National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Hamilton Academical or Ross County that keep their silverware dream alive.
This field has artifical turf, which is not Ross County's normal surface at their own pitch. When playing on artifical turf Ross County have performed like this: Played five matches producing 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats with the goal data 6-7 (scored/conceded).
This could be an engrossing game with lots of fun and excitement as both participants are well rested since they last played a game. Bring it on!
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, 2 draws and 6 losses from their games here at Fountain of Youth Stadium.
Hamilton Academical's previous game was also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Greenock Morton. The home side are looking to build on that result.
Before that result, a home victory against Clyde in the Challenge Cup.
With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Academical defense is not exactly impregnable. 17 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Ross County form and stats
Ross County was sent out of Scottish Cup in the 4th round last season.It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Motherwell in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1. As mentioned above, Ross County drew the match against Motherwell. Manager Mackay brought on Hiwula to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. White, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.63. White served one assist and hit one key pass.
The game before that, in the Premiership, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Livingston.Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings featuring these sides: Academical won three, Ross County triumphed in five and we saw two draws. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Winter 4 goals |  A. Ryan 4 goals |   J. White 4 goals |
Hamilton Academical missing players
Ross County missing players
| Hamilton Academical | Ross County | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Lost | L | 6 | 14 | ||
| 29 | 19 | Scored | S | 8 | 25 | ||
| 41 | 19 | Conceded | C | 14 | 39 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 72% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 16% | ||
| 36% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 28% | ||
| 40% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | ||
| 6.2 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 3.4 | ||
| 5.5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 6.3 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.1 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 8.4 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.9 | 8 | ||
| 3.5 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.1 | 2.6 | ||
| 32% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 38% | ||
| 9.6 | 10.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.6 | 15 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.2 | ||
| 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 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 44 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 17 | 40 |
| 2 | Ayr United | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 41 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 36 |
| 3 | Dundee | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 35 |
| 4 | Partick Thistle | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 42 | 36 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 33 |
| 5 | Greenock Morton | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 30 |
| 6 | Inverness CT | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 30 |
| 7 | Raith Rovers | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | -1 | 29 |
| 8 | Cove Rangers | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 42 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 25 | -12 | 22 |
| 9 | Arbroath | 22 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 36 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 18 | -16 | 18 |
| 10 | Hamilton Academical | 21 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 22 | -22 | 14 |
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