National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Hamilton Academical or Rangers that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Hamilton Academical nor Rangers as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Rangers have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 5-1-3 (win-draw-loss) from nine matches.
Hamilton Academical form and stats
Hamilton Academical was eliminated in the 4th round last season in the Scottish Cup.Three consecutive losses here at The Hope CBD Stadium is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.
An away draw last time out for Hamilton Academical, facing St. Mirren in a game that ended 1-1. Ahead of that match, Hamilton Academical lost 1-4 at home to Celtic.
Despite playing at their own arena the home team are massive underdogs in this game. The home fans will enjoy their drinks and snacks knowing that the chances of a positive outcome are very slim. When Hamilton Academical have been in this position before, they have won zero, drawn zero and lost six from six games. four defeats by at least two goals.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Hamilton Academical, as the Premiership home game vs Aberdeen is only three days away.
Rangers form and stats
Last season their Scottish Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals replays.Impressive finishing from George Edmundson and Ianis Hagi secured the home win 2-1 against Hibernian in their previous game. Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Aberdeen in the Premiership.
Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with Rangers given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed twelve matches with eleven wins as expected, one draw and zero surprise home wins. The favourites won ten of these games by at least two goals.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Rangers manager S. Gerrard as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Kilmarnock.
It's a day of discovery for Rangers as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Rangers have played one with the results W1-D0-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games Rangers has scored 6 goals and conceded 1 time.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Hamilton Academical won one, Rangers won nine and zero draws. eight games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
 
J. Defoe
13 goals
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A. Morelos Aviléz
12 goals
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R. Kent
6 goals
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Hamilton Academical missing players
Rangers missing players
| Hamilton Academical | Rangers | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Won | W | 6 | 17 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 28 | 17 | Scored | S | 23 | 55 | ||
| 43 | 23 | Conceded | C | 10 | 15 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 84% | ||
| 60% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 60% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | ||
| 4 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 7.4 | ||
| 7.5 | 7.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.4 | 2.8 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.7 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 187 | 96 | Total Shots | T S | 155 | 377 | ||
| 62 | 33 | Shots on Target | S O | 55 | 147 | ||
| 45% | 52% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 37% | ||