Scottish Cup betting previews: Predictions and stats for the Hamilton Academical - Hearts game

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Competition: Scotland Scottish Cup
Competition: Fri 10.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Fountain of Youth Stadium (6078 seats)

Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Hamilton Academical & Hearts face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Scottish Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!

The hosts Academical saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Challenge Cup. Thankfully the previous game, versus Queen of the South, was also a home game here at Fountain of Youth Stadium. The away team is better rested.

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Hamilton Academical form and stats

Hamilton Academical was eliminated in the 3rd round last season in the Scottish Cup.

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Championship this season. Hamilton Academical have only managed 2 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses from their games here at Fountain of Youth Stadium.

Academical's previous fixture was a Challenge Cup game also played at home, finishing 2-1 versus Queen of the South. The home team hope to to continue in that form.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a Championship home game that ended 1-1 versus Dundee.

With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Hamilton Academical defense is not exactly impregnable. 18 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Hearts form and stats

Last season their Scottish Cup adventure ended in the final.

6 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Hearts playing as the away team in the Scottish Cup this season.

Hearts have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Zander Clark. It's been 248 minutes since they last conceded in Scottish Cup.

Hearts go into this game after a win, the home game against Dundee United that ended 3-1. Humphrys, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.01. Humphrys scored one goal, hit the woodwork once and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

Preceding that, the 0-3 home loss versus Rangers.

Hearts find the net regularly in their away games. 19 goals from 13 away fixtures in the league. It's not easy to score on Hearts as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Hamilton Academical have managed a sequence of 4 consecutive games without losing (2-2-0) when playing Hearts.

Top Goalscorers

HeartsL. Shankland
L. Shankland
17 goals
AcademicalA. Winter
A. Winter
4 goals
HeartsJ. Ginnelly
J. Ginnelly
4 goals

Hamilton Academical missing players

Hearts missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Hamilton Academical Hearts
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 14   Played P   13 25
9 6   Won W   4 11
4 3   Drew D   4 5
12 5   Lost L   5 9
29 21   Scored S   18 42
37 18   Conceded C   23 43
96% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 96%
64% 71%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   85% 88%
44% 43%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   69% 76%
32% 29%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   46% 48%
16% 21%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   15% 20%
32% 43%   BTTS BTTS   54% 52%
32% 36%   Clean Sheets C S   23% 24%
40% 29%   Failed to Score F T   31% 28%
 
6.5 7.7   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 4.7
6 5.9   Corners against (avg) C A   5.2 5.7
1.9 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2.1
1 0   Red cards R C   0 5
 
8.9 10.4   Shots (avg) S (   9.7 11.3
4 5.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.1 4.1
28% 29%   Goal Efficiency G E   49% 43%
 
8.9 10.5   Shots against (avg) S A   14.3 15.5
3.9 4.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5 5.2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Queen's Park 23 13 4 6 46 30 11 7 2 2 22 12 12 6 2 4 24 18 16 43
2 Ayr United 23 11 6 6 46 31 12 5 5 2 22 13 11 6 1 4 24 18 15 39
3 Dundee 22 11 6 5 37 26 10 6 1 3 21 13 12 5 5 2 16 13 11 39
4 Partick Thistle 23 10 3 10 42 38 13 7 2 4 29 19 10 3 1 6 13 19 4 33
5 Raith Rovers 24 9 6 9 32 32 12 5 4 3 22 18 12 4 2 6 10 14 0 33
6 Inverness CT 23 8 8 7 34 32 12 3 6 3 18 12 11 5 2 4 16 20 2 32
7 Greenock Morton 22 8 7 7 31 26 9 5 1 3 16 7 13 3 6 4 15 19 5 31
8 Cove Rangers 23 6 7 10 31 47 13 5 3 5 18 22 10 1 4 5 13 25 -16 25
9 Arbroath 24 4 9 11 23 39 12 1 4 7 8 20 12 3 5 4 15 19 -16 21
10 Hamilton Academical 23 4 6 13 19 40 11 2 3 6 11 18 12 2 3 7 8 22 -21 18
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Hearts 27 17 6 4 63 24 14 11 1 2 44 16 13 6 5 2 19 8 39 57
2 Dundee 27 12 9 6 49 40 13 8 3 2 25 17 14 4 6 4 24 23 9 45
3 Raith Rovers 27 12 7 8 45 36 13 6 3 4 24 18 14 6 4 4 21 18 9 43
4 Dunfermline Athletic 27 10 9 8 38 34 14 9 3 2 24 13 13 1 6 6 14 21 4 39
5 Inverness CT 27 8 12 7 36 31 13 3 8 2 16 13 14 5 4 5 20 18 5 36
6 Queen of the South 27 9 5 13 38 51 13 4 3 6 17 24 14 5 2 7 21 27 -13 32
7 Arbroath 27 7 9 11 28 34 14 5 6 3 16 11 13 2 3 8 12 23 -6 30
8 Greenock Morton 27 6 11 10 22 33 14 4 5 5 14 18 13 2 6 5 8 15 -11 29
9 Ayr United 27 6 11 10 31 37 13 3 6 4 11 12 14 3 5 6 20 25 -6 29
10 Alloa Athletic 27 5 7 15 30 60 14 3 5 6 18 29 13 2 2 9 12 31 -30 22

Hamilton Academical:
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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Hearts 27 17 6 4 63 24 14 11 1 2 44 16 13 6 5 2 19 8 39 57
2 Dundee 27 12 9 6 49 40 13 8 3 2 25 17 14 4 6 4 24 23 9 45
3 Raith Rovers 27 12 7 8 45 36 13 6 3 4 24 18 14 6 4 4 21 18 9 43
4 Dunfermline Athletic 27 10 9 8 38 34 14 9 3 2 24 13 13 1 6 6 14 21 4 39
5 Inverness CT 27 8 12 7 36 31 13 3 8 2 16 13 14 5 4 5 20 18 5 36
6 Queen of the South 27 9 5 13 38 51 13 4 3 6 17 24 14 5 2 7 21 27 -13 32
7 Arbroath 27 7 9 11 28 34 14 5 6 3 16 11 13 2 3 8 12 23 -6 30
8 Greenock Morton 27 6 11 10 22 33 14 4 5 5 14 18 13 2 6 5 8 15 -11 29
9 Ayr United 27 6 11 10 31 37 13 3 6 4 11 12 14 3 5 6 20 25 -6 29
10 Alloa Athletic 27 5 7 15 30 60 14 3 5 6 18 29 13 2 2 9 12 31 -30 22

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