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Falkirk v Hamilton Academical : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Fri 2nd May, 19:45 BST, Falkirk Community Stadium, Falkirk

John McGlynn's Falkirk side will have home backing in the Championship on Friday evening, as John Rankin's Hamilton Academical travel to the Falkirk Community Stadium. All stats, including 20-game form for both teams and head-to-head records, will update as you explore each of the betting markets using the tabs below. Odds from leading bookmakers and, of course, our predictions will too.


Best Tip: Falkirk to win

We are predicting Falkirk will be victorious come the end of the 90 mins on Friday in the win / draw / win market. The latest form statistics and historical head-to-head (H2H) data below all suggest that they are more than capable of getting the job done and, as favourites with the bookies, the odds back that up too. Expect jubilant celebrations among the home fans when the referee blows the final whistle at Falkirk Community Stadium.

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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Falkirk are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 67% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.22.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Falkirk
67%
1.18
6%
-
Draw
19%
6.25
14%
-
Hamilton
13%
11.00
22%
-
Falkirk 2-0
12%
6.50
7%
-
Falkirk 1-0
11%
9.00-
Falkirk 2-1
10%
10.00
5%
-
Draw 1-1
9%
13.00
18%
-
Falkirk 3-0
8%
7.50
6%
-
Falkirk 3-1
7%
11.00-
Draw 0-0
5%
17.00-
Falkirk 4-0
4%
10.00
17%
-
Hamilton 1-0
4%
29.00
12%
-
Draw 2-2
4%
26.00
24%
-
Hamilton 2-1
4%
34.00
31%
-
Falkirk 4-1
4%
17.00-
Falkirk 3-2
3%
29.00
12%
-
Falkirk 5-0
2%
17.00
19%
-
Hamilton 2-0
2%
51.00
24%
-
Over 2.5 Goals
57%
1.44
4%
-
Under 2.5 Goals
43%
2.62
5%
-
Home 1st Goal
59%
1.17
3%
-
Away 1st Goal
38%
5.00
11%
-
No 1st Goal
3%
17.00-
BTTS - Yes
50%
2.10
10%
-
BTTS - No
50%
1.67
7%
-
BTTS - Home Win
29%
2.88-
BTTS - Draw
14%
8.50
21%
-
BTTS - Away Win
7%
19.00
27%
-
Home/draw
87%
1.02
2%
-
Away/draw
33%
3.80
1%
-
Home/away
81%
1.08
4%
-
Over 1.5 Goals
80%
1.14-
Under 1.5 Goals
20%
5.00-
Over 3.5 Goals
35%
2.10
5%
-
Under 3.5 Goals
65%
1.67
3%
-
Over 4.5 Goals
18%
3.50
7%
-
Under 4.5 Goals
82%
1.29
3%
-
Over 5.5 Goals
8%
6.00
8%
-
Under 5.5 Goals
92%
1.11
1%
-
Over 0.5 Goals
95%
1.02
2%
-
Under 0.5 Goals
5%
11.00
35%
-
Home DNB
81%
1.06
2%
-
Away DNB
27%
8.00
14%
-
Falkirk win to nil
38%
1.83
13%
-
Hamilton win to nil
7%
19.00
12%
-
Falkirk / Falkirk
51%
1.62
6%
-
Falkirk / Hamilton
2%
51.00-
Falkirk / Draw
4%
23.00
10%
-
Draw / Falkirk
21%
4.00-
Draw / Hamilton
4%
21.00
11%
-
Draw / Draw
9%
9.50
6%
-
Hamilton / Falkirk
4%
21.00
11%
-
Hamilton / Hamilton
4%
21.00
40%
-
Hamilton / Draw
3%
26.00
24%
-
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Win / draw / win Championship table

Falkirk have played 35 matches so far this season and lay in 1st place in the Championship league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 35 games against teams below in the table, having won 21, drawn 7 and lost 7 matches. They have kept 17 clean sheets and have failed to score in 5 fixtures. Falkirk have outscored their opponents by 69 goals to 37 goals.

Home League Performance

Falkirk have played 17 games at home winning 12, drawing 3 and losing 2 games. They have scored 37 goals, kept 10 clean sheets and conceded 12 goals at home.

