📏 Form Guide

Montrose

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Montrose will be hoping for a better result following a 1-0 League One defeat last time out to Edinburgh City.

Findlay Marshall (62') scored for Edinburgh City.

Fixtures involving Montrose have proved to be absorbing ones of late with high scoring the rule rather than the exception. Over their past 6 games alone, a total of 23 goals have been recorded for both teams combined (at an average of 3.83 goals per game) with 10 of these being chalked up by Montrose.

Their past results show that Montrose:

• haven't beaten Hamilton Academical in their last 5 league matches.
• have not won at home in their last 2 matches in the league.

Hamilton Academical

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Since being defeated in their last game at the hands of Falkirk in League One competition, Hamilton Academical and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

Ross MacIver (50') and Aidan Nesbitt (86') scored for Falkirk.

A run of dependable showings from the Hamilton Academical defence has resulted in their ‘goals against’ tally standing at 4 from their previous 6 clashes in total. Over that same period of time, their own forwards have managed to score 10. We will have to see whether or not that trend will be sustained in this game.

Going into this encounter, Hamilton Academical have not been beaten in their last 4 away league matches.

↔️ Head to head

Checking on their most recent head-to-head meetings stretching back to 17/02/2001 shows that Montrose have won 1 of them & Hamilton Academical 4, with the number of drawn results standing at 1.

A combined total of 17 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 5 from The Gable Endies and 12 being from The Accies. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.83.

The previous league game featuring the two was League One match day 22 on 27/01/2024 when it finished Hamilton Academical 1-1 Montrose.

The referee was Calum Scott.

ℹ️ Team News: Montrose

It doesn’t get much better regarding selection, with just the lone fitness concern for the Montrose gaffer Stewart Petrie to be concerned about thanks to an otherwise robust group of players. Alex Balfour (Ankle injury) won’t play.

ℹ️ Team News: Hamilton Academical

From a largely available squad, there is only the sole fitness problem for the Hamilton Academical manager John Rankin to be concerned about. Scott Martin (Hamstring injury) won’t be playing here.

⚡ Prediction

When taking all factors into account, Montrose have enough to breach the defence of this Hamilton Academical lineup, although just one goal probably won’t quite be as many as they will have scored against them.

Our tip is for a narrow 1-2 win for Hamilton Academical when the full-time whistle blows. Let’s wait and see how it plays out.

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Victor Martins, 13:07 20/04/2024