Partick Thistle vs Hamilton Academical Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Partick Thistle

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Partick Thistle prepare for this fixture coming off the back of a 1-1 Scottish Cup drawn game vs Dunfermline Athletic.

The only scorer from Partick Thistle was Aidan Fitzpatrick (51'). Kyle Benedictus (42') scored for Dunfermline Athletic. Partick Thistle won the match 4-2 in a dramatic penalty shootout.

It has been seldom in recent times where Partick Thistle haven’t conceded. The facts show that Partick Thistle have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 games, letting in 8 goals in the process.

Analysis of their past results shows that Partick Thistle:

• are unbeaten in the league by Hamilton Academical in their last 2 matches.
• are unbeaten in their last 4 league matches at home.

Hamilton Academical

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In their last game, Hamilton Academical drew 0-0 in the Scottish Cup tie with Ross County.

Hamilton Academical ran out winners after a 5-3 penalty shootout.

It has become apparent that Hamilton Academical have suffered from a lack of goals in their past six encounters, recording the poor return of just 4. In those matches, The Accies have also seen the overall goal tally of their opponents equal 6. That pattern won’t necessarily be carried forward into this match, of course.

Analysis of their past results shows that Hamilton Academical:

• are undefeated by Partick Thistle when they've played them away from home in the last 2 matches in the league.
• are without an away win for the past 6 matches in the league.

↔️ Head to head

Checking on their prior head-to-head meetings going back to 15/10/2021 shows that Partick Thistle have won 3 of these games and Hamilton Academical 1, with the tally of drawn matches being 2.

21 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 12 of them from The Jags and 9 created by The Accies. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.5.

The previous league contest between these sides was Championship match day 11 on 15/10/2022 which ended up with the score at Hamilton Academical 1-2 Partick Thistle.

The referee was Barry Cook.

ℹ️ Team News: Partick Thistle

The Partick Thistle boss Ian McCall will be grateful not to have any fitness concerns at all coming into this game owing to a fully healthy squad ready to go.

📋 Team News: Hamilton Academical

Out of a mainly healthy group, there’s only a single fitness issue for the Hamilton Academical manager John Rankin to contend with. Lewis Spence (Knee Injury) won’t be in action.

💡 Prediction

It seems to us that Hamilton Academical could really find it hard to get a goal against a Partick Thistle team who certainly have the ability to dominate this match.

Our selection here is for a commanding 3-0 win for Partick Thistle when the referee blows the final whistle.

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Andre Moura, 02:12 24/01/2023