St. Mirren vs Hamilton Academical
Scotland – Premiership
Date: Monday, 13th May 2019
Kick-off at 19.45 UK/ 20.45 CET
Venue: The Simple Digital Arena (Paisley)
Team News
St. Mirren
St. Mirren was held to a 1-1 draw at Motherwell in the previous Scottish Premiership fixture. They trailed midway through the second half and needed a dramatic injury-time equalizer from the Kyle Maggenis to save a point.
It was the second consecutive draw for the Saints and kept them in the relegation playoff place, four points clear of safety. Oran Kearney's side have recorded one win and three draws in their last 4 matches and given the odds of 2.10 to win on Monday.
The main problem of St. Mirren is in attack with striker Danny Mullen scoring just five goals this season. He usually gets support from Simeon Jackson and Kyle McAllister, both of whom have been combined for only two goals in their last 10 matches.
Hamilton Academical
Hamilton eased some of their relegation concerns last time as they claimed a 1-0 win over Dundee. Tony Andreu's penalty seven minutes from time was enough to cover three points for the Accies.
Brian Rice are still not safe from danger because they sit four points above the relegation playoff place with two matches left to play. They also have only one win and three draws in their last four matches and are valued at 3.40 for victory on Monday.
Hamilton has also had problems scoring lately with Marius Ogboe and George Oakley joining just three goals in their last 10 matches. Both men are still expected to continue their partnership in the attack with Andreu going to start in midfield following his goal against Dundee.
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St Mirren will host fellow relegation candidates Hamilton on Monday night at St Mirren Park as teams aim to finish in the safe zone. Who will achieve it?
St Mirren's rather miserable season has improved in the last few weeks and throughout 2019 in general. Paisley's side looked devastated despite having managerial changes early in the season, with Oran Kearney coming on for Neil McCann.
The Buddies were finally able to save themselves from automatic demotion after Dundee mathematically finished last week, but it was also thanks to the club's great form until recently. Since the end of March, St Mirren only lost once, namely for defending champions Celtic. In addition, the Kearney team have only lost 2 more since mid-February after they were able to break the 5-game losing streak.
They had beaten Dundee and Livingston and had 3 points from many draws against Hamilton, St Johnstone and Motherwell last week after Kyle Magennis stole a point in the final minutes of the match.
Hamilton is only one point away from the drop and remains a Scottish Premier League team. The Accies relegation battle has been going on since the start of the season, and the appointment of manager Brian Rice at the end of January was a good decision by the club in their search for safety.
Rice's success in his first managerial job has never been extraordinary, because Hamilton's form since he took over was very positive, especially with the team in the relegation zone. Besides that, the Accies have only lost 5 times since Rice took over the team, lost to Rangers, Hibs, Motherwell, Kilmarnock and Livingston.
Livi's final defeat was in early April, which meant that the Lanarkshire team had not lost a match in more than a month, collecting a draw trio before beating Dundee last week and sealing their fate.
This is a crucial match in the ongoing relegation fight, because it determines whether the final match of the season will be affected by this result. If Hamilton avoid defeat then they will be safe and will send St Mirren to the play-off, but you do have the last game that is easier this season if they get points from this match. We will support the hosts to win here, but with a thin margin of 1-0.
Mirren vs. Hamilton Key Statistics
St. Mirren has seen under 2.5 goals in 6 of their last 8 matches (Scottish Premier
