Struggling Hamilton Academical will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Motherwell in the upcoming league round. It's 11th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
Motherwell could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Scottish Cup game only four sleeps ago.
Motherwell play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artifical turf. Recent stats for Motherwell when playing on artifical turf are 4 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats from eight matches. They have scored 11 goals and conceded 9 times in these games.
This is a local derby, usually meaning added tension and importance.
Hamilton Academical form and stats
Hamilton Academical's results here at The Hope CBD Stadium in the Premiership have been very modest with 3 victories, 2 draws and 9 defeats. It's been an uphill battle for Hamilton Academical in their home games for quite some time now, as four matches in a row are lost here. Not since the Hearts game have they avoided the disappointment of defeat.
Hamilton Academical travelled for their previous game, a trip to Hearts that ended 2-2. Preceding that match was the home game against Aberdeen that was lost 1-3.
Opportunity lost for Hamilton Academical in the Hearts match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw.
Hamilton Academical are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 14 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 26 goals have been conceded.
Motherwell form and stats
As the visiting team in Premiership matches, Motherwell have produced an overall stat of 7-1-5 so far. Recent form does not give Motherwell much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Hamilton Academical will be a tough nut to crack. Motherwell has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Motherwell's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus St. Mirren (after extra-time, 2-3 on penalties) that finished 4-4. Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting St. Johnstone's place.
An inspired comeback made the scores level in Motherwell's duel with St. Mirren (after extra-time, 2-3 on penalties). It looked bad at 1-4 but the team were not done and fought back to 4-4 after A. Campbell found the equalizer. As you can tell from the result, the match against St. Mirren (after extra-time, 2-3 on penalties) was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 8 goals, will the fun continue today?
Motherwell find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 17 goals from 13 away fixtures in the league. 14 goals have been conceded by Motherwell in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Motherwell - Hamilton Academical 1-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Hamilton Academical four wins, one draw and Motherwell five victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Donnelly 6 goals |  C. Long 6 goals |   M. Ogboe 5 goals |
Hamilton Academical missing players
Motherwell missing players
| Hamilton Academical | Motherwell | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 26 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 28 | 15 | 3 | Scored | S | 8 | 17 | 35 |
| 50 | 26 | 12 | Conceded | C | 3 | 14 | 34 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 92% |
| 74% | 71% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 62% | 73% |
| 63% | 57% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 54% | 62% |
| 41% | 43% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 23% | 23% |
| 15% | 14% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 8% | 8% |
| 63% | 64% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 46% | 42% |
| 11% | 7% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 38% | 38% |
| 33% | 29% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 23% | 27% |
| 3.6 | 3.6 | 2.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 5 | 4.7 |
| 8 | 8.5 | 9.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 4.6 | 4.7 |
| 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.2 | 2 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 177 | 83 | 25 | Total Shots | T S | 36 | 97 | 250 |
| 62 | 27 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 17 | 41 | 96 |
| 45% | 56% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 41% | 36% |
- Hamilton Academical has the fewest clean sheets (3)
- Hamilton Academical has the fewest points (11) at home
- Hamilton Academical has the most conceded goals (26) at home
- Hamilton Academical has the the worst goal difference (-11) at home
- 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 (0-2-4)
| 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 | 27 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 79 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 10 | 63 | 73 |
| 2 | Rangers | 26 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 61 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 45 | 63 |
| 3 | Aberdeen | 27 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 34 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 41 |
| 4 | Motherwell | 26 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 35 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 41 |
| 5 | Livingston | 27 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 38 | 35 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 3 | 37 |
| 6 | Hibernian | 27 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 39 | 42 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 24 | -3 | 36 |
| 7 | Kilmarnock | 27 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 28 | 35 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 22 | -7 | 32 |
| 8 | St. Johnstone | 26 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 25 | 44 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 20 | -19 | 31 |
| 9 | Ross County | 27 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 54 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 32 | -28 | 26 |
| 10 | St. Mirren | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 35 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 22 | -14 | 22 |
| 11 | Hamilton Academical | 27 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 50 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 26 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 24 | -22 | 20 |
| 12 | Hearts | 27 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 27 | 49 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 27 | -22 | 19 |
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