Kilmarnock have journeyed here for an entertaining battle versus the hosting Hamilton Academical. Read up on the game with this full Championship preview!
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Hamilton Academical form and stats
Hamilton Academical have played 1 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 0-0-1 (wins-draws-losses). Academical are slowly digging their own grave here at Fountain of Youth Stadium with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in nine attempts. The last victory here came in the Motherwell match.
The Academical crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Greenock Morton here at Fountain of Youth Stadium in a Championship match.
4-4 away at Raith Rovers before that.Hamilton Academical has scored 0 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Kilmarnock form and stats
1-0-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Kilmarnock in their Championship matches away.
The Kilmarnock goalkeeper Zachary Hemming is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 180 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Kilmarnock lost away at Hibernian (0-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Queen of the South.Kilmarnock have the goal stats of 1-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head statistics (for the previous ten meetings): Academical won three games, two matches ended in a draw and Kilmarnock managed five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / sevenTop Goalscorers
  K. MacDonald 2 goals |  S. Want 1 goals | A. Ryan 1 goals |
Hamilton Academical missing players
Kilmarnock missing players
| Hamilton Academical | Kilmarnock | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5.5 | 6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 7.5 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 14 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10 | 13 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 38% |
| Hamilton Academical | Last season | Kilmarnock | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | ||
| 22 | 11 | Lost | L | 14 | 22 | ||
| 34 | 13 | Scored | S | 13 | 43 | ||
| 67 | 29 | Conceded | C | 27 | 54 | ||
| 92% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 68% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 68% | 76% | ||
| 42% | 26% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 21% | 39% | ||
| 18% | 11% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 16% | 26% | ||
| 16% | 5% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 5% | 11% | ||
| 47% | 37% | BTTS | BTTS | 21% | 39% | ||
| 18% | 16% | Clean Sheets | C S | 16% | 16% | ||
| 42% | 53% | Failed to Score | F T | 63% | 45% | ||
| 4.3 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 5.1 | ||
| 5.9 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 5.2 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.7 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 6 | ||
| 8.4 | 8.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.9 | 9.6 | ||
| 2.7 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.1 | 3.2 | ||
| 34% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 35% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Partick Thistle | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Kilmarnock | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Inverness CT | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Greenock Morton | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Hamilton Academical | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 1 |
| 6 | Raith Rovers | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 7 | Arbroath | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 8 | Ayr United | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 9 | Dunfermline Athletic | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 10 | Queen of the South | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
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