This fixture features two teams residing in the cellar of the Championship, Hamilton Academical having 9th spot and Arbroath sitting at 10th. A nice chance for one of the participants to better their position.
- Hamilton Academical is in the best form (4-1-1) in Championship
- Arbroath have the fewest scored goals (24) in Championship
3-3-3 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Arbroath when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those nine matches are 7-7 (scored/conceded).
Hamilton Academical and Arbroath should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Hamilton Academical form and stats
Hamilton Academical's results here at Fountain of Youth Stadium in the Championship have been very modest with 3 victories, 3 draws and 7 defeats. When Hamilton Academical hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Hamilton Academical, Inverness CT and Cove Rangers), they have won 1 of 2 matches!
The Academical crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-4 to Queen's Park here at Fountain of Youth Stadium. The first defeat after collecting points through five league games.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Inverness CT in a game that was won 2-1.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 Hamilton Academical have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 1, drawn 2 and lost 3.
The Hamilton Academical fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 13 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 23 goals have been conceded.
Arbroath form and stats
As the visiting team matches, Arbroath, who have the fewest scored goals (24) in Championship, have produced an overall stat of 3-6-4 so far.
There were no winners in Arbroath's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Partick Thistle (placed 5th).
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Cove Rangers.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Arbroath in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Arbroath, 4 draws and 2 defeats.
Betting fact: Both teams have scored at least one goal in 9 of this club's latest 10 league fixtures.
Arbroath have scored 16 goals on their travels this season, from 13 away games in the league. Arbroath's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 20 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
The contenders have played each other before in this season, with the match result Arbroath - Hamilton Academical 1-0 registered in the official records. The match official got to use his red card when these clubs last faced each other, and the criminal was O'Reilly (Hamilton Academical). Statistics for the prior seven meetings involving these two sides are: two wins for Academical, two draws and three wins for Arbroath. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: four games. The matches between these sides have sometimes been a bit rough, having seen 4 red cards from the last seven duels.
Top Goalscorers
  M. McKenna 5 goals |   A. Winter 4 goals | C. Hamilton 4 goals |
Hamilton Academical missing players
Arbroath missing players
| Hamilton Academical | Arbroath | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 26 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 14 | 7 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 25 | 14 | 6 | Scored | S | 2 | 16 | 24 |
| 45 | 23 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 20 | 40 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 88% |
| 69% | 77% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 85% | 77% |
| 42% | 38% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 46% | 38% |
| 31% | 23% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 23% | 19% |
| 15% | 23% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 15% | 15% |
| 42% | 54% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 69% | 62% |
| 19% | 15% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 15% |
| 38% | 31% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 31% | 35% |
| 5.5 | 6.4 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.5 | 5.3 |
| 5.8 | 5.6 | 7.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 5.5 | 5.1 |
| 1.9 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7.5 | 7.8 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 7.5 | 8.3 |
| 3.2 | 3.5 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
| 30% | 30% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 39% | 29% |
| 10.2 | 11.4 | 15.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.7 | 8.2 | 9 |
| 4.3 | 4.5 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.7 | 4 |
- Arbroath have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Arbroath have the fewest matches over the total-line (10) in Championship
- Arbroath have the fewest scored goals (24) in Championship
- Arbroath have the most matches under the total-line (16) in Championship
- Hamilton Academical have the fewest points from losing position (2) in Championship
- Hamilton Academical haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Hamilton Academical is in the best form (4-1-1) in Championship
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Queen's Park | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 53 | 35 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 22 | 18 | 47 |
| 2 | Dundee | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 42 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 43 |
| 3 | Ayr United | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 46 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 14 | 40 |
| 4 | Greenock Morton | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 37 | 29 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 40 |
| 5 | Partick Thistle | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 46 | 39 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 40 |
| 6 | Raith Rovers | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 33 | 33 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 35 |
| 7 | Inverness CT | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 36 | 38 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 23 | -2 | 33 |
| 8 | Cove Rangers | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 33 | 53 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 30 | -20 | 26 |
| 9 | Hamilton Academical | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 25 | 45 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 22 | -20 | 24 |
| 10 | Arbroath | 26 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 24 | 40 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 20 | -16 | 23 |
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