Hamilton Academical vs Ayr United Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Hamilton Academical

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Hamilton Academical go into this match following a 0-0 Championship draw against Arbroath.

John Rankin's Hamilton Academical have hit the target 8 times in their last half-dozen outings. Conversely, the tally of goals that have been scored against them in that time stands at 8.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Hamilton Academical:

• have left without a victory over Ayr United in their previous 7 league games.
• have not won at home in their last 2 league games.

Ayr United

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After a losing effort in their last game against Falkirk in Scottish Cup action, Ayr United will be aiming to make amends here.

The only scorer from Ayr United was Dipo Akinyemi (12'). Callumn Morrison (66') and Kai Kennedy (83') scored for Falkirk.

The stats tell the story, and Ayr United have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, with opponents netting 7 goals in total. At the back, Ayr United have seen their frailties exposed.

Their previous form shows that Ayr United:

• remain unbeaten by Hamilton Academical when they've played them away from home in the last 3 league matches.
• have not been beaten in their last 2 away league matches.

↔️ Head to head

Inspecting their most recent head-to-head clashes stretching back to 10/12/2021 tells us that Hamilton Academical have won 0 of these and Ayr United 2, with the number of drawn matches being 4.

A combined sum of 16 goals were scored between them in these games, with 7 for The Accies and 9 belonging to The Honest Men. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.67.

The last league match featuring these clubs was Championship match day 21 on 07/01/2023 and the score finished Ayr United 1-0 Hamilton Academical.

The referee was Calum Scott.

ℹ️ Team News: Hamilton Academical

Availability isn’t a big problem, with just the sole fitness concern for the Hamilton Academical boss John Rankin to contend with from a near full-strength set of players. Jamie Hamilton (Knee Injury) won’t play.

📋 Team News: Ayr United

Thanks to a fully injury-free squad available to choose from, the Ayr United manager Lee Bullen has no fitness concerns at all coming into this match.

🔮 Prediction

We think that Hamilton Academical will have to work hard as a team to put one past this Ayr United lineup who we think will likely manage to get a goal of their own in a winning performance.

We’re going for a hard-fought 0-1 winning score for Ayr United when all is said and done.

Should be interesting.

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Victor Martins, 02:25 14/03/2023