St. Johnstone face a trip to Hamilton Academical at New Douglas Park on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Saints will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 26 and win only 12 of the 49 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was earlier this season, with St. Johnstone inflicting a narrow 0 - 1 defeat upon the Accies in a Scottish Division One match.
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Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
2005/2006 | Tue 25 Oct | St. Johnstone | 5 - 1 | Hamilton Ac. | SCD1 |
2005/2006 | Tue 27 Sep | St. Johnstone | 1 - 2 | Hamilton Ac. | SCC |
2005/2006 | Sat 13 Aug | Hamilton Ac. | 0 - 1 | St. Johnstone | SCD1 |
2004/2005 | Sat 05 Mar | St. Johnstone | 0 - 2 | Hamilton Ac. | SCD1 |
2004/2005 | Wed 29 Dec | Hamilton Ac. | 0 - 3 | St. Johnstone | SCD1 |
2004/2005 | Sat 06 Nov | St. Johnstone | 3 - 0 | Hamilton Ac. | SCD1 |
2004/2005 | Sat 04 Sep | Hamilton Ac. | 1 - 1 | St. Johnstone | SCD1 |
Recent respective form guides
Hamilton Academical are unbeaten in their last six home games, but have drawn three of them. These games have seen the Accies score just 4 goals, though they have conceded 1.
The Saints have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occassions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The games have constituted a decent return of 11 goals for the Saints, and 3 goals against.
Hamilton Ac.'s 41 points from 26 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 4th position. St. Johnstone are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 45 points from 26 games.
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Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
Hamilton Ac. | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 9 |
St. Johnstone | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
A creditable return from recent away games for Saints could well see them head back from New Douglas Park with a share of the spoils, think the FootyMad panel. Score draw
Sequence statistics: | |
Hamilton Ac. | Drawn last 2 games at home. Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. |
St. Johnstone | 4 games since last away draw. 5 games since last defeat. |