Preview Hamilton Academical
Saturday, 15th Jan 2022cinch Championship (home) Saturday 15th January 2022, kick off 3.00pm at East End Park
Dunfermline left Cappielow on a Saturday having just been dumped on the foot of the Championship table and now have sixteen matches remaining in which to rectify their serious position.
Hamilton are undefeated in their last eight matches at East End Park but Dunfermline had won all seven before that. In total the Pars have won 33, lost 17 and drawn 7 of the previous 57 home league matches. In total the teams have met 85 times with the honours even 35 wins to 35 defeats and 15 drawn.
Milestones Hamilton Academical (Home)
Last Victory | 03-12-95 | 4-0 | Division 1
Last Defeat | 06-04-13 | 2-3 | Division 1
Best Victory | 11-11-72 | 7-2 | Division 2*
Worst Defeat | 20-10-07 | 0-5 | Division 1
Last Goalless Draw | 25-09-21 | Championship
First ever home meeting | 21-08-26 | 0-1 | Division 1*
*Pre league reconstruction
Last Meeting at East End Park
Dunfermline 0-0 Hamilton
Sat, 25th Sep 2021
Following the 0-0 draw at home to Inverness Caley Thistle, Manager Peter Grant was delighted to achieve another clean sheet, and pleased that the individual errors that had cost the team in previous games appeared to have been eliminated.
There was disappointment that opportunities should have been taken especially in the first half. Owain Fôn Williams made a couple of important saves in the second half and Dunfermline ended the match hanging on, having to defend several corners late in the game.
DUNFERMLINE: Owain Fôn Williams: Aaron Comrie, Paul Watson, Vytas Gašpuitis, Josh Edwards: Ryan Dow, Dan Pybus, Graham Dorrans (c), Kai Kennedy (Dom Thomas 72): Nikolay Todorov (Reece Cole 63), Craig Wighton (Kevin O’Hara 61)
SUBS NOT USED: Kyle Macdonald, Paul Allan, Leon Jones, Deniz Mehmet (GK)
HAMILTON ACADEMICAL: Ryan Fulton: Luke Matheson, Shaun Want (Brian Easton 77), Mihai Popescu, Kieran MacDonald: Regan Mimnaugh: Lewis Smith (Adam McGowan 73), Lewis Spence (Miko Virtanen 27), Josh Mullin, Marley Redfern: Andy Ryan (c).
SUBS NOT USED: Kyle Munro, George Stanger, Ronan Hughes, Joe Hilton (GK).
Over the past twelve matches between Dunfermline and Hamilton, the Pars have won only two, lost five with five games ending all square.
Last Twelve Matches v Hamilton
04/12/21 | A | L | 0-1 | Championship
25/09/21 | H | D | 0-0 | Championship
14/02/17 | A | D | 1-1 | Scottish Cup
11/02/17 | H | D | 1-1 | Scottish Cup
06/04/13 | H | L | 2-3 | First Division
09/02/13 | A | W | 2-1 | First Division
02/02/13 | H | L | 0-2 | Scottish Cup
15/12/12 | H | D | 1-1 | First Division
29/09/12 | A | W | 3-0 | First Division
11/03/08 | H | D | 1-1 | First Division
09/02/08 | A | L | 0-3 | First Division
20/10/07 | H | L | 0-5 | First Division
Recent Form
Hamilton Academical’s win over Dunfermline on 4th December ended a six match run without a win and since then they have won two, drawn two and lost one of the next five.
Dunfermline have lost four and drawn two of their last six matches. Their only home league win was over Ayr United on 20th November.
Last six matches
DUNFERMLINE
Morton (A) L 0-5
Raith Rovers (A) D 0-0
Arbroath (H) L 0-3
Queen of the South (H) D 3-3
Hamilton Academical (A) L 0-1
Partick Thistle (A) L 0-1
HAMILTON
Partick Thistle (H) D 2-2
Queen of the South (A) L 0-3
Kilmarnock (H) L 2-3
Inverness Caley Thistle (A) L 1-2
Ayr United (A) D 1-1
Dunfermline (H) W 1-0
League Record
DUNFERMLINE
League Position: 10th
League Points: 15
Goal Difference: -18
League Record: P20 W2 D9 L9 GF18 GA36
Last Six Match Form: LLDLDL
HAMILTON
League Position: 6th
League Points: 24
Goal Difference: -12
League Record: P21 W6 D6 L9 GF24 GA36
Last Six Match Form: WDWLWD
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Morton): Owain Fôn Williams (c): Aaron Comrie, Coll Donaldson, Lewis Martin, Josh Edwards: Dan Pybus, Paul Allan, Ryan Dow, Matthew Todd (Nikolay Todorov 51): Steven Lawless, Lewis McCann
SUBS NOT USED: Kyle Macdonald, Kevin O’Hara, Craig Wighton, Reece Cole, Leon Jones, Deniz Mehmet (GK)
HAMILTON ACADEMICAL (v Partick Thistle): Joe Hilton: Jamie Hamilton, Mihai Popescu, Brian Easton, Matthew Shiels: Marley Redfern (Regan Mimnaugh 52), Miko Virtanen, Dan O’Reilly, Lewis Smith, Andy Winter, Andy Ryan.
SUBS NOT USED: Ben Stirling, Chris McGinn, Ellis Brown, Kyle Munro, Jamie Smith GK).
Referee will be Bobby Madden making his second visit to East End Park this season.
Other Championship Fixtures
Partick Thistle v Kilmarnock (Friday)
Ayr United v Morton
Inverness Caley Thistle v Queen of the South
Raith Rovers v Arbroath
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