This week FootyMad's match preview focuses on the game between Hamilton Academical and Motherwell at 15:00 on Saturday, 1st January 2011 in the Scottish Premier.
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Hamilton Ac. prepare to entertain Motherwell at New Douglas Park on Saturday afternoon, needing to improve on a poor record between the sides. The visitors have won 23 of the 55 previous games, with the Accies winning just 22.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at New Douglas Park was less than a year ago, in February 2010, when they played out a goalless draw in a Scottish Premier match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2010/2011 | Sat 30 Oct | Motherwell | 0 - 1 | Hamilton Ac. | SPL |
| 2009/2010 | Sat 13 Feb | Hamilton Ac. | 0-0 | Motherwell | SPL |
| 2009/2010 | Sat 06 Feb | Motherwell | 1 - 0 | Hamilton Ac. | SPL |
| 2009/2010 | Sat 07 Nov | Hamilton Ac. | 2 - 2 | Motherwell | SPL |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 16 May | Hamilton Ac. | 0 - 3 | Motherwell | SPL |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 14 Feb | Motherwell | 1 - 0 | Hamilton Ac. | SPL |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 20 Dec | Hamilton Ac. | 2 - 0 | Motherwell | SPL |
Recent respective form guides
Hamilton Academical's disastrous home run has meant they have managed only 2 draws from the last six matches. While Accies have scored 4, a worringly large 9 have been leaked at the other end.
Motherwell's away form is none too clever either, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. The The 'Well's have scored 7 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 9.
Hamilton Ac. find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 16 games have yielded only 10 points. Motherwell lie just outside the playoff positions in the Clydesdale Bank Scottish Premier, picking up 23 from their 17 games so far.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Hamilton Ac. | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| Motherwell | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Nothing seems to be going right for the Accies at home recently, and I can see no immediate turn around in fortunes as the The 'Well come away with an easy victory. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Hamilton Ac. | Failed to win in previous 9 home matches. Not won in the 6 most recent games. |
| Motherwell | Not won in previous 3 away matches. An overall losing run of 3 games. No win in the 5 most recent games. |
