This week FootyMad's match preview focuses on the game between St. Mirren and Hamilton Academical at 15:00 on 2nd May 2011 in the Scottish Premier.

Footymad preview History of the St. Mirren v Hamilton Academical fixture

Hamilton Academical face a trip to St. Mirren at St Mirren Park on Monday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Accies 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, with St. Mirren running out comfortable 3 - 1 winners in a Scottish Premier match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2010/2011 Sat 02 Apr St. Mirren 3 - 1 Hamilton Ac. Scottish Premier
2010/2011 Sat 27 Nov Hamilton Ac. 0 - 0 St. Mirren Scottish Premier
2010/2011 Sat 16 Oct St. Mirren 2 - 2 Hamilton Ac. Scottish Premier
2009/2010 Wed 05 May Hamilton Ac. 0 - 0 St. Mirren Scottish Premier
2009/2010 Sat 13 Mar Hamilton Ac. 1 - 0 St. Mirren Scottish Premier
2009/2010 Sat 27 Feb St. Mirren 0 - 0 Hamilton Ac. Scottish Premier
2009/2010 Sat 31 Oct St. Mirren 0 - 2 Hamilton Ac. Scottish Premier

For a detailed analysis of the complete head-to-head record between the two sides, click here

Recent respective form guides

St. Mirren are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 10 to 9.

The away form of Hamilton Academical is pretty dire, chalking up just 1 victory, with 5 defeats, from the last six. While the Accies have hit 4 goals, 10 have hit the back of the wrong net.

St. Mirren are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 29 points from 34 matches.

Hamilton Academical find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 34 games have yielded only 20 points.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
St. Mirren 6 2 1 3 10 10 7
Hamilton Academical 6 1 2 3 5 8 5

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FootyMad's prediction ...

FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Buddies, as the Accies have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
St. Mirren Unbeaten in the last 3 home games.
Not won in the 3 most recent games.
Hamilton Academical 8 games since last away draw.

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