Hamilton Academical vs Motherwell betting preview

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Competition: Sat 02.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bermuda National Stadium (8500 seats)

Season ticket holders at Bermuda National Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Hamilton Academical languishing in the 10th position so far. The guesting Motherwell will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Hamilton Academical has the most conceded goals (45) in Premiership
  • Motherwell has the fewest points from losing position (0) in Premiership

It's no vacation for neither Academical nor Motherwell 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.

4 - 3 - 1 with 11-6. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Motherwell when playing on artifical turf like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Motherwell play their home games on grass so that's why we provide these numbers.

These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.

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Hamilton Academical form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Premiership this season. Hamilton Academical, who have the most conceded goals (45) in Premiership, have only managed 1 win, 2 draws and 7 losses from their games here at Bermuda National Stadium. Game days at Bermuda National Stadium have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Hamilton Academical as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.

Academical are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 298 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by S. Martin).

Hamilton Academical manager B. Rice and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus St. Johnstone (placed 9th) in the Premiership. Preceding that match was a defeat to Celtic (0-3).

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Hamilton Academical here at Bermuda National Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (6 from 10 games). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Academical have conceded 20 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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Motherwell form and stats

The visitors are W4-D3-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Premiership. Motherwell have had a generous will to share for some time now, running a streak of three draws in a row.

Motherwell delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Kilmarnock (placed 11th) in their previous match; a Premiership game. A 1-1 draw at Dundee United's stadium before that.

The visiting Motherwell have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 14 goals from 10 games. It's not easy to score on Motherwell as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Motherwell - Academical 0-1, played this season. Hamilton Academical-Motherwell H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Academical four wins, Motherwell four wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

AcademicalR. Callachan
R. Callachan
4 goals
Hamilton AcademicalH. Odofin
H. Odofin
3 goals
MotherwellM. O'Hara
M. O'Hara
3 goals

Hamilton Academical missing players

Motherwell missing players

Hamilton Academical Motherwell
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 10 3 Played P 3 10 21
5 1 0 Won W 1 4 6
3 2 1 Drew D 1 3 6
13 7 2 Lost L 1 3 9
21 6 1 Scored S 4 14 23
45 20 4 Conceded C 2 9 26
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 86%
76% 70% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 80% 62%
52% 30% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 50% 48%
29% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 10% 24%
24% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
43% 30% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 30% 29%
24% 10% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 50% 43%
38% 60% 67% Failed to Score F T 33% 30% 43%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.1 1.4
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
7.9 7.6 9.3 Shots (avg) S ( 11 12.6 11.5
2.8 2.8 2.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 2.4 2.7
33% 21% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 42% 33%
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • Hamilton Academical has the fewest points (5) at home in Premiership
  • Hamilton Academical has the most conceded goals (45) in Premiership
  • Hamilton Academical has the most conceded goals in the first half (24) in Premiership
  • Hamilton Academical have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Hamilton Academical haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Motherwell has the fewest points from losing position (0) in Premiership
  • Motherwell have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Motherwell have scored at least twice as many goals away as Hamilton Academical have scored 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 Rangers 21 19 2 0 56 5 10 10 0 0 32 1 11 9 2 0 24 4 51 59
2 Celtic 18 13 4 1 45 14 9 7 1 1 22 6 9 6 3 0 23 8 31 43
3 Aberdeen 19 11 5 3 27 18 10 7 1 2 18 12 9 4 4 1 9 6 9 38
4 Hibernian 20 10 6 4 30 18 9 3 5 1 13 11 11 7 1 3 17 7 12 36
5 Dundee United 21 6 7 8 17 27 11 4 3 4 12 11 10 2 4 4 5 16 -10 25
6 Livingston 19 7 3 9 22 26 9 3 1 5 8 12 10 4 2 4 14 14 -4 24
7 Motherwell 20 6 5 9 23 26 10 2 2 6 9 17 10 4 3 3 14 9 -3 23
8 St. Mirren 20 6 3 11 14 27 11 2 3 6 7 18 9 4 0 5 7 9 -13 21
9 St. Johnstone 21 4 6 11 18 30 11 2 3 6 4 11 10 2 3 5 14 19 -12 18
10 Hamilton Academical 21 5 3 13 21 45 10 1 2 7 6 20 11 4 1 6 15 25 -24 18
11 Kilmarnock 20 5 2 13 19 28 10 3 1 6 12 14 10 2 1 7 7 14 -9 17
12 Ross County 20 3 4 13 10 38 10 1 3 6 5 21 10 2 1 7 5 17 -28 13

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The Scottish Premiership is the top division of football in Scotland, the Scottish Professional Football League. Twelve teams play 38 fixtures to top the league table in a season running from August to May. The teams first meet each other three times. Then the league splits in two for five more games.