We’re looking forward to the highly anticipated Chamionship Play-offs semi-final contest between Alloa Athletic and Hamilton Academical on Tuesday. Having both made it this far, and with the reward for the team that gets through the match being a date with the final, we are expecting to see a beauty.
Our full set of predictions, statistics and match poll for Alloa Athletic v Hamilton Academical can be seen below - plus the latest match odds.
Alloa Athletic go into this match after a 2-2 League One drawn result versus Falkirk.
The only player to score from Alloa Athletic was Conor Sammon (29', 45'). Aidan Nesbitt (45') and Brad Spencer (85') scored for Falkirk.
It has been a rare occasion in recent games that Alloa Athletic have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. In fact, Alloa Athletic have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 7 goals in the process. Nonetheless, we will just have to wait and see whether the trend will persist here in this game.
Hamilton Academical head into the match following on from a 4-1 League One win over Kelty Hearts in their most recent fixture.
For Hamilton Academical, the scorers were Liam Morgan (7'), Jake Hastie (25', 81') and Lewis Smith (78'). Craig Johnston (42') scored for Kelty Hearts.
John Rankin's Hamilton Academical have found the back of the net 10 times in the course of their latest six matches. The overall goals that have been scored against them during those matches equals 5.
A glance at their past head-to-head meetings dating back to 09/05/2023 tells us that Alloa Athletic have won 2 of them & Hamilton Academical 3, with the tally of drawn games being 1.
A total of 15 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 6 of them for The Wasps and 9 coming from The Accies. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.5.
The last league contest between these sides was League One match day 35 on 27/04/2024 when it ended Alloa Athletic 0-1 Hamilton Academical.
The match was refereed by Greg Soutar.
The Alloa Athletic boss Andy Graham will be thankful to have no fitness concerns whatsoever before this clash thanks to a fully healthy group available to choose from.
From a largely full-strength squad, there is only the one fitness issue for the Hamilton Academical manager John Rankin to be concerned with. Scott Martin (Hamstring injury) won’t be playing here.
It looks to us that Hamilton Academical have it within them to convert a lot of goal-scoring opportunities.
However, Alloa Athletic may well find it hard scoring but we can see them scoring.
Our selection here is for a 1-3 winning score for Hamilton Academical at the end of the 90 minutes.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Lucas Pereira, 09:00 06/05/2024
⚽️ Team Focus:
Alloa Athletic
Formed: 1878
Stadium: The Indodrill Stadium (3,100)
Captain: Scott Taggart
Chairman: Andrew Allan
Manager: Andy Graham
Competitions: League One position 3, Chamionship Play-offs (Semi-Finals)
🔑 Key Player: Conor Sammon
Typically playing in the Striker position, Conor Sammon was born in Dublin, Rep. Ireland. Having made a first senior appearance for Derry City in the 2008 season, the goalscoring Forward has bagged 7 league goals in this League One 2023 - 2024 season to date coming from a total of 30 appearances.
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Hamilton Academical |
| Hamilton Academical |
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Alloa Athletic |
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Hamilton Academical |
| Hamilton Academical |
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Hamilton Academical |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
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36 | 27 | 9 | 0 | 68 | 90 | WWDDD |
| 2 |
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36 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 45 | 74 | WLWWW |
| 3 |
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36 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 56 | WDWLD |
| 4 |
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36 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 53 | DLLWW |
| 5 |
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36 | 14 | 7 | 15 | -5 | 49 | LLLLW |
| 6 |
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36 | 12 | 8 | 16 | -15 | 44 | WWDLL |
| 7 |
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36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | -7 | 41 | LWDWL |
| 8 |
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36 | 9 | 12 | 15 | -13 | 39 | LWWDD |
| 9 |
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36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | -19 | 39 | LLDWD |
| 10 |
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36 | 3 | 5 | 28 | -60 | 8 | LWLLL |
| Falkirk |
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Alloa Athletic |
| Alloa Athletic |
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Hamilton Academical |
| Cove Rangers |
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Alloa Athletic |
| Alloa Athletic |
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Montrose |
| Stirling Albion |
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Alloa Athletic |
| Alloa Athletic |
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Annan Athletic |
| Hamilton Academical |
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Kelty Hearts |
| Alloa Athletic |
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Hamilton Academical |
| Montrose |
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Hamilton Academical |
| Hamilton Academical |
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Falkirk |
| Annan Athletic |
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Hamilton Academical |
| Hamilton Academical |
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Queen Of The South |
| Alloa Athletic |
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Hamilton Academical |
| Alloa Athletic |
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Montrose |
| Alloa Athletic |
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Annan Athletic |
| Alloa Athletic |
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Queen Of The South |
| Alloa Athletic |
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Kelty Hearts |
| Alloa Athletic |
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Cove Rangers |
| Alloa Athletic |
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Hamilton Academical |
| Montrose |
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Hamilton Academical |
| Annan Athletic |
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Hamilton Academical |
| Cove Rangers |
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Hamilton Academical |
| Kelty Hearts |
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Hamilton Academical |
| Stirling Albion |
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Hamilton Academical |
| Bobby Wales | 12 |
| Taylor Steven | 9 |
| Conor Sammon | 7 |
| Scott Taggart | 6 |
| Ally Roy | 5 |
| Kevin O'Hara | 14 |
| Euan Henderson | 10 |
| Ahkeem Rose | 7 |
| Kyle MacDonald | 5 |
| Lewis Smith | 5 |
| Alloa Athletic |
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Hamilton Academical |
| Hamilton Academical |
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Alloa Athletic |
| Alloa Athletic |
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Hamilton Academical |
| Hamilton Academical |
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Alloa Athletic |
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