Inverness CT vs Hamilton Academical preview: Away side in for a hard job at Tulloch Caledonian Stadium

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Competition: Scotland Championship
Competition: Tue 18.October
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Tulloch Caledonian Stadium (7750 seats)

Inverness CT are considered as favourites to win this home match vs Hamilton Academical, if the league positions are anything to judge by. Or are we eyeing a possible shock?

Insights:
  • Inverness CT have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Championship
  • Hamilton Academical is in the worst form (1-1-4)

6-10-13 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Hamilton Academical when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 29 matches are 32-55 (scored/conceded).

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Inverness and Hamilton Academical.

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Inverness CT form and stats

2 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat. That’s what Inverness CT have to build on here at Tulloch Caledonian Stadium in the Championship. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of five straight victories regardless of arena.

Inverness CT are confident in defense, having played 303 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Inverness CT enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Cove Rangers's place. The match ended 1-0 with Boyd scoring. It's a bit interesting, but the exact result 1-0 has been on "repeat" three league games in a row.

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Partick Thistle.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Inverness CT matches with similar probabilities have ended with 2 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats (from 9 games).

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Championship game versus Raith Rovers in only four days. This game is also played here at Tulloch Caledonian Stadium.

The Inverness fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 6 goals in 4 league matches. Inverness CT are not conceding a lot of goals here at Tulloch Caledonian Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 4 matches.

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Hamilton Academical form and stats

Playing away, Hamilton Academical have won 0 games, drawn 3 and suffered 1 defeat in the Championship this season. It's looking increasingly bleak for Hamilton Academical who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Cove Rangers was the last time a defeat was avoided.

Home advantage was not enough for Academical in their previous game as they lost hosting Partick Thistle, 1-2.

Prior to that match, the Hamilton Academical manager Taylor faced defeat when travelling to Greenock Morton and losing 0-5.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Hamilton Academical playing away, we found 6 games. Results were 2 away wins, 0 draws and 4 home wins.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Academical manager Taylor as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Arbroath.

Hamilton Academical are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 5 away goals from 4 games (in the league). For Hamilton Academical, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Inverness CT-Hamilton Academical H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Inverness three wins, Hamilton Academical four wins, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Inverness CTB. McKay
B. McKay
4 goals
Inverness CTC. Harper
C. Harper
3 goals
Inverness CTA. Samuels
A. Samuels
2 goals

Inverness CT missing players

Hamilton Academical missing players

Inverness CT Hamilton Academical
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
10 4 1 Played P 2 4 10
6 2 1 Won W 0 0 1
2 1 0 Drew D 2 3 4
2 1 0 Lost L 0 1 5
14 6 4 Scored S 3 5 8
9 3 1 Conceded C 3 10 19
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 50% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 90%
30% 25% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 75% 40%
30% 25% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 75% 30%
30% 25% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 10%
40% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 50%
50% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 10%
20% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 40%
 
4.6 6 4 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.2 6.2
6.2 2.8 2 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 5.8 4.3
1.9 1.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.8 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.2 9 14 Shots (avg) S ( 7 7.2 7.1
4 4.8 9 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.5 2.5
35% 32% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 50% 32%
 
9.2 5.2 4 Shots against (avg) S A 18 12.5 11.7
3.9 2 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 10 6.8 5.2
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • All of Hamilton Academical's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Hamilton Academical have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Hamilton Academical have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Hamilton Academical have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Hamilton Academical have the the worst goal difference (-11) in Championship
  • Hamilton Academical have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Hamilton Academical have yet to win a game away.
  • Hamilton Academical haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Hamilton Academical is in the worst form (1-1-4)
  • Inverness CT have the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in Championship
  • Inverness CT have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Championship
  • Inverness CT have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Championship
  • Inverness CT have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Inverness CT have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Inverness CT haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Inverness CT is in the best form (5-0-1) 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 Partick Thistle 10 6 2 2 23 13 5 3 2 0 14 6 5 3 0 2 9 7 10 20
2 Inverness CT 10 6 2 2 14 9 4 2 1 1 6 3 6 4 1 1 8 6 5 20
3 Ayr United 10 5 2 3 20 13 5 2 2 1 10 4 5 3 0 2 10 9 7 17
4 Dundee 11 5 2 4 19 16 5 3 0 2 13 9 6 2 2 2 6 7 3 17
5 Greenock Morton 11 5 2 4 15 13 6 3 1 2 9 4 5 2 1 2 6 9 2 17
6 Queen's Park 11 5 2 4 15 19 6 3 1 2 10 9 5 2 1 2 5 10 -4 17
7 Raith Rovers 10 4 0 6 11 12 5 3 0 2 8 6 5 1 0 4 3 6 -1 12
8 Cove Rangers 11 3 2 6 14 18 6 3 1 2 10 6 5 0 1 4 4 12 -4 11
9 Arbroath 10 1 4 5 7 14 4 0 2 2 2 5 6 1 2 3 5 9 -7 7
10 Hamilton Academical 10 1 4 5 8 19 6 1 1 4 3 9 4 0 3 1 5 10 -11 7

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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.