Premiership preview: Can Ross County edge out victory against Hamilton Academical?

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Competition: Sat 14.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Global Energy Stadium (6541 seats)

Ross County are welcoming Hamilton Academical for another important game after their 0-1 result against 2nd-placed Rangers.

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 37 matches resulting in 6 wins, 5 draws and 26 defeats with the goal stats 26-74 (scored/conceded).

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Ross County form and stats

5 victories, 3 draws and 6 defeats. That’s what Ross County, who have the most conceded goals (60) in Premiership, have to build on here at Global Energy Stadium in the Premiership.

The Ross County fans got no joy from their last match, a Premiership game also here at Global Energy Stadium: A 0-1 defeat against Rangers (placed 2nd). Prior to that, an away loss at Motherwell.

Ross County are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 14 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 23 goals have been conceded.

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Hamilton Academical form and stats

There's been little loot from Hamilton Academical's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 14 away games in the Premiership. Hamilton Academical only have 2 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 6 draws.

273 minutes! That's how long the Hamilton Academical goalkeeper Luke Southwood and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Hamilton Academical are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the Premiership against Kilmarnock (placed 8th). Ahead of that match was the victory versus Rangers at their stadium, the result 1-0.

Hamilton Academical made it very difficult for themselves in their last game, Mikel Miller receiving a red card in the 78th minute. The match was still a draw at this point. But even with this card, Hamilton Academical won the match 1-0!

The visiting Hamilton Academical have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 14 goals from 14 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Hamilton Academical have conceded 24 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Hamilton Academical - Ross County 2-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - four - three (Ross County wins - draws - Hamilton Academical wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Ross CountyB. McKay
B. McKay
7 goals
Hamilton Academical
M. Ogboe
6 goals
Hamilton AcademicalG. Oakley
G. Oakley
4 goals

Ross County missing players

Hamilton Academical missing players

Ross County Hamilton Academical
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
30 14 2 Played P 4 14 30
7 5 1 Won W 0 2 6
8 3 1 Drew D 4 6 9
15 6 0 Lost L 0 6 15
29 17 2 Scored S 5 14 30
60 23 1 Conceded C 5 24 50
90% 93% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 86% 90%
83% 79% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 71% 67%
70% 64% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 64% 57%
37% 36% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 36% 37%
13% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 13%
53% 57% 50% BTTS BTTS 75% 57% 57%
20% 29% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 21% 20%
37% 21% 50% Failed to Score F T 25% 36% 33%
 
3.7 4.3 5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 3.4 3.7
6.8 6.6 5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.8 8.1 8.2
2.1 1.9 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.6 1.6
2 1 0 Red cards R C 2 3 9
 
184 93 13 Total Shots T S 29 100 212
78 40 7 Shots on Target S O 12 37 71
37% 42% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 38% 42%
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • Hamilton Academical have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Hamilton Academical have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Ross County has the fewest matches under the total-line (9)
  • Ross County has the most conceded goals (60)
  • Ross County has the most conceded goals in the second half (35)
  • Ross County has the most matches over the total-line (19)
  • Ross County has the the worst goal difference (-31)
  • Ross County have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.

  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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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.