Hamilton are in 10th position in the Championship on 21 points having played 35 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

10 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 31 goals and kept 3 clean sheets. They have scored 19 goals in total and failed to score in 7 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

35 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 19 games, drawn 6 and won 10. Hamilton have conceded 61 goals, scored 37, failed to score in 14 fixtures and have kept 8 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Falkirk
Hamilton
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Falkirk H353770 
-
-
-
-
l
 
1-3A
l
 
1-0A
d
 
2-2A
May 2
2
Livingston352970 
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
1-0A
l
 
1-2A
l
 
1-0A
l
 
1-3A
l
 
3-0A
l
 
0-3A
l
 
3-0A
3
Ayr United351760 
w
 
2-0F
l
 
5-2F
d
 
2-2A
d
 
1-1F
l
 
0-2A
l
 
3-2A
l
 
0-2A
d
 
1-1F
4
Partick35452 
w
 
2-1F
d
 
1-1F
w
 
5-2F
l
 
2-1A
w
 
1-0F
l
 
5-1A
l
 
1-2F
w
 
1-2F
5
Raith Rovers35050 
w
 
3-0F
l
 
1-0A
l
 
1-3F
w
 
0-2F
l
 
0-3A
d
 
3-3F
l
 
0-3A
l
 
2-0A
6
Greenock 35-845 
w
 
6-0F
w
 
2-3A
w
 
5-0F
w
 
0-2F
w
 
3-0F
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
0-2A
l
 
2-0A
7
Dunfermline35-1335 
w
 
2-1F
w
 
0-2F
w
 
1-0F
d
 
3-3A
w
 
1-0F
l
 
3-2A
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-1F
8
Queen's Park35-1535 
w
 
2-1F
w
 
0-1F
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
0-4F
w
 
2-1F
l
 
1-0A
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
1-2F
9
Airdrieonians35-2729 
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-2F
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-3F
d
 
2-2F
w
 
0-4F
w
 
3-2F
l
 
2-1A
10
Hamilton A35-2421 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
1-3F
May 2
d
 
2-2F
-
-
-
-
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Falkirk 1ST
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
41
Conceded
18
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
13
D
3
L
4
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Falkirk1 - 3Raith Rovers
Falkirk5 - 0Greenock
Falkirk2 - 0Airdrieonians
Falkirk1 - 0Dunfermline
Falkirk2 - 2Ayr United
Falkirk5 - 2Partick
Falkirk1 - 2Livingston
Falkirk0 - 0Queen's Park
Falkirk1 - 0Hamilton
Falkirk3 - 0Raith Rovers
Falkirk2 - 0Airdrieonians
Falkirk6 - 0Greenock
Falkirk2 - 1Dunfermline
Falkirk0 - 0Livingston
Falkirk2 - 0Ayr United
Falkirk2 - 1Partick
Falkirk2 - 1Queen's Park
Falkirk3 - 2Ross County
Falkirk0 - 2Greenock
Falkirk1 - 2Alloa Athletic
Goals: Scored
41
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
10
Draw
5
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AFalkirk1 - 2Partick
HFalkirk1 - 3Raith Rovers
AFalkirk1 - 1Ayr United
HFalkirk5 - 0Greenock
AFalkirk0 - 1Livingston
HFalkirk2 - 0Airdrieonians
AFalkirk4 - 0Queen's Park
HFalkirk1 - 0Dunfermline
AFalkirk3 - 0Airdrieonians
AFalkirk2 - 2Hamilton
AFalkirk2 - 0Greenock
HFalkirk2 - 2Ayr United
HFalkirk5 - 2Partick
HFalkirk1 - 2Livingston
AFalkirk2 - 0Raith Rovers
HFalkirk0 - 0Queen's Park
AFalkirk3 - 3Dunfermline
HFalkirk1 - 0Hamilton
AFalkirk2 - 5Ayr United
HFalkirk3 - 0Raith Rovers
Hamilton 10TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
19
Conceded
34
Games: Scored
10 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
10 / 20
W
4
D
4
Lost
12
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Partick1 - 2Hamilton
Dunfermline0 - 1Hamilton
Ayr United1 - 1Hamilton
Airdrieonians2 - 1Hamilton
Raith Rovers2 - 0Hamilton
Greenock 2 - 0Hamilton
Queen's Park1 - 2Hamilton
Livingston3 - 0Hamilton
Falkirk1 - 0Hamilton
Dunfermline3 - 2Hamilton
Partick5 - 1Hamilton
Airdrieonians0 - 4Hamilton
Queen's Park1 - 0Hamilton
Raith Rovers3 - 3Hamilton
Livingston3 - 0Hamilton
Ayr United3 - 2Hamilton
Greenock 0 - 0Hamilton
Arbroath0 - 0Hamilton
Queen's Park1 - 0Hamilton
Greenock 2 - 0Hamilton
Goals: Scored
16
Conceded
33
Games: Scored
10 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
10 / 20
Won
6
D
3
Lost
11
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HHamilton0 - 3Livingston
HHamilton0 - 0Queen's Park
AHamilton2 - 1Partick
AHamilton1 - 0Dunfermline
HHamilton0 - 3Raith Rovers
AHamilton1 - 1Ayr United
HHamilton0 - 2Greenock
AHamilton1 - 2Airdrieonians
HHamilton2 - 2Falkirk
HHamilton1 - 0Dunfermline
AHamilton0 - 2Raith Rovers
AHamilton0 - 2Greenock
AHamilton2 - 1Queen's Park
HHamilton0 - 2Ayr United
HHamilton0 - 3Raith Rovers
AHamilton0 - 3Livingston
HHamilton1 - 2Partick
HHamilton3 - 2Airdrieonians
AHamilton0 - 1Falkirk
HHamilton2 - 1Queen's Park
Goal Statistics

