The Championship meeting at ZLX Stadium on Saturday sees hosts Hamilton Academical lock horns with opponents Queen's Park.
All of our predictions, stats and the user poll for Hamilton Academical v Queen's Park are shown below - as well as the best betting odds.
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Form Guide
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Hamilton Academical
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Hamilton Academical, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following the 1-2 Championship success vs Partick Thistle.
For Hamilton Academical, goals were scored by Nikolay Todorov (15') and Scott Robinson (17'). Brian Graham (95') scored for Partick Thistle.
Itโs been a rare occasion in recent games where Hamilton Academical have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. It will be a concern for them that Hamilton Academical have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 games, giving up 9 goals in the process.
Looking at the pre-match facts, Hamilton Academical:
- have not lost a league tie with Queen's Park in their previous 2 matches.
- are without a win at home for the past 3 matches in the league.
Queen's Park
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After being defeated in their last game at the hands of Dunfermline Athletic in Championship action, Queen's Park will be hoping to turn things around here.
Chris Kane (69') scored for Dunfermline Athletic.
The strike force from Queen's Park have suffered from a lack of goals over their previous six encounters, contributing the unsatisfactory return of just 1. In those matches, The Spiders have also seen the overall goal aggregate against them equal 20. Letโs see if that trend will be continued on in this game.
Coming into this fixture, Queen's Park have not won away from home in their last 2 matches in the league.
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Head to head
Looking over their most recent head-to-head clashes stretching back to 03/12/2022 shows us that Hamilton Academical have won 2 of them & Queen's Park 4, with the number of draws standing at 0.
A total of 17 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 5 of them for The Accies and 12 for The Spiders. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.83.
The previous league match featuring these clubs was Championship match day 24 on 15/02/2025 which ended up with the score at Queen's Park 1-2 Hamilton Academical.
The referee was Colin Steven.
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Prediction
Weโre inclined to think that Queen's Park will do well to put one past this Hamilton Academical team who we reckon should get the win and a maybe even keep a clean sheet as well.
We therefore fancy a hard-fought contest, finishing with a 1-0 win for Hamilton Academical at the conclusion of the game.
Will be interesting to see how this one goes.
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โฝ๏ธ What are the top odds for the game?
Looking at the bookiesโ prices on the 90 minute result market, backing Hamilton Academical is best priced at 1.8, going for a draw is 3.8 and taking a punt on a victory for Queen's Park comes in at 3.7. Those are the best bets offered at the current time.
Victor Martins,
09:07 16/04/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
โฝ๏ธ Team Focus:
Hamilton Academical
Formed: 1874
Stadium: ZLX Stadium (6,018)
Captain: Sean McGinty
Chairman: Jock Brown
Manager: John Rankin
Competitions: Championship position 7
๐ Key Player: Kevin O'Hara
Generally taking to the field in the Striker position, Kevin O'Hara was born in Stirling, Scotland. Having made a first senior appearance for Falkirk in the 2014 - 2015 season, the dangerous Forward has contributed 4 league goals in this Championship 2024 - 2025 campaign to date in a total of 31 appearances.