Hamilton Academical are leaning on their home advantage to support them in this meeting with Raith Rovers. Who wins at Fountain of Youth Stadium?
- Hamilton Academical have the most conceded goals (37) in Championship
- Raith Rovers have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Championship
This stadium has artifical turf, which is not Raith Rovers's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artifical turf Raith Rovers have performed like this: Played 13 matches with the outcome 10 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats with the goal difference 20-10 (scored/conceded).
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Hamilton Academical form and stats
Hamilton Academical's results here at Fountain of Youth Stadium in the Championship have been very modest with 1 victory, 2 draws and 5 defeats. It's trouble wherever Hamilton Academical are playing these days as they have suffered five straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.
Stress levels are on the rise for Academical's attacking players as they have now played 280 minutes without scoring in a league game. Ecrepont (own goal) was their last goal scorer.
No payout for Hamilton Academical in their previous match, an away game at Cove Rangers that ended in defeat 0-2.
Preceding that result, a home victory against Inverness CT in the Challenge Cup.
The Hamilton Academical fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches.
Raith Rovers form and stats
Raith Rovers have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Championship, after 2-1-6 (9 played). Rovers seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Raith Rovers's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Greenock Morton that finished 2-2. Drawing 2-2 against Greenock Morton after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager Murray needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result.
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Arbroath.A quick return to home after this game, as Raith Rovers are hosting Dundee in the Championship only four days away.
The attacking power of Rovers when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 9 league matches away. Raith Rovers have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Raith Rovers have put together a sequence of 7 consecutive games without defeat (5-2-0) when playing Hamilton Academical.The previous head to head meeting ended Raith Rovers - Academical 3-1, played this season.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Connolly 8 goals |   A. Ryan 4 goals |  S. Stanton 4 goals |
Hamilton Academical missing players
Raith Rovers missing players
| Hamilton Academical | Raith Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 16 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 24 |
| 37 | 16 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 26 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 78% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | 79% |
| 44% | 38% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 11% | 42% |
| 39% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 21% |
| 17% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 44% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 22% | 42% |
| 11% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 22% | 21% |
| 44% | 38% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 56% | 37% |
| 6.2 | 8 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 5.3 | 4.6 |
| 5.1 | 3.6 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.2 | 5.2 |
| 2 | 2.1 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.3 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.9 | 8 | 7.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 8.8 | 8.9 |
| 3.2 | 3.5 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
| 28% | 32% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 18% | 32% |
| 10.1 | 10.5 | 14.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.7 | 8.2 | 7.2 |
| 4.7 | 4.8 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 3 | 2.7 |
- Hamilton Academical have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Hamilton Academical have the fewest points (5) at home in Championship
- Hamilton Academical have the most conceded goals (37) in Championship
- Hamilton Academical have the most conceded goals in the first half (18) in Championship
- Hamilton Academical have the the worst goal difference (-21) in Championship
- Hamilton Academical have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Hamilton Academical have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Hamilton Academical haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Hamilton Academical is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Raith Rovers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Raith Rovers have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Championship
- Raith Rovers have the fewest scored goals (5) away in Championship
- Raith Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 34 |
| 2 | Queen's Park | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 33 |
| 3 | Ayr United | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 32 |
| 4 | Greenock Morton | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 30 |
| 5 | Partick Thistle | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 40 | 33 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 30 |
| 6 | Raith Rovers | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 24 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | -2 | 24 |
| 7 | Inverness CT | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -6 | 23 |
| 8 | Cove Rangers | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 19 | -1 | 21 |
| 9 | Arbroath | 19 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -15 | 14 |
| 10 | Hamilton Academical | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 21 | -21 | 11 |
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