Hamilton Academical comes into this match having drawn Dundee 1-1 in the Championship. Connor Smith (5′) was the only Hamilton Academical scorer. For Dundee, Jordan McGhee scored (38′). According to their most recent results, the Hamilton Academical rearguard has had a great time.
Queen Of The South enters this match having defeated Edinburgh City 1-0 in their previous match in League One. Ruari Paton (53′) is the only name on the Queen of the South scoresheet. The Queen of the South defense has been consistently strong lately, allowing just four goals in their six previous games.
Prediction
We tend to believe that Queen Of The South has the firepower to score against this Hamilton Academical lineup, but they probably won’t score as many goals as they give up.
When the final whistle sounds, a close game could result in a 2-1 victory for Hamilton Academical. Probably a good one.
Head to head
Queen Of The South has not enjoyed these head-to-head encounters, as evidenced by their previous encounters dating back to August 3, 2014. While Hamilton Academical has dominated them, winning 67% of the games they’ve played, they haven’t been able to win a single one.
In these games, they combined to score 12 goals, nine of which came from The Accies and three from The Doonhamers. That’s an average of 2 goals scored per game.
Team News
From a group of players who are almost all in good health, Hamilton Academical manager John Rankin only has one fitness concern. Lewis Spence is out of the running due to a knee injury.
Marvin Bartley, the manager of Queen Of The South, doesn’t have any concerns about his fitness going into this game because he has a team that is in perfect health to choose from.
Lineup
| Hamilton Academical | ||
| G | 1 | R. Fulton |
| D | 5 | B. Easton |
| D | 34 | D. O’Reilly |
| D | 7 | K. MacDonald |
| D | 24 | S. Lawson |
| D | 3 | M. Popescu |
| D | 6 | J. Hamilton |
| M | 14 | L. Spence |
| A | 9 | A. Ryan |
| A | 20 | D. Moyo |
| A | 19 | A. Winter |
| Queen of the South | ||
| G | 1 | J. Rae |
| D | 3 | A. Cooper |
| D | 2 | D. O’Connor |
| M | 33 | W. Gibson |
| M | 8 | J. Todd |
| M | 14 | B. Liddle |
| M | 18 | K. McKechnie |
| A | 9 | A. Roy |
| A | 10 | L. Connelly |
| A | 19 | I. Cameron |
| D | 16 | E. East |
Betting tips
In the 90-minute result market, betting on Hamilton Academical winning is best priced at 1.85, backing the game ending all-square is 3.72, and betting on Queen Of The South winning is 4. At the moment, they represent the highest possible returns.
For this match, our knowledgeable partners are tipping over 1.5 goals.
Where to watch
You can watch the match on BBC sports, twich, VIX+.