Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Stranraer & Hamilton Academical face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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 Stranraer and Hamilton Academical.
Hamilton Academical play their home games on artifical turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Hamilton Academical when playing on grass are 8 wins, 4 draws and 25 defeats from 37 matches. They have scored 30 goals and conceded 83 times in these games.
Stranraer form and stats
Last season their League Cup adventure ended in the group stage.Three League Two home games done for Stranraer, who are not happy collecting 3 points from these matches.
A nice win for Stranraer last time playing, versus Cowdenbeath. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0 with Joao Victoria and T. Orr scoring for the victors. Preceding that match was the home League Two game against Queen's Park that was lost 0-1.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Stranraer as they are travelling to their away game against Ayr United in the League Cup. That match is three days after this one.
The Stranraer fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 3 in 3 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Stranraer defense is not exactly impregnable. 5 goals conceded from 3 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Hamilton Academical form and stats
Last season their League Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.With the Academical losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking. Bitter travels for Hamilton Academical as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Livingston match.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Academical, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-8 versus Rangers. A 2-4 defeat away at Aberdeen before that.
Academical lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-8 beating and focus on this one. Academical goalkeeper Ryan Fulton had a great day against Rangers, but despite making six saves the loss could not be avoided.
A new game in only three days for Academical, the League Cup home match versus Albion Rovers. Busy days.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Stranraer one win, zero draws and Hamilton Academical three victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  H. Odofin 3 goals |  R. Hughes 2 goals |   J. Pereira Victoria 1 goals |
Stranraer missing players
Hamilton Academical missing players
| Stranraer | Hamilton Academical | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Lost | L | 7 | 15 | ||
| 24 | 10 | Scored | S | 15 | 32 | ||
| 50 | 18 | Conceded | C | 31 | 57 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 76% | ||
| 44% | 27% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 60% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 64% | ||
| 12% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 20% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 197 | 86 | Total Shots | T S | 98 | 222 | ||
| 83 | 38 | Shots on Target | S O | 35 | 80 | ||
| 25% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 40% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ayr United | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Annan Athletic | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Hamilton Academical | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 4 | Stranraer | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Albion Rovers | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 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 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | Stirling Albion | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 3 | Stenhousemuir | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | Elgin City | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | Edinburgh City | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Annan Athletic | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Stranraer | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 4 |
| 8 | Cowdenbeath | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 4 |
| 9 | Albion Rovers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -5 | 3 |
| 10 | Brechin City | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -10 | 3 |
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