Hamilton Academical hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 27 points and a 11th position in the Premiership table. Visiting Hibernian holds 6th place with 37 pts.
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!
4 - 2 - 4 with 14-16. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Hibernian when playing on artifical turf like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Hibernian play their home games on grass so that's why we provide these numbers.
Hamilton Academical form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Premiership this season. Hamilton Academical have only managed 4 wins, 3 draws and 9 losses from their games here at The Hope CBD Stadium.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Luke Southwood not having conceded a league goal in 273 minutes.
Hamilton Academical's previous game was a Premiership match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Kilmarnock (placed 8th). The home side are looking to build on that result. A strong away win before that one, visiting Rangers and winning 1-0.
Hamilton Academical made it very difficult for themselves, when Mikel Miller got a red card in the 78th minute. The match was still a draw at this point. But even with this card, Hamilton Academical won the match 1-0!
Hamilton Academical has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 16 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Hamilton Academical defense is not exactly impregnable. 26 goals conceded from 16 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Hibernian form and stats
There's been little loot from Hibernian's travels as they have only collected 15 points from 15 away games in the Premiership. Hibernian only have 4 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 3 draws.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Hibernian, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-3 versus Aberdeen (placed 4th). A loss against Hearts was the result prior to that, in a home game.
Hibernian are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 16 away goals from 15 games (in the league). As for defending, Hibernian rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 27 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Hamilton Academical and Hibernian have met before this season: Hibernian - Hamilton Academical 2-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - two - six (Hamilton Academical wins - draws - Hibernian wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Doidge 12 goals |  M. Ogboe 6 goals |  M. Boyle 5 goals |
Hamilton Academical missing players
Hibernian missing players
| Hamilton Academical | Hibernian | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 16 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 15 | 30 |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 15 | 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 8 | 11 |
| 30 | 16 | 7 | Scored | S | 5 | 16 | 42 |
| 50 | 26 | 6 | Conceded | C | 3 | 27 | 49 |
| 90% | 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 97% |
| 67% | 62% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 93% | 93% |
| 57% | 50% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 53% | 67% |
| 37% | 38% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 33% |
| 13% | 12% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 13% | 7% |
| 57% | 56% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | 67% |
| 20% | 19% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 13% | 17% |
| 33% | 31% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 20% |
| 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.5 | 4.7 |
| 8.2 | 8.3 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 7.7 | 6.3 |
| 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 212 | 112 | 44 | Total Shots | T S | 22 | 109 | 274 |
| 71 | 34 | 14 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 50 | 121 |
| 42% | 47% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 32% | 35% |
- Hamilton Academical has the the worst goal difference (-10) at home
- Hamilton Academical have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Hibernian has the most dropped points from leading position (26)
- Hibernian have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Hibernian have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 30 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 89 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 12 | 70 | 80 |
| 2 | Rangers | 29 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 64 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 12 | 45 | 67 |
| 3 | Motherwell | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 41 | 38 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 46 |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 40 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 45 |
| 5 | Livingston | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 41 | 39 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 2 | 39 |
| 6 | Hibernian | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 42 | 49 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 27 | -7 | 37 |
| 7 | St. Johnstone | 29 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 28 | 46 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 20 | -18 | 36 |
| 8 | Kilmarnock | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 31 | 41 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 26 | -10 | 33 |
| 9 | St. Mirren | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 28 | -17 | 29 |
| 10 | Ross County | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 29 | 60 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 37 | -31 | 29 |
| 11 | Hamilton Academical | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 50 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 26 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 24 | -20 | 27 |
| 12 | Hearts | 30 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 31 | 52 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 29 | -21 | 23 |
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