Evenly matched teams: Hamilton Academical vs Kilmarnock match preview

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Competition: Scotland Championship
Competition: Sun 26.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Fountain of Youth Stadium (6078 seats)

A traditional home win, the away team claims the win or a score draw? It's all possible when the mid-table inhabitants Hamilton Academical and Kilmarnock clash at Fountain of Youth Stadium.

Insights:
  • Hamilton Academical have the most conceded goals in the second half (22) in Championship
  • Kilmarnock have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Championship

Both sides have had adequate rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's have faith in that this will be an in-your-face game!

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Hamilton Academical form and stats

Hamilton Academical have played 9 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-1-5 (wins-draws-losses).

It's back home for Academical, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Inverness CT away with the result 2-1. Moyo and Winter found the net in that victory. The victory against Inverness CT came after Winter's winning goal. The Academical manager Taylor was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 72nd minute.

A 1-1 draw away before that, with Ayr United the opponent.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Academical as they are travelling to their away game against Arbroath in the Championship. That match is three days after this one.

Hamilton Academical aren't scoring a lot here at Fountain of Youth Stadium in the league, with only 6 goals from 9 games. Academical have conceded 16 from these games.

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Kilmarnock form and stats

As the visiting team in Championship matches, Kilmarnock, who have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Championship, have produced an overall stat of 5-2-2 so far. It's a growing despair in Kilmarnock as they have recorded three consecutive losses.

Kilmarnock are looking to quickly end their 317 minutes long goal drought in the Championship.

There might be some fixture complaints from Kilmarnock as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Championship match against Raith Rovers (0-1).

Prior to that match, the Kilmarnock manager Wright faced defeat when travelling to Inverness CT and losing 0-1.

After this away game Kilmarnock return home for a Championship game against Greenock Morton. That game is only three sleeps after this.

The visiting Kilmarnock have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 9 games. Kilmarnock are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 4 away goals have been conceded so far. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

This was the score when the participants faced each other previously this campaign; Kilmarnock - Academical 2-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - one - seven (Academical wins - draws - Kilmarnock wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

KilmarnockO. Shaw
O. Shaw
7 goals
Hamilton AcademicalA. Ryan
A. Ryan
5 goals
Hamilton AcademicalL. Smith
L. Smith
4 goals

Hamilton Academical missing players

Kilmarnock missing players

Hamilton Academical Kilmarnock
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 9 1 Played P 1 9 17
5 3 0 Won W 1 5 9
5 1 0 Drew D 0 2 2
8 5 1 Lost L 0 2 6
17 6 1 Scored S 2 10 20
31 16 6 Conceded C 0 4 11
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 94%
72% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 44% 47%
44% 33% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 11% 24%
17% 11% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 18%
11% 11% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 33% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 11% 18%
17% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 67% 53%
39% 44% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 35%
 
5.9 5.7 8 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.9 5.4
5.2 5.1 1 Corners against (avg) C A 8 4.1 4.5
2.2 2.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.4 1.5
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.7 10.4 11 Shots (avg) S ( 8 8.8 9.9
3.6 3.6 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3 3.4
26% 19% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 37% 35%
 
8.7 9.3 14 Shots against (avg) S A 11 9.1 8.9
3.6 3.7 8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.6 3.4
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Hamilton Academical have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Hamilton Academical have the fewest scored goals (6) at home in Championship
  • Hamilton Academical have the most conceded goals in the second half (22) in Championship
  • Hamilton Academical have the the worst goal difference (-10) at home in Championship
  • Hamilton Academical haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Kilmarnock have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Kilmarnock have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Championship
  • Kilmarnock have the fewest conceded goals (4) away in Championship
  • Kilmarnock have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Championship
  • Kilmarnock have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Championship
  • Kilmarnock have the most clean sheets (6) away in Championship
  • Kilmarnock have the most matches under the total-line (11) in Championship
  • Kilmarnock have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Arbroath 18 9 7 2 30 14 9 4 4 1 15 7 9 5 3 1 15 7 16 34
2 Inverness CT 18 10 4 4 26 14 9 6 0 3 12 7 9 4 4 1 14 7 12 34
3 Raith Rovers 18 9 6 3 27 17 9 5 3 1 16 12 9 4 3 2 11 5 10 33
4 Partick Thistle 18 9 4 5 30 16 9 5 2 2 12 6 9 4 2 3 18 10 14 31
5 Kilmarnock 17 9 2 6 20 11 8 4 0 4 10 7 9 5 2 2 10 4 9 29
6 Hamilton Academical 18 5 5 8 17 31 9 3 1 5 6 16 9 2 4 3 11 15 -14 20
7 Queen of the South 18 4 5 9 19 26 9 2 3 4 7 8 9 2 2 5 12 18 -7 17
8 Ayr United 18 3 6 9 16 32 9 2 4 3 10 14 9 1 2 6 6 18 -16 15
9 Dunfermline Athletic 17 2 8 7 18 28 9 1 5 3 10 15 8 1 3 4 8 13 -10 14
10 Greenock Morton 18 2 7 9 16 30 9 0 5 4 10 19 9 2 2 5 6 11 -14 13

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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.