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We’re counting down to Scottish Cup action taking place on Saturday as Hamilton Academical play against Ross County.
View all of the Hamilton Academical v Ross County predictions, poll and stats below - plus the latest match odds.
📊 Form Guide
Hamilton Academical
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Hamilton Academical will want to continue from where they left off last time out with the 1-0 Championship victory versus Greenock Morton.
The only name on the scoresheet from Hamilton Academical was Andrew Winter (19').
Fewer than three goals per match were scored during 5 of the past 6 meetings where Hamilton Academical have been involved. With regard to the goal weighting from that period, opposition teams scored an aggregate of 6 while Hamilton Academical got themselves 6.
Ross County
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In their last game, Ross County drew 1-1 in the Premiership match with Motherwell.
In that game, Ross County managed 51% possession and 12 shots on goal with 5 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Ross County was Jordy Hiwula-Mayifuila (80'). For their opponents, Motherwell had 11 shots at goal with 3 on target. Stuart McKinstry (68') was the scorer for Motherwell.
Looking at their form, and Ross County have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, with opponents netting 9 goals in all. Defensively, Ross County have been far from perfect. That kind of pattern won’t necessarily be continued into this game, however.
↔️ Head to head
Looking at their most recent head to head meetings dating back to 03/08/2019 tells us that Hamilton Academical have won 1 of these & Ross County 4, with the tally of draws standing at 1.
In all, 16 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 6 of them for The Accies and 10 coming from The Staggies. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.67.
The last league match featuring these sides was Premiership match day 4 on 12/05/2021 and the score finished Ross County 2-1 Hamilton Academical.
That time, Ross County managed 45% possession and 8 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. The goals were scored by Blair Spittal (28') and Charlie Lakin (70').
Hamilton Academical got 10 attempts on goal with 2 on target. Scott McMann (26') was the scorer.
The referee was Willie Collum.
📰 Team News: Hamilton Academical
Availability isn’t a big problem, with just the sole fitness concern for the Hamilton Academical gaffer John Rankin to be concerned with from a near full-strength set of players. Lewis Spence (Knee Injury) won’t play.
📰 Team News: Ross County
Ross County boss Malky Mackay has multiple availability issues to deal with. Alex Samuel (Surgery) and Ben Paton (Cruciate Ligament Injury) will not be playing here.
🧠 Prediction
Our feeling is that Hamilton Academical are likely to find the net against this Ross County side, but a single goal possibly won’t quite be good enough.
Our tip is for both teams to score in a 1-2 victory for Ross County by the conclusion of the game. We are expecting it to be pretty even.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Lucas Pereira, 01:44 17/01/2023

🏟️ Team Focus:
Hamilton Academical
Formed: 1874
Stadium: New Douglas Park (6,018)
Captain: Brian Easton
Chairman: Allan Maitland
Manager: John Rankin
Competitions: Championship position 10, Scottish Cup (Fourth Round), Challenge Cup (Quarter-finals)
⭐ Key Man: Andy Ryan

Mostly playing in the Striker position, Andy Ryan was born in Hamilton, Scotland. Having made his senior debut playing for Hamilton Academical in the 2011 - 2012 season, the dangerous Forward has managed to score 4 league goals in the Championship 2022 - 2023 season to date from a total of 13 appearances.
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20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 35 | WWWLD |
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21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 33 | DWWLW |
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20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 30 | WDDLL |
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21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 30 | LLWWD |
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22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | -1 | 29 | DDWDD |
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21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | -12 | 22 | DWLLD |
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22 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -16 | 18 | DLWLD |
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22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 38 | WWDWW |
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21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 31 | LDDWW |
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22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | -2 | 29 | LLDWL |
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22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 27 | WLLWD |
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21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | -9 | 27 | DDDLL |
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22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | -10 | 24 | LLLLL |
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21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 20 | DLDLD |
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21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -12 | 20 | DWWLD |
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22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -19 | 20 | DWDLL |
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22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -20 | 17 | LLDLD |
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