Kilmarnock vs Hamilton Predictions

Hamilton travels to Ayrshire this weekend as they’re hosted by Kilmarnock at Rugby Park. Can the Accies pick up their first win since the end of September?

Kilmarnock comes into this tie on the back of a couple of consecutive defeats at the hands of Motherwell and Aberdeen which has left the club in 5^th place and just 4 points behind the Dons. However, those defeats were away from home and Killie has performed much better in their home ties.

Angelo Alessio’s side has only lost once at Rugby Park in their opening game of the season and is now undefeated in their last 5 matches, conceding just once and keeping a clean sheet in 4 of those 5 fixtures. Kilmarnock scores an average of 1 goal per home game and concedes a mere 0.5, as well as keeping a clean sheet in 67% of those matches.

Hamilton avoided a 3^rd consecutive defeat last week as they drew 2-2 with Ross County, although Brian Rice’s men weren’t able to hold on to their 2-1 lead, instead conceding in the dying minutes of the match.

The Accies are the 3^rd-worst side away from home, as they have gained a mere 2 points from their 5 matches on the road this season, losing the other trio of games. Moreover, Brian Rice’s side has conceded an average of 2.6 goals in their away days, managing to keep a clean sheet in just 20% of those ties and only conceding in 40% of them.

The fact Kilmarnock are undefeated in their last 5 games at Rugby Park is a strong reason to back them here, especially as Hamilton’s away form is far from impressive. Killie hasn’t scored that many goals at Rugby Park-1 goal per game- but their defence has only conceded an average of 0.5 goals whilst conceding in just 33% of home ties. Hamilton creates little in front of goal and have scored just 4 times on the road, with both teams scoring in just 40% of those matches, which is why we’re backing Killie to win to nil, with a final score of 1-0.