Early odds line movement insinuate Partick Thistle superiority when meeting Hamilton Academical

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Competition: Scotland Championship
Competition: Sat 20.November
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Firhill Stadium (13079 seats)

Partick Thistle have taken 11 of their 24 in total here at their precious home ground. What will happen against Hamilton Academical?

Insights:
  • Partick Thistle have the most scored goals (28) in Championship
  • Hamilton Academical have the most conceded goals (28) in Championship

Partick Thistle and Hamilton Academical should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

8 - 8 - 17 with 38-66. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Hamilton Academical when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Hamilton Academical play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.

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Partick Thistle form and stats

The story so far in the Championship for Partick Thistle at their home stadium (Firhill Stadium) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

Partick are confident in defense, having played 451 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

It's back home for Partick, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Ayr United away with the result 4-0. R. Docherty, S. Gordon and B. Graham (2) found the net in that victory. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Partick Thistle played a great game against Ayr United and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Kilmarnock with a 1-0 scoreline.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Partick Thistle's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played four games, won three matches, drawn zero and lost one.

A decent goal production from Partick in their home games so far, with 10 goals from 6 league matches. Partick are not conceding a lot of goals here at Firhill Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 6 matches.

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Hamilton Academical form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Hamilton Academical so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-2 (win-draw-lose).

Academical failed to get anything from their last game, a Championship home match vs Raith Rovers (placed 2nd) that ended with defeat 0-3. Academical lost heavily in their last match (against Raith Rovers as mentioned above) and the damage happened in the first half. Something did not go right in the pre-game preparations.

A draw for Academical before that, at their own venue hosting Arbroath (1-1).

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 Academical playing away, we found four games. Results were one away win, zero draws and three home wins.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Academical have scored 8 goals in 6 league games away. For Academical, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Partick Thistle and Hamilton Academical have faced each other already this season: Hamilton Academical - Partick 1-6. Statistics for the prior ten meetings involving these two contenders are: four wins for Partick Thistle, five draws and one win for Hamilton Academical. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

PartickB. Graham
B. Graham
8 goals
Partick ThistleZ. Rudden
Z. Rudden
7 goals
Hamilton AcademicalA. Ryan
A. Ryan
5 goals

Partick Thistle missing players

Hamilton Academical missing players

Partick Thistle Hamilton Academical
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
14 6 3 Played P 1 6 14
7 3 2 Won W 0 1 3
3 2 1 Drew D 0 3 4
4 1 0 Lost L 1 2 7
28 10 6 Scored S 0 8 13
14 4 2 Conceded C 4 12 28
79% 67% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 93%
71% 67% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 79%
64% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 50%
50% 33% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 33% 21%
21% 17% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 14%
36% 17% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 50%
57% 67% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 14%
29% 50% 33% Failed to Score F T 100% 33% 43%
 
5.6 7 6.3 Corners for (avg) C F 2 6 5.6
5 4.7 5.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.5 4.9
1.8 1.8 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.5 2.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
11.3 11.5 12.3 Shots (avg) S ( 9 9 9.7
4.9 4.7 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 4.3 3.8
41% 36% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 31% 25%
 
9.1 7.7 6.3 Shots against (avg) S A 11 8.7 9.3
3.1 2.8 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 10 4.2 4.1
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Hamilton Academical have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Hamilton Academical have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Hamilton Academical have the most conceded goals (28) in Championship
  • Hamilton Academical have the most conceded goals in the second half (19) in Championship
  • Hamilton Academical have the the worst goal difference (-15) in Championship
  • Partick Thistle have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Partick Thistle have scored more than double the goals of Hamilton Academical.
  • Partick Thistle have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in Championship
  • Partick Thistle have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Championship
  • Partick Thistle have the most clean sheets (4) at home in Championship
  • Partick Thistle have the most matches over the total-line (9) in Championship
  • Partick Thistle have the most scored goals (28) in Championship
  • Partick Thistle have the the best goal difference (+14) in Championship
  • Partick Thistle have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  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 14 9 2 3 20 8 7 4 0 3 10 6 7 5 2 0 10 2 12 29
2 Raith Rovers 14 7 5 2 24 15 7 3 3 1 13 11 7 4 2 1 11 4 9 26
3 Inverness CT 14 7 4 3 16 10 7 5 0 2 10 5 7 2 4 1 6 5 6 25
4 Partick Thistle 14 7 3 4 28 14 6 3 2 1 10 4 8 4 1 3 18 10 14 24
5 Arbroath 14 6 6 2 25 13 7 3 3 1 13 6 7 3 3 1 12 7 12 24
6 Ayr United 14 3 4 7 13 23 8 2 3 3 9 13 6 1 1 4 4 10 -10 13
7 Hamilton Academical 14 3 4 7 13 28 8 2 1 5 5 16 6 1 3 2 8 12 -15 13
8 Greenock Morton 14 2 6 6 11 18 7 0 4 3 7 11 7 2 2 3 4 7 -7 12
9 Queen of the South 14 3 3 8 12 21 6 1 2 3 3 6 8 2 1 5 9 15 -9 12
10 Dunfermline Athletic 14 1 7 6 12 24 7 0 4 3 4 12 7 1 3 3 8 12 -12 10

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