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Hamilton Academical line up against visitors Falkirk at ZLX Stadium in this League One fixture on Saturday.
View all Hamilton Academical v Falkirk tips, stats and our pre-match poll below - along with the latest match odds.
๐ Form Guide
Hamilton Academical
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Hamilton Academical, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 1-3 League One victory over Annan Athletic.
For Hamilton Academical, goals were scored by Ben Williamson (61') and Euan Henderson (85'). Tommy Muir (38' Own goal) and Aidan Smith (88') scored for Annan Athletic.
Their more recent scorelines reveal that huge efforts have been put in by the Hamilton Academical defence. Hamilton Academical have kept it tight, seeing the tally of goals that have gone past their goalkeeper during their previous six matches standing at 2.
Looking at their past form shows that Hamilton Academical:
- have left without a victory over Falkirk in their previous 3 league matches.
- are unbeaten in their last 3 home league matches.
Falkirk
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Falkirk head into the clash after a 5-1 League One win with the defeat of Cove Rangers in their last match.
For Falkirk, goals were scored by Coll Donaldson (13'), Callumn Morrison (25'), Ross MacIver (50'), Dylan Tait (62') and Alfredo Agyeman (92'). Josh Kerr (34') was the scorer for Cove Rangers.
With their forward play coming to the fore of late, Falkirk have helped themselves to an avalanche of goals over their previous six encounters (23 in all). That means that they have an enviable average of 3.83 goals scored per game during this time. That pattern wonโt necessarily be carried forward into this match, though.
Coming into this contest, Falkirk are undefeated in their last 20 away league matches. Amazing.
โ๏ธ Head to head
Checking out their prior head to head meetings going back to 13/05/2014, there has been little between the sides with Hamilton Academical winning 2 of those games, Falkirk 2 and 2 being drawn after 90 minutes of play.
A combined total of 15 goals were scored between them in this period, with 7 from The Accies and 8 belonging to The Bairns. The average goals per game has been 2.5.
The previous league game featuring these sides was League One match day 25 on 17/02/2024 when the final score was Falkirk 3-2 Hamilton Academical.
The referee was Colin Steven.
๐๏ธ Team News: Hamilton Academical
There arenโt many personnel worries, with just the lone fitness concern for the Hamilton Academical boss John Rankin to contend with from an otherwise complete group. Scott Martin (Hamstring injury) is sidelined.
๐๏ธ Team News: Falkirk
With a fully healthy squad ready to go, the Falkirk boss John McGlynn has no fitness concerns whatsoever ahead of this match.
๐ง Prediction
We feel that over the course of the game, Hamilton Academical may not find it easy to be putting a goal past this Falkirk outfit who we think will likely score at least once to gain the upper hand.
Therefore, we predict a narrow 0-1 winning score for Falkirk at the end of this game.
Looking forward to watching this one unfold.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Lucas Pereira, 16:06 13/04/2024
๐๏ธ Team Focus:
Hamilton Academical
Formed: 1874
Stadium: ZLX Stadium (6,018)
Captain: Scott Martin
Chairman: John Brown
Manager: John Rankin
Competitions: League One position 2
๐ Key Player: Ahkeem Rose
Customarily played in the Striker position, Ahkeem Rose was born in Jamaica. Having played his first senior match for Ayr United in the 2023 - 2024 season, the accomplished Forward has scored a sum of 7 league goals in the League One 2023 - 2024 season to date in a total of 11 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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32 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 66 | 84 | WWWWW |
2 |
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32 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 42 | 65 | WWWDW |
3 |
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32 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 51 | WLLDW |
4 |
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31 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 46 | WWDLL |
5 |
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32 | 13 | 7 | 12 | -2 | 46 | LWLWL |
6 |
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32 | 11 | 7 | 14 | -11 | 40 | LWLWW |
7 |
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32 | 9 | 7 | 16 | -10 | 34 | LLWDL |
8 |
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32 | 9 | 7 | 16 | -20 | 34 | LLWLL |
9 |
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32 | 7 | 10 | 15 | -16 | 31 | WDWDL |
10 |
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31 | 2 | 5 | 24 | -54 | 5 | LLLLL |
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Falkirk |
Annan Athletic |
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Queen Of The South |
Cove Rangers |
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Stirling Albion |
Hamilton Academical |
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Edinburgh City |
Hamilton Academical |
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Cove Rangers |
Montrose |
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Edinburgh City |
Queen Of The South |
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Stirling Albion |
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Queen Of The South |
Hamilton Academical |
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Stirling Albion |
Hamilton Academical |
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Edinburgh City |
Hamilton Academical |
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Alloa Athletic |
Hamilton Academical |
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Annan Athletic |
Hamilton Academical |
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Montrose |
Montrose |
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Queen Of The South |
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Cove Rangers |
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Kelty Hearts |
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Alloa Athletic |
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Goals scored | 2 |
Goals conceded | 0.8 |
Time first goal scored | 29 |
Time first goal conceded | 57 |
Yellow cards | 1.6 |
Red cards | 0.2 |
Subs used | 4.5 |
Biggest victory | 5-0 |
Biggest defeat | 3-1 |
Goals scored | 2.8 |
Goals conceded | 0.8 |
Time first goal scored | 31 |
Time first goal conceded | 40 |
Yellow cards | 2.1 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 4.4 |
Biggest victory | 7-1 |
Biggest defeat | null |
Kevin O'Hara | 13 |
Euan Henderson | 10 |
Ahkeem Rose | 7 |
Kyle MacDonald | 5 |
Lewis Smith | 4 |
Callumn Morrison | 22 |
Ross MacIver | 14 |
Aidan Nesbitt | 10 |
Calvin Miller | 8 |
Alfredo Agyeman | 6 |
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Alloa Athletic |