Inverness CT supporters put their faith in manager Dodds to deliver victory against Hamilton Academical

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Competition: Scotland Championship
Competition: Fri 29.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Tulloch Caledonian Stadium (7750 seats)

Inverness CT have outperformed Hamilton Academical so far, but every fixture begins at 0-0. Here's all the data you need before kickoff:

Insights:
  • Inverness CT is in the best form (4-1-1) in Championship
  • Hamilton Academical have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Hamilton Academical have already sealed their fate; they will finish in 6th place no matter what happens. One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Hamilton Academical have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 8-8-13 (win-draw-loss) from 29 matches.

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

When playing at home in the Championship, Inverness CT have managed 10 wins, 3 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 18 games. Inverness CT has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Tulloch Caledonian Stadium. We remember; it was Ayr United.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Inverness CT, as their goalkeeper Mark Ridgers has completely shut out the opponents for 230 minutes in the Championship.

A nice win for Inverness CT last time playing, versus Hamilton Academical. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-0 with Hardy, Walsh (2) and Sutherland scoring for the victors. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Inverness played a great game against Hamilton Academical and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.

In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Greenock Morton.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Inverness CT have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found ten games) they have won seven times, drawn two and lost one.

A decent goal production from Inverness CT in their home games so far, with 30 goals from 18 league matches. Inverness have only conceded 17 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Hamilton Academical form and stats

Playing away, Hamilton Academical have won 5 games, drawn 7 and suffered 6 defeats in the Championship this season.

The attacking players of Hamilton Academical have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 264 minutes.

Hamilton Academical lost away at Inverness CT (0-4) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Inverness CT was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind.

A 0-2 loss hosting Raith Rovers before that.

Academical are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, four draws and four defeats. From a total of eleven matches.

Hamilton Academical have scored 22 goals on their travels this season, from 18 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Hamilton Academical have conceded 25 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The previous head-to-head match ended Inverness - Hamilton Academical 4-0, earlier this season. Inverness CT-Hamilton Academical H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Inverness CT three wins, Hamilton Academical four wins, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Inverness CTS. Sutherland
S. Sutherland
10 goals
Inverness CTB. McKay
B. McKay
9 goals
Hamilton AcademicalA. Ryan
A. Ryan
9 goals

Inverness CT missing players

Hamilton Academical missing players

Inverness CT Hamilton Academical
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
36 18 4 Played P 4 18 36
16 10 2 Won W 0 5 10
11 3 2 Drew D 1 7 12
9 5 0 Lost L 3 6 14
53 30 8 Scored S 3 22 38
34 17 5 Conceded C 10 25 53
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 94%
64% 72% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 72% 69%
47% 56% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 50% 42%
22% 22% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 28% 25%
8% 6% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 8%
53% 50% 75% BTTS BTTS 50% 44% 44%
36% 39% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 28% 25%
19% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 39% 36%
 
4.7 5.3 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 6.1 5.8
4.1 4.2 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.7 4.6
1.6 1.4 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.8 2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
9.4 8.7 7.8 Shots (avg) S ( 7.2 8.9 8.9
3.6 4.1 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.9 3.4
41% 41% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 31% 31%
 
7.5 6.7 8 Shots against (avg) S A 11.5 8.7 8.6
2.8 2.8 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.8 3.6 3.6
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Hamilton Academical have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Inverness CT have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Inverness CT haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Inverness CT is in the best form (4-1-1) 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 Kilmarnock 35 20 6 9 50 27 18 12 1 5 28 14 17 8 5 4 21 12 23 66
2 Arbroath 36 17 14 5 54 28 18 9 8 1 32 14 18 8 6 4 22 14 26 65
3 Inverness CT 36 16 11 9 53 34 18 10 3 5 30 17 18 6 8 4 23 17 19 59
4 Partick Thistle 36 14 10 12 46 40 18 9 4 5 17 13 18 5 6 7 29 27 6 52
5 Raith Rovers 35 12 13 10 44 44 17 5 7 5 22 25 18 7 6 5 21 18 0 49
6 Hamilton Academical 36 10 12 14 38 53 18 5 5 8 16 28 18 5 7 6 22 25 -15 42
7 Greenock Morton 36 9 13 14 36 47 18 3 9 6 23 27 18 6 4 8 13 20 -11 40
8 Ayr United 36 9 12 15 39 52 18 5 7 6 21 25 18 4 5 9 18 27 -13 39
9 Dunfermline Athletic 36 7 14 15 36 53 18 5 8 5 22 24 18 2 6 10 14 29 -17 35
10 Queen of the South 36 8 9 19 36 54 18 4 5 9 13 19 18 4 4 10 23 35 -18 33

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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.