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Hamilton Academical host visiting rivals Queen Of The South at ZLX Stadium in the League One tie on Saturday.
Scroll down for all of our predictions, poll and stats for the Hamilton Academical v Queen Of The South game (inc. the best betting odds).
๐ Form Guide
Hamilton Academical
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Hamilton Academical are hoping to win again after their last result, the 1-3 League One victory vs Cove Rangers.
For Hamilton Academical, the goals were scored by Euan Henderson (83') and Kevin O'Hara (86'). Connor Scully (13' Own goal, 56') was the scorer for Cove Rangers.
Their more recent scorelines highlight the fact that there has been much resilience in the Hamilton Academical defence. Hamilton Academical have been miserly, seeing the tally of goals that have gone in at their end during their last 6 outings standing at 3.
Looking at the pre-match facts, Hamilton Academical:
- have not lost a league tie with Queen Of The South in their previous 14 matches. It's quite some record.
- are undefeated in their last 2 league matches at home.
Queen Of The South
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Queen Of The South head into the clash following a 0-2 League One win with the eclipse of Alloa Athletic in their last fixture.
For Queen Of The South, the goals were scored by Joel Mumbongo (11') and Craig McGuffie (82').
Queen Of The South have attacked well in the lead-up to this encounter, scoring 9 times in their previous 6 matches. Having said that, Queen Of The South have had their own issues at the back, also conceding in 5 of those same games. That aside, it remains to be seen if the trend might be replicated in this game.
Going into this encounter, Queen Of The South haven't beaten Hamilton Academical in games played away from home for the previous 11 league matches. A very poor set of away results, indeed.
๐ฅ Head to head
An inspection of past results between these clubs stretching back to 02/01/2022 tells us that these fixtures have been pretty painful for Queen Of The South. Theyโve not been able to come away with any victories at all while Hamilton Academical have remained in the ascendancy, running out winners in 100% of those games where they have faced each other.
A sum of 17 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 15 for The Accies and 2 for The Doonhamers. The average goals per game has been 2.83.
The last league game featuring these sides was League One match day 23 on 03/02/2024 when it ended Queen Of The South 0-2 Hamilton Academical.
The referee was Lloyd Wilson.
๐๏ธ Team News: Hamilton Academical
Nearly everyone is up for selection, with just the sole fitness concern for the Hamilton Academical boss John Rankin to be concerned about from an otherwise fully-primed set of players. Scott Martin (Hamstring injury) misses out.
๐๏ธ Team News: Queen Of The South
Owing to a fully injury-free group to choose from, the Queen Of The South manager Marvin Bartley has no fitness worries to report coming into this clash.
๐ก Prediction
Weโre inclined to think that Hamilton Academical will most probably get the goals that they need when they face Queen Of The South, who may well find it hard getting goals.
We therefore think that itโs going to be a controlled 2-0 win for Hamilton Academical at full-time.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Lucas Pereira, 14:05 30/03/2024
โฝ๏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
โญ Star Player: Kevin O'Hara
Typically played in the Striker position, Kevin O'Hara was born in Stirling, Scotland. After having played his first senior match for Falkirk in the 2014 - 2015 season, the gifted Forward has netted 13 league goals in this League One 2023 - 2024 campaign to date from a total of 30 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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1 |
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30 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 56 | 78 | DWWWW |
2 |
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30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 40 | 61 | DWWWW |
3 |
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30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 47 | LWWLL |
4 |
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30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 46 | WWWDL |
5 |
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30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 43 | WLLWL |
6 |
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30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | -14 | 34 | LLLWL |
7 |
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30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | -14 | 34 | DDLLW |
8 |
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30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | -9 | 33 | LDLLW |
9 |
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30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | -14 | 30 | LDWDW |
10 |
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30 | 2 | 5 | 23 | -52 | 5 | LLLLL |
Montrose |
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Falkirk |
Annan Athletic |
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Cove Rangers |
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Stirling Albion |
Stirling Albion |
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Edinburgh City |
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Kelty Hearts |
Hamilton Academical |
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Alloa Athletic |
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Falkirk |
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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 |
Hamilton Academical |
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Cove Rangers |
Alloa Athletic |
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Annan Athletic |
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Edinburgh City |
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Kelty Hearts |
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Cove Rangers |
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Falkirk |
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Queen Of The South |
Goals scored | 2.1 |
Goals conceded | 0.8 |
Time first goal scored | 29 |
Time first goal conceded | 57 |
Yellow cards | 1.5 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 4.5 |
Biggest victory | 5-0 |
Biggest defeat | 3-1 |
Goals scored | 1.1 |
Goals conceded | 1.2 |
Time first goal scored | 42 |
Time first goal conceded | 54 |
Yellow cards | 2.1 |
Red cards | 0.2 |
Subs used | 4.3 |
Biggest victory | 4-1 |
Biggest defeat | 5-0 |
Kevin O'Hara | 13 |
Euan Henderson | 10 |
Ahkeem Rose | 7 |
Kyle MacDonald | 5 |
Jamie Barjonas | 4 |
Gavin Reilly | 9 |
Lee Connelly | 5 |
Alex Ferguson | 3 |
Craig McGuffie | 3 |
Joel Mumbongo | 3 |
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Kelty Hearts |
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Cove Rangers |
Montrose |
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