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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Date: Sat 03.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Global Energy Stadium (6590 seats)

Ross County and Hamilton Academical are ready to show off their new players and skills: It's their first game of the Premiership season.

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 stadium uses grass, unlike Hamilton Academical's home stadium. The visitors last 38 games on grass have ended in 9 wins, 3 draws and 26 losses.

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Ross County form and stats

This is expected to be a close game, with Ross County perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Ross County as a small favourite), we find seven games. Ross County has won 2 of these, drawn 5 and lost 0.

Ross County have prepared for this season with one friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these one matches are 0 victories, 0 draws and 1 losses. In these games, Ross County have scored 0 goals and conceded 2 times.

It's the first season at a new level for Ross County as they were promoted from Championship last season. Happy days that were secured through 21 wins, 8 draws and 7 losses from 36 games. The team scored 32 goals at home last season and conceded 9. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.

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Hamilton Academical form and stats

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Hamilton Academical in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Hamilton Academical, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Hamilton Academical have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 2 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeats from three fixtures.

Let's have a look at how Hamilton Academical performed last season in the Premiership: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 6 draws and 23 defeats. In total they scored 28 and conceded 75 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 0 and lost 1 with 1/2 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 4 wins for Ross County, 3 draws and 3 wins for Hamilton Academical. Over 2,5 goals: 6 times; under 2,5 goals: 4 games.

Top Goalscorers

Ross County missing players

Hamilton Academical missing players

Ross County Hamilton Academical
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Ross County Last season Hamilton Academical
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
36 18   Played   19 38
21 13   Won   4 9
8 4   Drew   1 6
7 1   Lost   14 23
63 32   Scored   8 28
34 9   Conceded   41 75
92% 89%   Over 0.5   100% 100%
72% 72%   Over 1.5   74% 79%
50% 39%   Over 2.5   42% 47%
31% 17%   Over 3.5   26% 24%
17% 11%   Over 4.5   11% 16%
50% 39%   BTTS   11% 32%
36% 56%   Clean Sheets   16% 18%
22% 17%   Failed To Score   74% 50%
 
5.6 5.7   Corners For (avg)   2.9 3.3
4.6 4.5   Corners Against (avg)   6.6 5.8
1.9 1.8   Yellow Cards (avg)   2.3 2.3
5 2   Red Cards   4 5
Key stats last season:
  • 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 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Ross County have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Ross County have scored more than double the goals of Hamilton Academical.

Ross County
All Premiership Championship League Cup Club Friendlies Scottish Cup Challenge Cup
All Home Away
05-07-19 CF FC Groningen 2 - 0 Ross County
13-07-19 LC Ross County 4 - 1 Montrose
16-07-19 LC Brechin City 0 - 4 Ross County
21-07-19 LC St. Johnstone 1 - 2 Ross County
24-07-19 LC Ross County 2 - 0 Forfar Athletic
27-07-19 CF Ross County 14:00 Carlisle United
03-08-19 PR Ross County 14:00 Hamilton Academical
10-08-19 PR Hearts 14:00 Ross County
24-08-19 PR Ross County 14:00 Livingston
31-08-19 PR Aberdeen 14:00 Ross County
Hamilton Academical
All Playoffs 1/2 Premiership League Cup Club Friendlies Scottish Cup
All Home Away
06-07-19 CF Albion Rovers 1 - 3 Hamilton Academical
09-07-19 CF Dumbarton 0 - 2 Hamilton Academical
13-07-19 LC Hamilton Academical 0 - 0 Queen's Park
17-07-19 LC Clyde 1 - 3 Hamilton Academical
20-07-19 LC Hamilton Academical 2 - 2 Partick Thistle
27-07-19 LC Airdrieonians 14:00 Hamilton Academical
03-08-19 PR Ross County 14:00 Hamilton Academical
10-08-19 PR Hamilton Academical 14:00 Kilmarnock
24-08-19 PR Hamilton Academical 14:00 Motherwell
31-08-19 PR Hearts 14:00 Hamilton Academical

Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Ross County 36 21 8 7 63 34 18 13 4 1 32 9 18 8 4 6 31 25 29 71
2 Dundee United 36 19 8 9 49 40 18 11 3 4 29 25 18 8 5 5 20 15 9 65
3 Inverness CT 36 14 14 8 48 40 18 5 8 5 22 23 18 9 6 3 26 17 8 56
4 Ayr United 36 15 9 12 50 38 18 7 5 6 25 19 18 8 4 6 25 19 12 54
5 Greenock Morton 36 11 13 12 36 45 18 6 7 5 21 23 18 5 6 7 15 22 -9 46
6 Partick Thistle 36 12 7 17 43 52 18 7 3 8 25 27 18 5 4 9 18 25 -9 43
7 Dunfermline Athletic 36 11 8 17 33 40 18 5 3 10 13 18 18 6 5 7 20 22 -7 41
8 Alloa Athletic 36 10 9 17 39 53 18 6 2 10 13 21 18 4 7 7 26 32 -14 39
9 Queen of the South 36 9 11 16 41 48 18 5 7 6 26 22 18 4 4 10 15 26 -7 38
10 Falkirk 36 9 11 16 37 49 18 3 7 8 19 27 18 6 4 8 18 22 -12 38
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 St. Johnstone 38 15 7 16 38 48 3 2 1 0 5 1 2 0 1 1 1 3 -10 52
2 Motherwell 38 15 6 17 46 56 3 2 1 0 8 6 2 0 1 1 1 3 -10 51
3 Livingston 38 11 11 16 42 44 2 0 0 2 1 4 3 0 2 1 6 7 -2 44
4 Hamilton Academical 38 9 6 23 28 75 3 1 2 0 6 4 2 1 0 1 1 2 -47 33
5 St. Mirren 38 8 8 22 34 66 2 1 1 0 3 1 3 2 1 0 7 4 -32 32
6 Dundee 38 5 6 27 31 78 2 0 0 2 2 4 3 1 0 2 4 6 -47 21

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