Game preview for Championship: Hamilton Academical - Inverness CT at Fountain of Youth Stadium

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Competition: Scotland Championship
Competition: Tue 18.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Fountain of Youth Stadium (6078 seats)

Hamilton Academical have had trouble finding points this league season. Will they get something when Inverness CT stop by Fountain of Youth Stadium?

Insights:
  • Hamilton Academical have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) in Championship
  • Inverness CT have the most points from losing position (21) in Championship

Relegation threatens Hamilton Academical who should definitely be looking for some points here. Inverness CT are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table. Inverness CT play their home fixtures on grass, while this game will take place on artifical turf. Recent data for Inverness CT when playing on artifical turf are 5 wins, 1 draw and 6 defeats from twelve matches. They have scored {13 goals} and conceded 16 times in these fixtures.

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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Hamilton Academical form and stats

With 3 Championship wins, 5 draws and 9 defeats from their home games, Hamilton Academical are certainly not brimming with confidence. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Hamilton Academical to get some points in this home game.

The Academical crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Inverness CT here at Fountain of Youth Stadium.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Queen's Park (0-1).

Hamilton Academical aren't scoring a lot here at Fountain of Youth Stadium in the league, with only {16 goals} from 17 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Academical defense is not exactly impregnable. 28 goals conceded from 17 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Inverness CT form and stats

The visitors are W9-D3-L6 on the road this term. That's in the Championship. Inverness CT have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of six victories in a row regardless of arena.

Two trips in a row for Inverness CT, whose coach Esson could celebrate last time after the win against Hamilton Academical.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Cove Rangers with the score of 2-1.

The travelling fans enjoy Inverness CT's attacking play in away games, having scored 27 goals in 18 league matches away. In the opposite end, Inverness have conceded 29 goals in their away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Uncannily enough, Inverness CT have scored at least one goal in every league match they've performed in since NOT scoring against today's home team; the Inverness CT - Hamilton Academical 0-3 match eleven game weeks ago. Hamilton Academical-Inverness CT H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Hamilton Academical six wins, Inverness CT three wins, one draw. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Inverness CTB. McKay
B. McKay
13 goals
Inverness CTN. Shaw
N. Shaw
8 goals
AcademicalC. Smith
C. Smith
5 goals

Hamilton Academical missing players

Inverness CT missing players

Hamilton Academical Inverness CT
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
34 17 4 Played P 6 18 34
7 3 0 Won W 4 9 15
8 5 1 Drew D 2 3 9
19 9 3 Lost L 0 6 10
29 16 2 Scored S 11 27 50
61 28 9 Conceded C 4 29 44
97% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 94% 94%
71% 76% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 83% 74%
41% 35% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 72% 53%
26% 18% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 33% 29%
15% 18% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 22% 18%
41% 53% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 72% 59%
18% 18% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 22% 26%
44% 35% 50% Failed to Score F T 17% 11% 21%
 
5 5.6 7.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.2 3.9 4.3
6.1 5.6 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5 6.9 6.4
1.9 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.1 1.7
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
7.6 8.2 8.2 Shots (avg) S ( 8 9.1 8.4
3.1 3.7 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.4 3.5
27% 25% 15% Goal Efficiency G E 46% 44% 42%
 
11 11.7 11 Shots against (avg) S A 9.2 11.3 9.1
4.4 4.3 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 5 4.2
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Hamilton Academical have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Hamilton Academical have the fewest clean sheets (3) at home in Championship
  • Hamilton Academical have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) in Championship
  • Inverness CT have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Inverness CT have the most points (30) away in Championship
  • Inverness CT have the most points from losing position (21) in Championship
  • Inverness CT is in the best form (6-0-0) 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 Dundee 33 16 10 7 60 36 17 10 3 4 42 22 16 6 7 3 18 14 24 58
2 Queen's Park 33 17 6 10 59 45 17 10 4 3 29 17 16 7 2 7 30 28 14 57
3 Inverness CT 34 15 9 10 50 44 16 6 6 4 23 15 18 9 3 6 27 29 6 54
4 Partick Thistle 33 15 7 11 59 41 17 9 4 4 37 20 16 6 3 7 22 21 18 52
5 Ayr United 33 14 9 10 58 42 16 6 6 4 27 17 17 8 3 6 31 25 16 51
6 Greenock Morton 33 12 12 9 48 41 16 9 2 5 26 15 17 3 10 4 22 26 7 48
7 Raith Rovers 33 11 9 13 44 45 17 7 6 4 32 22 16 4 3 9 12 23 -1 42
8 Arbroath 33 6 15 12 29 44 16 2 7 7 11 21 17 4 8 5 18 23 -15 33
9 Hamilton Academical 34 7 8 19 29 61 17 3 5 9 16 28 17 4 3 10 13 33 -32 29
10 Cove Rangers 33 6 9 18 36 73 17 5 4 8 20 32 16 1 5 10 16 41 -37 27

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The Scottish Championship is the second level of the Scottish Professional Football League. Ten teams play each other four times for a total of 36 fixtures in a season from August to May. The winner in the league table promotes to the Premiership and a playoff can promote one more team.