A PG of 2.1 is decent for Falkirk in their meeting with Hamilton Academical, as is their run of scoring 1 goal or more in 15 consecutive Championship outings.

Falkirk 1st Hamilton 10th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
2.1
goals
0.8
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
12%
1
25%
2
27%
3
19%
4+
17%
There is a 63% probability that Falkirk will score 2 or more goals in this match
0
43%
1
36%
2
15%
3
4+
There is a 79% probability of Hamilton scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+14
Falkirk have scored 14% more goals at home than predicted
-9
Hamilton’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
2.1
average goals scored
1.0
average goals scored
0.9
conceded
1.7
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2024/2025 season
https://api.kickoff.co.uk/v1/fixture/282244/accaPanel/formStats/marketCode/FULL
Falkirk
PG (predicted goals)
Hamilton
2.1
0.8
Attack rating
34%
better
FKK
HAM
view stats
Games scored30
21
Failed to score5
14
Scored first25
14
Goals scored69
37
Avg. goals scored2
1.1
Avg. shots per game13
8
Avg. shots per goal7
7
Conversion rate for15
13
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
+34%
Defence rating
36%
better
FKK
HAM
view stats
Games conceded18
27
Clean sheets17
8
Conceded first8
19
Goals conceded32
61
Avg. goals conceded0.9
1.7
Avg. shots/game conceded7
10
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
6
Conversion rate against14%
17%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
+36%

Falkirk v Hamilton Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

Falkirk Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
35999
N. HogarthC MillerC MillerS Mackie
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
N. Hogarth GLK321
1
-
K. Adams DEF3224
2
-
E Ross MID3264
2
-
C Miller MID3299
1
-
B Spencer MID3282
7
-
L Henderson DEF316
7
-
G Oliver FWD3031
2
-
D Tait MID2922
8
-
A Nesbitt MID2722
3
-
A. Agyeman FWD2751
2
1
F. Yeats MID24
1
-
L. Graham DEF201
1
1
C Donaldson DEF192
1
-
S Mackie DEF1832
8
1
R MacIver FWD1832
3
-
L Mccann DEF131
-
B. Stewart FWD1322
2
-
S Arfield MID129
2
-
T Lang DEF101
4
-
M Thomson FWD81
-
E Brophy FWD3
-
D O'Connor DEF1
-
Hamilton Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
341148
S McGintyO ShawC SmithS McGinty
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
S McGinty DEF3221
8
-
O Shaw FWD31112
2
-
K O'Hara FWD304
4
-
S Bradley FWD2821
4
-
E Henderson FWD2811
1
-
R Tumilty DEF2741
7
-
J Barjonas MID2711
4
-
B Maguire MID26
4
-
N Todorov FWD261
5
-
K MacDonald MID232
4
-
S Hendrie DEF222
4
-
J Longridge DEF21
1
-
C Smith MID2124
3
-
D Lyness GLK18
1
-
S McKinstry MID1631
-
C Albinson GLK14
1
-
D McGowan DEF131
2
-
S Robinson FWD1321
3
-
L Kilday DEF111
2
-
B Williamson MID11
4
-
R Lamie DEF91
1
-
C Telfer MID9
2
-
T Gallacher DEF5
-
D O'Connor MID3
-
C Newbury DEF2
-