 14 29 47 18 2 8 8 11 22 18 4 8 6 18 25 -18 34
9 Hamilton Academical 36 7 10 19 31 63 18 3 6 9 18 30 18 4 4 10 13 33 -32 31
10 Cove Rangers 36 7 10 19 38 75 18 5 4 9 21 34 18 2 6 10 17 41 -37 31

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