Raith Rovers vs Hamilton Academical pre-match info: Away side will have a hard 90 minutes at Stark's Park

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Competition: Scotland Championship
Competition: Tue 04.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stark's Park (8473 seats)

Raith Rovers are yearning to add to their points total at their own ground in this fixture against Hamilton Academical.

Insights:
  • Raith Rovers have the most dropped points from leading position (18) in Championship
  • Hamilton Academical have the fewest scored goals (27) in Championship

10 - 8 - 12 with 33-50. 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.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Raith Rovers form and stats

Raith Rovers have collected 26 points from their Championship home games so far after 7-5-4. When Raith Rovers hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Arbroath, Raith Rovers and Cove Rangers), they have won 2 of 3 matches!

The Raith Rovers club members got no joy from their last match, also played here at Stark's Park: A 1-2 defeat against Hamilton Academical (placed 9th).

Ahead of that match, Rovers won a home game hosting Queen's Park (2-0).

The Raith Rovers fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 31 goals in 16 league matches. On the other hand, Raith Rovers have conceded 21 goals.

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Hamilton Academical form and stats

Hamilton Academical have only collected 15 points from their away games in the Championship, after 4-3-8 (15 played).

Academical play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Raith Rovers (placed 7th). That victory felt nice as this club had gone four league matches without winning.

Prior to that match, the Hamilton Academical manager Rankin faced defeat when travelling to Dundee and losing 0-7.

The visitors have scored 13 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game.

Head 2 Head

The latest past scoreline involving both these squads is the Rovers - Hamilton Academical 1-2 played not long ago this season. The match official brandished his red card when these teams last met, and the criminal was Tiehi (Hamilton Academical). H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Raith Rovers six wins, two draws and Hamilton Academical two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Raith RoversA. Connolly
A. Connolly
10 goals
RoversL. Vaughan
L. Vaughan
5 goals
Raith RoversS. Stanton
S. Stanton
4 goals

Raith Rovers missing players

Hamilton Academical missing players

Raith Rovers Hamilton Academical
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
30 16 3 Played P 3 15 30
11 7 2 Won W 0 4 7
8 5 1 Drew D 1 3 7
11 4 0 Lost L 2 8 16
42 31 10 Scored S 2 13 27
39 21 2 Conceded C 5 30 55
97% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
80% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 67% 70%
47% 62% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 53% 43%
23% 38% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 40% 30%
10% 19% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 13% 17%
50% 62% 67% BTTS BTTS 33% 33% 40%
23% 25% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 20%
30% 19% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 47% 43%
 
4.8 4.8 7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 4.2 5.1
4.7 3.9 5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 5.9 5.8
1.9 2.1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.8 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
9.8 10.2 11 Shots (avg) S ( 8 6.9 7.3
4.1 4.4 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 2.6 3
34% 44% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 33% 30%
 
7.2 6.6 5.3 Shots against (avg) S A 8.3 9.7 10.6
2.7 2.4 1.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.3 4.2 4.3
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 fewest scored goals (27) in Championship
  • Hamilton Academical have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) in Championship
  • Hamilton Academical have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Hamilton Academical haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Raith Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Raith Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Hamilton Academical have scored away.
  • Raith Rovers have the fewest points from losing position (4) in Championship
  • Raith Rovers have the most dropped points from leading position (18) 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 Queen's Park 31 16 6 9 58 41 16 9 4 3 28 17 15 7 2 6 30 24 17 54
2 Dundee 30 15 8 7 54 32 15 9 2 4 36 18 15 6 6 3 18 14 22 53
3 Ayr United 31 14 7 10 56 40 15 6 5 4 26 16 16 8 2 6 30 24 16 49
4 Partick Thistle 31 14 6 11 54 40 15 8 3 4 32 19 16 6 3 7 22 21 14 48
5 Greenock Morton 30 11 10 9 42 37 15 8 2 5 24 15 15 3 8 4 18 22 5 43
6 Inverness CT 30 11 9 10 42 42 14 4 6 4 19 15 16 7 3 6 23 27 0 42
7 Raith Rovers 30 11 8 11 42 39 16 7 5 4 31 21 14 4 3 7 11 18 3 41
8 Arbroath 30 6 13 11 28 41 15 2 6 7 11 21 15 4 7 4 17 20 -13 31
9 Hamilton Academical 30 7 7 16 27 55 15 3 4 8 14 25 15 4 3 8 13 30 -28 28
10 Cove Rangers 31 6 8 17 34 70 16 5 4 7 19 30 15 1 4 10 15 40 -36 26

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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.