This match features two teams living in the basement of the Premiership, Kilmarnock holding 9th place and Hamilton Academical lying 10th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
- Kilmarnock has the fewest clean sheets (3) in Premiership
- Hamilton Academical has the most conceded goals (45) in Premiership
Kilmarnock and Hamilton Academical 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.
Kilmarnock form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Premiership this season. Kilmarnock, who have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Premiership, have only managed 3 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses from their games here at Rugby Park.
The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus St. Mirren in the Premiership last time out and are looking for a win here. Before that match, a win away at Motherwell.
The Kilmarnock fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 11 matches. On the other hand, Kilmarnock have conceded 15 goals.
Hamilton Academical form and stats
4-1-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Hamilton Academical, who have the most conceded goals (45) in Premiership, in their Premiership matches away.
196 minutes! That's how long the Academical goalkeeper Kyle Gourlay and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Lee Hodson, Callum Smith and Ross Callachan scored in Academical's previous match, the home game against Motherwell that ended 3-0. A 0-0 draw at St. Johnstone's stadium before that.
Hamilton Academical goalie Kyle Gourlay was high and low in the Motherwell game, contributing six saves towards the victory.
The visiting Academical have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 15 goals from 11 games. The Academical manager B. Rice has some worries about the defense as 25 goals have been conceded in these travels. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Hamilton Academical - Kilmarnock 1-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Kilmarnock victories, three draws and three Hamilton Academical wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Burke 6 goals |  N. Kabamba 5 goals |   R. Callachan 5 goals |
Kilmarnock missing players
Hamilton Academical missing players
| Kilmarnock | Hamilton Academical | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 22 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| 22 | 13 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 15 | 24 |
| 29 | 15 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 25 | 45 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 91% | 95% |
| 73% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 82% | 77% |
| 41% | 55% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 73% | 55% |
| 18% | 18% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 36% | 27% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 36% | 23% |
| 41% | 55% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 55% | 41% |
| 14% | 9% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 36% | 27% |
| 45% | 36% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 18% | 36% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1.9 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2 | 1.9 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8.9 | 9.3 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 8.2 | 7.9 |
| 2.9 | 3.6 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
| 37% | 36% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 44% | 36% |
- Hamilton Academical has the most conceded goals (25) away 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 played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Kilmarnock has the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in Premiership
- Kilmarnock has the fewest clean sheets (3) in Premiership
- Kilmarnock have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Kilmarnock haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 57 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 52 | 62 |
| 2 | Celtic | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 45 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 30 | 43 |
| 3 | Aberdeen | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 39 |
| 4 | Hibernian | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 36 |
| 5 | Livingston | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 14 | -1 | 27 |
| 6 | Dundee United | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | -10 | 26 |
| 7 | Motherwell | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 12 | -8 | 23 |
| 8 | St. Mirren | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | -13 | 22 |
| 9 | Kilmarnock | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 22 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 14 | -7 | 21 |
| 10 | Hamilton Academical | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 24 | 45 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 25 | -21 | 21 |
| 11 | St. Johnstone | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 20 | -12 | 19 |
| 12 | Ross County | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 39 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -26 | 17 |
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