Only a few games have been played in the Premiership so far, with Motherwell placed 9th and Hamilton Academical sitting in the 12th position.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
6-5-26 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Hamilton Academical when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 37 matches are 27-76 (scored/conceded).
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Motherwell form and stats
Motherwell have less points than they have played home games in the Premiership so far. Their two previous attempts here have produced 1 point.
Motherwell travelled for their previous game, a trip to Hibernian that ended 0-0. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Livingston that ended 2-2.
Early season league goal statistics from Motherwell's 2 home games: 2 goals, 3 conceded.
Hamilton Academical form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Premiership ended in defeat. Last season Hamilton Academical had these away match statistics: Played 14; won 2, drew 6 and lost 6. Three has not been a lucky number for Academical as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Celtic match.
The attacking players of Academical have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 236 minutes.
The manager B. Rice was unhappy after their last game, a Premiership match played at their home ground The Hope CBD Stadium. Academical suffered a 0-1 loss to St. Mirren (placed 5th). A 0-1 loss hosting Ross County before that.
Hamilton Academical goalkeeper Ryan Fulton had a great day against St. Mirren, but despite making six saves the loss could not be avoided.
1 goal so far away for Hamilton Academical, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 5. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - two - three (Motherwell wins - draws - Hamilton Academical wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Campbell 1 goals |  D. Turnbull 1 goals |   S. Martin 1 goals |
Motherwell missing players
Hamilton Academical missing players
| Motherwell | Hamilton Academical | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 25% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 25% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 25% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 25% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 7 | 5 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 8 | 6.3 |
| 6 | 6.5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 11 | 6.7 |
| 1.5 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | 25 | 6 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 6 | 28 |
| 10 | 7 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 20% | 29% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 10% |
- Hamilton Academical has the fewest points (0) away
- Hamilton Academical has the most conceded goals in the second half (4)
- Hamilton Academical has the the worst goal difference (-4) away
- Hamilton Academical has the the worst goal difference (-6)
- Hamilton Academical is in the worst form (0-0-3)
- Motherwell has the most matches under the total-line (3)
| Motherwell | Last season | Hamilton Academical | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 14 | 30 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 6 | 9 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Lost | L | 6 | 15 | ||
| 41 | 23 | Scored | S | 14 | 30 | ||
| 38 | 23 | Conceded | C | 24 | 50 | ||
| 90% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 90% | ||
| 73% | 87% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 67% | ||
| 60% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 57% | ||
| 23% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 37% | ||
| 10% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 13% | ||
| 47% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 57% | ||
| 37% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 20% | ||
| 27% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 33% | ||
| 5 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 3.7 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.1 | 8.2 | ||
| 2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.6 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 9 | ||
| 297 | 179 | Total Shots | T S | 100 | 212 | ||
| 121 | 70 | Shots on Target | S O | 37 | 71 | ||
| 34% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 42% | ||
| 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 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Hibernian | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | Ross County | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | Dundee United | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | St. Mirren | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 6 | Celtic | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 7 | St. Johnstone | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 8 | Aberdeen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Kilmarnock | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 2 |
| 10 | Motherwell | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 2 |
| 11 | Livingston | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 2 |
| 12 | Hamilton Academical | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -6 | 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 |
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