Hamilton Academical stubborn opponents but Rangers expect victory

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Date: Sun 06.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ibrox Stadium (51082 seats)

2nd position in the Premiership table for Rangers so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 8th-placed Hamilton Academical visits Ibrox Stadium.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

This pitch has grass, which is not Hamilton Academical's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Hamilton Academical have performed like this: Played 38 matches resulting in 8 wins, 3 draws and 27 defeats with the goal stats 31-73 (scored/conceded).

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Rangers form and stats

3-0-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Premiership numbers at home for Rangers, who have the most scored goals (14) at home in Premiership, so far this season. Two home wins in a row for Rangers bring valid hopes of a third.

The Rangers supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Aberdeen in Premiership and win 5-0. A strong away win before that one, visiting Livingston and winning 1-0.

Rangers are huge favourites in this match and it would be a big surprise if they fail to leave Ibrox Stadium with maximum points. The home side has been in this situation before, with huge expectations of a win. 14 earlier games are comparable to this one, and Rangers has won 11 times, drawn 2 and lost 1. Sports bettors who like handicap betting will like to know that Rangers has won by at least two goals 11 times when in this position.

It's goals goals goals for Rangers who have scored 14 goals from 4 league home games. On the other hand, Rangers have conceded 4 goals.

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Hamilton Academical form and stats

Still no away game victory in the Premiership for Hamilton Academical with 2 draws and 1 loss from their first 3 attempts. Hamilton Academical has drawn their two previous away games.

The supporters enjoyed Hamilton Academical's previous game versus Livingston (placed 6th), a Premiership 2-1 win played at home. Before that, Hamilton Academical travelled to St. Mirren and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

Hamilton Academical are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found five matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were 1 win, 0 draws and 4 defeats. Of the defeats, 3 games were lost by at least two goals margin.

The visitors have scored 2 goals from 3 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Hamilton Academical have conceded 5 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Rangers-Hamilton Academical H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Rangers 8 wins, Hamilton Academical 1 win, 1 draw. 7 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

J. Defoe
6 goals
A. Morelos
5 goals
J. Tavernier
3 goals / 2 assists

Rangers missing players

Hamilton Academical missing players

Rangers Hamilton Academical
Total Home Home vs mid Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
7 4 1 Played P 0 3 7
6 3 1 Won W 0 0 2
0 0 0 Drew D 0 2 2
1 1 0 Lost L 0 1 3
21 14 3 Scored S 0 2 7
5 4 1 Conceded C 0 5 10
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 67% 86%
86% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 71%
71% 75% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 67% 57%
57% 75% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 29%
29% 50% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
43% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 43%
43% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 29%
14% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 67% 43%
 
8.3 9.5 9 Corners For (avg) C F 0 6.7 4
2.4 2.5 2 Corners Against (avg) C A 0 7.7 8.9
1 0.8 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 2.7 1.7
1 1 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 3
Key stats This season:
  • All of Rangers's home matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Hamilton Academical have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Hamilton Academical have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Hamilton Academical have yet to win a game away.
  • Rangers have created more than twice as many corners as Hamilton Academical.
  • Rangers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Rangers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Rangers have scored more than double the goals of Hamilton Academical.
  • Rangers have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Rangers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Rangers
All Premiership Europa League League Cup Club Friendlies Scottish Cup
All Home Away
14-09-19 PR Rangers 3 - 1 Livingston
19-09-19 EL Rangers 1 - 0 Feyenoord
22-09-19 PR St. Johnstone 0 - 4 Rangers
25-09-19 LC Livingston 0 - 1 Rangers
28-09-19 PR Rangers 5 - 0 Aberdeen
03-10-19 EL Young Boys 16:55 Rangers
06-10-19 PR Rangers 14:00 Hamilton Academical
20-10-19 PR Hearts 11:15 Rangers
24-10-19 EL Porto 16:55 Rangers
27-10-19 PR Rangers 15:00 Motherwell
Hamilton Academical
All Premiership League Cup Club Friendlies Scottish Cup
All Home Away
24-08-19 PR Hamilton Academical 1 - 3 Motherwell
31-08-19 PR Hearts 2 - 2 Hamilton Academical
14-09-19 PR Hamilton Academical 0 - 1 Celtic
21-09-19 PR St. Mirren 0 - 0 Hamilton Academical
28-09-19 PR Hamilton Academical 2 - 1 Livingston
06-10-19 PR Rangers 14:00 Hamilton Academical
19-10-19 PR Hamilton Academical 14:00 Hibernian
26-10-19 PR St. Johnstone 14:00 Hamilton Academical
30-10-19 PR Hamilton Academical 19:45 Aberdeen
02-11-19 PR Hamilton Academical 15:00 Ross County

  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 7 6 1 0 22 5 3 3 0 0 13 2 4 3 1 0 9 3 17 19
2 Rangers 7 6 0 1 21 5 4 3 0 1 14 4 3 3 0 0 7 1 16 18
3 Motherwell 7 4 1 2 13 10 3 1 0 2 6 7 4 3 1 0 7 3 3 13
4 Aberdeen 7 3 2 2 9 9 3 2 1 0 7 3 4 1 1 2 2 6 0 11
5 Ross County 7 3 2 2 8 9 3 2 0 1 6 5 4 1 2 1 2 4 -1 11
6 Livingston 7 2 2 3 10 11 3 1 1 1 2 3 4 1 1 2 8 8 -1 8
7 Kilmarnock 7 2 2 3 5 7 4 1 2 1 3 2 3 1 0 2 2 5 -2 8
8 Hamilton Academical 7 2 2 3 7 10 4 2 0 2 5 5 3 0 2 1 2 5 -3 8
9 Hearts 7 1 3 3 9 12 3 0 2 1 4 5 4 1 1 2 5 7 -3 6
10 St. Mirren 7 1 2 4 3 6 4 1 2 1 1 1 3 0 0 3 2 5 -3 5
11 Hibernian 7 1 2 4 6 16 4 1 2 1 5 5 3 0 0 3 1 11 -10 5
12 St. Johnstone 7 0 3 4 5 18 4 0 1 3 2 8 3 0 2 1 3 10 -13 3

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