Evenly matched teams: Hamilton Academical vs Ross County match preview

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Competition: Sat 08.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bermuda National Stadium (8500 seats)

It's game two of the Premiership season and everything to play for. Read our full preview of Hamilton Academical-Ross County!

Hamilton Academical and Ross County should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

Hamilton Academical's stadium, Bermuda National Stadium, has a artifical turf surface. Ross County have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Ross County when playing on artifical turf; 2 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses from eleven matches. They have scored 9 goals in these games and conceded 16.

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Hamilton Academical form and stats

Academical are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-5 away versus Celtic. Before that, Hamilton Academical had a home game versus Kilmarnock which ended with a victory 1-0.

Academical were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. Academical's goalkeeper Ryan Fulton was extremely busy against Celtic, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning nine saves.

This is expected to be a close game, with Hamilton Academical perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Academical as a small favourite), we find five games. Hamilton Academical has won one of these, drawn three and lost one.

The manager B. Rice will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Aberdeen in only four days.

Last season, Hamilton Academical's league statistics were 6 wins, 9 draws and 15 losses, resulting in a 11th position in the Premiership. Over these 30 matches they scored 30 goals and conceded 50. Playing at home last season Hamilton Academical managed 4-3-9 (win-draw-lost) with 16 goals and 26 conceded.

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Ross County form and stats

Impressive finishing from Ross Stewart secured the home win 1-0 against Motherwell in their previous game. A 1-4 defeat away at Motherwell before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Ross County playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were three County wins, one draw and three defeats.

After this away game County return home for a Premiership game against Kilmarnock. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Let's have a look at how Ross County performed last season in the Premiership: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 8 draws and 15 defeats. In total they scored 29 and conceded 60 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 5 and lost 9 with 12/37 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Academical, four draws and three wins for Ross County. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

AcademicalS. Martin
S. Martin
1 goals
Ross CountyR. Stewart
R. Stewart
1 goals

Hamilton Academical missing players

Ross County missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Hamilton Academical Ross County
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
5 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
8 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 5
11 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 8
3 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
6 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 10
2 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 3
50% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 33%
Hamilton Academical Last season Ross County
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 16   Played P   16 30
6 4   Won W   2 7
9 3   Drew D   5 8
15 9   Lost L   9 15
30 16   Scored S   12 29
50 26   Conceded C   37 60
90% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   88% 90%
67% 62%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   88% 83%
57% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   75% 70%
37% 38%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   38% 37%
13% 12%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 13%
57% 56%   BTTS BTTS   50% 53%
20% 19%   Clean Sheets C S   12% 20%
33% 31%   Failed to Score F T   50% 37%
 
3.7 3.9   Corners for (avg) C F   3.2 3.7
8.2 8.3   Corners against (avg) C A   7 6.8
1.6 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2.1
9 6   Red cards R C   1 2
 
212 112   Total Shots T S   91 184
71 34   Shots on Target S O   38 78
42% 47%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 37%

  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 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Hibernian 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
3 Rangers 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
4 Ross County 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 St. Mirren 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Dundee United 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 St. Johnstone 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
8 Kilmarnock 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
9 Aberdeen 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
10 Livingston 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
11 Motherwell 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
12 Hamilton Academical 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 0
Last season 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

Hamilton Academical:
Table
  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 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Hibernian 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
3 Rangers 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
4 Ross County 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 St. Mirren 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Dundee United 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 St. Johnstone 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
8 Kilmarnock 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
9 Aberdeen 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
10 Livingston 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
11 Motherwell 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
12 Hamilton Academical 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 0

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