Hamilton Academical hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 24 points and a 12th position in the Premiership table. Visiting St. Johnstone holds 8th place with 33 pts.
- Hamilton Academical have the most conceded goals (56) in Premiership
- St. Johnstone have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Premiership
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a League Cup game only three days ago. That game was also an away game, at Livingston. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
3-1-5 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for St. Johnstone when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those nine matches are 8-12 (scored/conceded).
Hamilton Academical form and stats
With 2 Premiership wins, 4 draws and 8 defeats from their home games, Hamilton Academical, who have the most conceded goals (56) in Premiership, are certainly not brimming with confidence.
The fans are hoping that Academical will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Premiership game against Hibernian (placed 3rd). Preceding that game was the away draw at St. Mirren that finished 1-1.
Ryan Fulton had a busy but productive day in the Hibernian match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented.
Academical are traveling soon after this match as the Premiership match at Aberdeen awaits in three days.
Academical aren't scoring a lot here at Fountain of Youth Stadium in the league, with only 11 goals from 14 games. Academical have conceded 23 from these games.
St. Johnstone form and stats
5 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of St. Johnstone, who have the fewest clean sheets (1) away in Premiership, playing as the away team in the Premiership this season. Johnstone has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
St. Johnstone play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Livingston (placed 5th). Ahead of that match was the victory versus Motherwell at their stadium, the result 3-0.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Hibernian in just three days.
Johnstone are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 25 times in 16 away games so far. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as St. Johnstone have conceded 26 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Academical and St. Johnstone have met before this season: St. Johnstone - Hamilton Academical 0-0. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Academical, one draw and seven wins for St. Johnstone. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  R. Callachan 7 goals |   S. May 5 goals |  C. Kane 4 goals |
Hamilton Academical missing players
St. Johnstone missing players
| Hamilton Academical | St. Johnstone | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 16 | 30 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 28 | 11 | 1 | Scored | S | 9 | 25 | 31 |
| 56 | 23 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 26 | 39 |
| 93% | 93% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 79% | 71% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 88% | 63% |
| 45% | 36% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 62% | 43% |
| 24% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 31% | 17% |
| 21% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 19% | 10% |
| 45% | 36% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 69% | 47% |
| 21% | 21% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 6% | 23% |
| 41% | 50% | 75% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 25% | 40% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | 7.8 | 8.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.4 | 11.2 | 11.1 |
| 2.8 | 3.2 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 3.9 | 2.9 |
| 35% | 24% | 10% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 40% | 35% |
- Hamilton Academical have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Hamilton Academical have the fewest points (10) at home in Premiership
- Hamilton Academical have the fewest scored goals in the first half (11) in Premiership
- Hamilton Academical have the most conceded goals (56) in Premiership
- Hamilton Academical have the most conceded goals in the first half (27) in Premiership
- St. Johnstone have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- St. Johnstone have scored at least twice as many goals away as Hamilton Academical have scored home.
- St. Johnstone have the fewest clean sheets (1) away in Premiership
- St. Johnstone have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Premiership
- St. Johnstone haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 30 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 73 | 9 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 64 | 82 |
| 2 | Celtic | 31 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 65 | 23 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 13 | 42 | 67 |
| 3 | Hibernian | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 41 | 28 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 13 | 52 |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 31 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 32 | 30 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 48 |
| 5 | Livingston | 29 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 36 | 35 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 40 |
| 6 | St. Mirren | 31 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 29 | 34 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 13 | -5 | 39 |
| 7 | Dundee United | 31 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 28 | 43 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 23 | -15 | 35 |
| 8 | St. Johnstone | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 31 | 39 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 26 | -8 | 33 |
| 9 | Motherwell | 31 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 46 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 28 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 18 | -18 | 32 |
| 10 | Ross County | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 54 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 27 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 27 | -32 | 26 |
| 11 | Kilmarnock | 31 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 27 | 43 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 22 | -16 | 25 |
| 12 | Hamilton Academical | 29 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 28 | 56 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 33 | -28 | 24 |
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