An important duel in the bottom section of the league table, with both teams experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic “six-pointer” with the home team placed 11th and the visitors in 10th place.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
This pitch has artificial turf, which is not St. Johnstone's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artificial turf St. Johnstone have performed like this: Played 13 matches resulting in 6 wins, 1 draw and 6 defeats with the goal stats 14-16 (scored/conceded).
St. Johnstone are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.
Hamilton Academical form and stats
Hamilton Academical have collected 11 points from their Premiership home games so far after 3-2-5.
Hamilton Academical's previous game was a Premiership match also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Hearts (placed 12th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Heartbreak before that as Hamilton Academical lost 0-1 at Aberdeen's place.
The manager B. Rice will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Motherwell in only three days.
The Hamilton Academical fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 10 matches. Hamilton Academical have conceded 14 in these home matches.
St. Johnstone form and stats
St. Johnstone have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Premiership, after 1-4-3 (8 played).
St. Johnstone have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Zander Clark. It's been 271 minutes since they last conceded in Premiership.
There were no winners in St. Johnstone's previous match, a Premiership home game that ended 0-0 vs St. Mirren (placed 9th). Ahead of that match was the victory versus Hearts at their stadium, the result 1-0.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Ross County in just three days.
The attacking power of St. Johnstone when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 8 league matches away. The St. Johnstone manager T. Wright has some worries about the defense as 18 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Hamilton Academical and St. Johnstone have met before this season: St. Johnstone - Hamilton Academical 3-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 2 Hamilton Academical victories, 0 draws and 8 St. Johnstone wins. 6 of these games ended with three goals or more, 4 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Oakley 4 goals |  R. Cunningham 3 goals |  L. Smith 3 goals |
Hamilton Academical missing players
St. Johnstone missing players
| Hamilton Academical | St. Johnstone | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 18 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 32 | 14 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 18 | 33 |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 88% |
| 68% | 70% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 75% | 65% |
| 58% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 47% |
| 37% | 30% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 47% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 18% |
| 53% | 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 38% | 41% |
| 16% | 10% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 25% | 24% |
| 42% | 30% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 47% |
| 3.9 | 4 | 5.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4 | 5 | 4.8 |
| 8.6 | 8.9 | 8.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 9 | 6.2 | 5.2 |
| 1.5 | 1.4 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.1 | 1.6 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 111 | 56 | 8 | Total Shots | T S | 18 | 77 | 165 |
| 40 | 19 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 26 | 61 |
| 45% | 58% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 23% | 23% |
- 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.
- St. Johnstone has the fewest scored goals (14)
- St. Johnstone has the fewest scored goals in the first half (3)
- St. Johnstone have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- St. Johnstone have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 52 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 42 | 49 |
| 2 | Rangers | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 50 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 40 | 44 |
| 3 | Motherwell | 19 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 30 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 34 |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 32 |
| 5 | Kilmarnock | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -5 | 23 |
| 6 | Livingston | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 0 | 22 |
| 7 | Hibernian | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -7 | 22 |
| 8 | Ross County | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 39 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 20 | -19 | 20 |
| 9 | St. Mirren | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 17 | -12 | 16 |
| 10 | St. Johnstone | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 18 | -19 | 16 |
| 11 | Hamilton Academical | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -14 | 15 |
| 12 | Hearts | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 19 | -15 | 12 |