This should be yet another interesting run-in at Palmerston Park in the Championship. Queen of the South is in 6th position and receive Hamilton Academical in 8th spot. Read all about the game here!
- Hamilton Academical have the most conceded goals (7) in Championship
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Queen of the South form and stats
Queen of the South's first Championship home game here at Palmerston Park ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 4 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats from 13 matches.
A good away victory last time out for Queen, who won 3-2 against Greenock Morton (placed 5th).
Before that game, the home loss against Kilmarnock with the scoreline 0-1.It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Queen of the South at home in the league. 0 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Hamilton Academical form and stats
Playing away, Hamilton Academical, who have the most conceded goals (7) in Championship, have won 0 games, drawn 1 and suffered 0 defeats in the Championship this season.
The attacking players of Academical have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 180 minutes.
Academical's previous game was their home loss versus Kilmarnock (0-2).
Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Greenock Morton.After this away game Hamilton Academical return home for a Challenge Cup game against Hearts U21. That game is only three sleeps after this.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Hamilton Academical has managed 4 goals and let in 4 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Data for the former ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Queen, two draws and six wins for Hamilton Academical. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  K. MacDonald 2 goals |  W. Gibson 1 goals | A. Roy 1 goals |
Queen of the South missing players
Hamilton Academical missing players
| Queen of the South | Hamilton Academical | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 4.3 | 1 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 4.3 |
| 3.7 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 1.3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6.7 | 4 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10 | 9.7 |
| 4.7 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 7 | 4 |
| 36% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 57% | 33% |
- Hamilton Academical have the most conceded goals (7) in Championship
| Queen of the South | Last season | Hamilton Academical | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 27 | 13 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Won | W | 5 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 9 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Lost | L | 11 | 22 | ||
| 38 | 17 | Scored | S | 21 | 34 | ||
| 51 | 24 | Conceded | C | 38 | 67 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 92% | ||
| 85% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 84% | 76% | ||
| 59% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 42% | ||
| 41% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 26% | 18% | ||
| 30% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 26% | 16% | ||
| 67% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 47% | ||
| 19% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 18% | ||
| 19% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 32% | 42% | ||
| 4.5 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.3 | ||
| 5.7 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.4 | 5.9 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.6 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 8.5 | 9.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.1 | 8.4 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2.7 | ||
| 40% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 48% | 34% | ||
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | Inverness CT | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | Partick Thistle | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Arbroath | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Greenock Morton | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Queen of the South | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 3 |
| 7 | Raith Rovers | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 8 | Hamilton Academical | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
| 9 | Ayr United | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 10 | Dunfermline Athletic | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hearts | 27 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 63 | 24 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 39 | 57 |
| 2 | Dundee | 27 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 49 | 40 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 45 |
| 3 | Raith Rovers | 27 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 45 | 36 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 43 |
| 4 | Dunfermline Athletic | 27 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 38 | 34 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 4 | 39 |
| 5 | Inverness CT | 27 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 36 | 31 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 36 |
| 6 | Queen of the South | 27 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 38 | 51 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 27 | -13 | 32 |
| 7 | Arbroath | 27 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 28 | 34 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -6 | 30 |
| 8 | Ayr United | 27 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 31 | 37 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 25 | -6 | 29 |
| 9 | Greenock Morton | 27 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 22 | 33 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -11 | 29 |
| 10 | Alloa Athletic | 27 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 30 | 60 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 29 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 31 | -30 | 22 |
- Hamilton Academical FC
- The Scottish Sun - (local newspaper)
- Daily Record - (local newspaper)