Delightful dogfight as daring Kilmarnock duels with determined Hamilton Academical

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Competition: Sat 19.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Rugby Park (17889 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Premiership, Kilmarnock holding 10th place and Hamilton Academical lying 9th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Kilmarnock form and stats

Overall Premiership stats at home this season for Kilmarnock are 1-1-1 (wins-draw-losses).

No payout for Kilmarnock in their previous match, an away game at Aberdeen that ended in defeat 0-1. Ahead of that match, Kilmarnock won a home game hosting Dundee United (4-0).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Kilmarnock handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, three draws and zero defeats.

Goals decide football matches and Kilmarnock are scoring many of them at home; 6 on target from 3 league matches. Kilmarnock have conceded 3 in these home matches.

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Hamilton Academical form and stats

Hamilton Academical have six points from their first three away games in the Premiership, meaning two victories and a loss. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Hamilton Academical, as they have won on their previous two travels.

Two travels in a row for Hamilton Academical, whose manager B. Rice could celebrate last time after the Premiership win against Livingston. The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Rangers.

We have checked recent matches where Hamilton Academical have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those nine games were one victory, two draws and six defeats.

Hamilton Academical find the net regularly in their away games. 4 goals from 3 away fixtures in the league. The Academical manager B. Rice has some worries about the defense as 6 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Kilmarnock won four games, four matches ended with a draw and Hamilton Academical has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six

Top Goalscorers

KilmarnockC. Burke
C. Burke
3 goals
KilmarnockN. Kabamba
N. Kabamba
2 goals
KilmarnockA. Power
A. Power
1 goals

Kilmarnock missing players

Hamilton Academical missing players

Kilmarnock Hamilton Academical
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
7 3 0 Played P 2 3 6
1 1 0 Won W 2 2 2
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
4 1 0 Lost L 0 1 4
9 6 0 Scored S 3 4 4
10 3 0 Conceded C 1 6 10
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
86% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 50%
57% 67% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 67% 33%
29% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 17%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 17%
57% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 67% 33%
14% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 17%
29% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 50%
 
4.7 4.7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 5 5.3
5.7 4.3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 10.5 10.7 7.3
1.6 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2 1.5
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
57 30 0 Total Shots T S 20 26 53
20 14 0 Shots on Target S O 5 7 18
45% 43% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 57% 22%
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • All of Kilmarnock's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Hamilton Academical have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Hamilton Academical have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Hamilton Academical have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Hamilton Academical haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Kilmarnock have scored more than double the goals of Hamilton Academical.
  • 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 7 6 1 0 15 0 4 4 0 0 12 0 3 2 1 0 3 0 15 19
2 Hibernian 7 5 1 1 11 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 4 4 0 0 9 1 8 16
3 Celtic 5 4 1 0 15 2 2 2 0 0 8 1 3 2 1 0 7 1 13 13
4 Aberdeen 5 4 0 1 5 2 3 2 0 1 3 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 3 12
5 Ross County 7 2 2 3 6 11 4 1 1 2 4 9 3 1 1 1 2 2 -5 8
6 St. Johnstone 7 2 1 4 4 8 3 1 0 2 1 2 4 1 1 2 3 6 -4 7
7 St. Mirren 6 2 1 3 3 8 3 1 1 1 2 4 3 1 0 2 1 4 -5 7
8 Dundee United 7 2 1 4 4 12 3 0 1 2 1 3 4 2 0 2 3 9 -8 7
9 Hamilton Academical 6 2 0 4 4 10 3 0 0 3 0 4 3 2 0 1 4 6 -6 6
10 Kilmarnock 7 1 2 4 9 10 3 1 1 1 6 3 4 0 1 3 3 7 -1 5
11 Livingston 7 1 2 4 6 11 4 1 1 2 3 6 3 0 1 2 3 5 -5 5
12 Motherwell 7 1 2 4 3 8 4 1 1 2 3 4 3 0 1 2 0 4 -5 5

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The Scottish Premiership is the top division of football in Scotland, the Scottish Professional Football League. Twelve teams play 38 fixtures to top the league table in a season running from August to May. The teams first meet each other three times. Then the league splits in two for five more games.