Peter Green - January 30, 2019
Hamilton Academical vs Dundee FC
Scotland – Premiership
Date: Saturday, 2nd February 2019
Kick-off at 15.00 UK/ 16.00 CET
Venue: Hope CBD Stadium (Hamilton).
At this point, the Accies are more of a place-filler than an actual competitor in the Scottish Premiership. They pose no credible threat to even most of the relegation-battlers, and even at home, the team has not been inspiring enough to lift the spirit of fans.
It may be hard for them to accept that their beloved squad has conceded the most goals, as well as scored the least.
The Dee maybe another group actively in pursuit of an escape from the lower-most section, but as far as this game is concerned, they hold the favorites tag. Despite their low points-total and league standing, they have been impressive against this opponent in the past and will have high hopes coming into this tie.
The Accies are on a nine-game winless run and has secured just three wins from their last twenty attempts. At home, they have not tasted a win for the last five ties and had just two of them in their last 14. Coupled with that, the team from Dundee has won the last four h2h ties in a row, and the last two at this venue. We can expect them to avoid a loss at any cost.
The hosts for this tie has failed to score in nine of their last twelve overall matches and scored just four goals in their last eight home-ties. It should be noted that the team holds the distinction of having scored the least number of goals in the entire league so far. Also, they were shut off by the Dee defense in their last three meetings. I expect them to repeat the stunt this weekend.