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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 ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was earlier this season, the Accies carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Scottish Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sat 16 Feb | St. Johnstone | 2 - 1 | Hamilton Ac. | SCD1 |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 15 Dec | Hamilton Ac. | 1 - 0 | St. Johnstone | SCD1 |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 29 Sep | St. Johnstone | 4 - 1 | Hamilton Ac. | SCD1 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 28 Apr | Hamilton Ac. | 3 - 4 | St. Johnstone | SCD1 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 17 Feb | St. Johnstone | 4 - 2 | Hamilton Ac. | SCD1 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 16 Dec | Hamilton Ac. | 2 - 2 | St. Johnstone | SCD1 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 19 Aug | St. Johnstone | 0 - 0 | Hamilton Ac. | SCD1 |
Recent respective form guides
Hamilton Academical are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, The Accies have scored 10 and conceded 1 during this period.
St. Johnstone's away form is equally impressive, tasting just one defeat in their last six, and picking up four good wins. The games have constituted a decent return of 10 goals for the Saints, and 7 goals against.
Hamilton Ac. are leading the way in the Irn Bru Scottish Division One, with their 32 games giving them a return of 66 points. St. Johnstone are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 52 points from 32 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Hamilton Ac. | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 12 |
| St. Johnstone | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 11 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
St. Johnstone are performing with pride on their travels, but the FootyMad panel believes it may not be enough to prevent the Accies coming away with a hard-fought home win. Home win.
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Hamilton Ac. | Unbeaten in the last 17 home games. Unbeaten run of 7 matches. |
| St. Johnstone | Undefeated in last 3 away games. No win in the 3 most recent games. |