Struggling Hamilton Academical will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Aberdeen in the upcoming league round. It’s 11th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
It's no vacation for neither Hamilton Academical nor Aberdeen as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
This pitch has artifical turf, which is not Aberdeen's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artifical turf Aberdeen have performed like this: Played eight matches resulting in 7 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats with the goal stats 15-3 (scored/conceded).
Hamilton Academical form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Premiership this season. Hamilton Academical have only managed 3 wins, 2 draws and 8 losses from their games here at The Hope CBD Stadium. Three consecutive losses here at The Hope CBD Stadium is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.
The Hamilton Academical crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-4 to Rangers here at The Hope CBD Stadium in a Scottish Cup match. Before that, Hamilton Academical played out a Premiership draw 1-1 when visiting St. Mirren.
There will be little rest for Hamilton Academical after this match as they are travelling to Hearts for a Premiership game in only four days.
Hamilton Academical are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 13 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 23 goals have been conceded.
Aberdeen form and stats
4 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Aberdeen playing as the away team in the Premiership this season. One point away has become something of a habit for Aberdeen who have played out draws in their last three away games.
The attacking players of Aberdeen have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 382 minutes.
Aberdeen's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Kilmarnock that finished 0-0. The game before that, in the Premiership, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against St. Johnstone.
The attacking power of Aberdeen when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored from 13 league matches away. As opposed to that, Aberdeen have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Aberdeen - Hamilton Academical 1-0 entered in the official records. Hamilton Academical-Aberdeen H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Hamilton Academical two wins, Aberdeen seven wins, one draw. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  S. Cosgrove 11 goals |   G. Oakley 4 goals |  N. McGinn 4 goals |
Hamilton Academical missing players
Aberdeen missing players
| Hamilton Academical | Aberdeen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 25 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 14 | 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 25 | 14 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 12 | 30 |
| 45 | 23 | 11 | Conceded | C | 3 | 14 | 28 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 77% | 88% |
| 72% | 69% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 62% | 68% |
| 60% | 54% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 38% | 48% |
| 36% | 38% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 15% | 20% |
| 16% | 15% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| 60% | 62% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 31% | 40% |
| 12% | 8% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 46% | 36% |
| 36% | 31% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 46% | 36% |
| 3.7 | 3.6 | 2.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 5.2 | 5.4 |
| 8 | 8.5 | 9.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 4.2 | 3.8 |
| 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.5 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 170 | 79 | 19 | Total Shots | T S | 48 | 128 | 237 |
| 58 | 26 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 14 | 49 | 93 |
| 43% | 54% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 24% | 32% |
- Hamilton Academical has the fewest clean sheets (3)
- Hamilton Academical have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Hamilton Academical haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Hamilton Academical is in the worst form (1-1-4)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Celtic | 25 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 72 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 9 | 57 | 67 |
| 2 | Rangers | 24 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 59 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 45 | 60 |
| 3 | Motherwell | 25 | 13 | 2 | 10 | 34 | 32 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 41 |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 38 |
| 5 | Livingston | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 36 | 33 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 3 | 34 |
| 6 | Hibernian | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 34 | 41 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 23 | -7 | 30 |
| 7 | Kilmarnock | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 22 | -7 | 29 |
| 8 | St. Johnstone | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 42 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 19 | -20 | 27 |
| 9 | Ross County | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 50 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 29 | -25 | 25 |
| 10 | St. Mirren | 25 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 33 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 20 | -13 | 22 |
| 11 | Hamilton Academical | 25 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 25 | 45 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 22 | -20 | 19 |
| 12 | Hearts | 25 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 25 | 42 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 22 | -17 | 18 |