Queen of the South v Hamilton Academical betting guide: Not much separates the two teams

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Competition: Scotland Championship
Competition: Sun 02.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Palmerston Park (8690 seats)

Here's every piece of info you should be aware of, and a little bit more, about the Queen of the South - Hamilton Academical fixture!

Insights:
  • Queen of the South have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Championship
  • Hamilton Academical have the most conceded goals (34) in Championship

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!

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Queen of the South form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Championship this season. Queen of the South have only managed 2 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Palmerston Park.

Queen's last game was hosting Ayr United (placed 7th) and winning 3-0.

3-3 away at Dunfermline Athletic before that.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Queen have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 14 matches with the results: Won six, drawn one and lost seven.

Queen of the South aren't scoring a lot here at Palmerston Park in the league, with only 7 goals from 9 games. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Queen of the South have conceded only 8 goals.

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Hamilton Academical form and stats

Playing away, Hamilton Academical, who have the most conceded goals (34) in Championship, have won 2 games, drawn 4 and suffered 3 defeats in the Championship this season.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Championship home defeat versus Kilmarnock with 2-3 on the scoreboard.

Prior to that result Hamilton Academical won their away game at Inverness CT. The scoreline was 2-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Hamilton Academical in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Academical, three draws and zero defeats.

Academical find the net regularly in their away games. 11 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. Academical struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 15 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

The most up to date logged meeting featuring both these sides is the Hamilton Academical - Queen of the South 1-0 played earlier this season. Last ten meetings involving these sides: Queen won one, Hamilton Academical were winners in seven and we saw two draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

QueenL. Connelly
L. Connelly
6 goals
Hamilton AcademicalA. Ryan
A. Ryan
5 goals
Hamilton AcademicalL. Smith
L. Smith
4 goals

Queen of the South missing players

Hamilton Academical missing players

Queen of the South Hamilton Academical
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 3 9 19
4 2 0 Won W 0 2 5
5 3 2 Drew D 3 4 5
9 4 0 Lost L 0 3 9
19 7 1 Scored S 2 11 19
26 8 1 Conceded C 2 15 34
89% 78% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 89% 95%
67% 56% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 78% 74%
50% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 56% 47%
22% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 21%
17% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 16%
50% 33% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 67% 53%
28% 44% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 11% 16%
33% 44% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 33% 37%
 
5.3 5.4 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6.7 6.2 5.8
6 5 6 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 5.2 5.2
1.1 0.8 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 1.8 2.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
9.6 11.6 11 Shots (avg) S ( 9.3 8.9 9.6
3.6 3.4 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.7 3.7
29% 23% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 33% 27%
 
12.1 9.9 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 8 8 8.8
3.9 2.8 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.3 3.6 3.7
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Hamilton Academical have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Hamilton Academical have the most conceded goals (34) in Championship
  • Hamilton Academical have the most conceded goals in the second half (23) in Championship
  • Hamilton Academical have the the worst goal difference (-15) in Championship
  • Queen of the South have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Championship
  • Queen of the South have the fewest scored goals (7) at home in Championship
  • Queen of the South have the most dropped points from leading position (12) 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 Arbroath 19 10 7 2 33 14 9 4 4 1 15 7 10 6 3 1 18 7 19 37
2 Inverness CT 18 10 4 4 26 14 9 6 0 3 12 7 9 4 4 1 14 7 12 34
3 Kilmarnock 19 10 3 6 24 14 9 4 1 4 11 8 10 6 2 2 13 6 10 33
4 Raith Rovers 19 9 6 4 27 19 9 5 3 1 16 12 10 4 3 3 11 7 8 33
5 Partick Thistle 18 9 4 5 30 16 9 5 2 2 12 6 9 4 2 3 18 10 14 31
6 Hamilton Academical 19 5 5 9 19 34 10 3 1 6 8 19 9 2 4 3 11 15 -15 20
7 Ayr United 19 4 6 9 18 32 10 3 4 3 12 14 9 1 2 6 6 18 -14 18
8 Queen of the South 18 4 5 9 19 26 9 2 3 4 7 8 9 2 2 5 12 18 -7 17
9 Dunfermline Athletic 18 2 8 8 18 31 10 1 5 4 10 18 8 1 3 4 8 13 -13 14
10 Greenock Morton 19 2 8 9 17 31 9 0 5 4 10 19 10 2 3 5 7 12 -14 14

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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.