Dundee take on Hamilton Academical in front of the SKY Sports cameras on Saturday and here we round up everything you need to know ahead of the match.
Match Info
FIXTURE: Dundee v Hamilton Academical
COMPETITION: Ladbrokes Scottish Premiership
DATE: Saturday 5th January 2018
KICK OFF: 12.30
VENUE: Dens Park
Opposition Info
FORMED: 1874
STADIUM: New Douglas Park
CAPACITY: 6,018
PITCH SIZE: 105m x 68m
MANAGER: Martin Canning
CHAIRMAN: Les Gray
NICKNAME: The Accies
MASCOT: Hammy the Hamster
CLUB COLOURS: Red and white
HONOURS: Scottish League Division Two (second tier) winners: 1903/04
Scottish League First Division (second tier) winners: 1985/86,
1987/88, 2007/08
SPFL Premiership Play-Off winners: 2013/14
Scottish League Third Division (fourth tier) winners: 2000/01
Scottish League Challenge Cup (B&Q Cup) winners: 1991/92.
1992/93
RECORD ATTENDANCE: 28,690 v Hearts, 3/3/1937 (Douglas Park)
RECORD WIN: 10-2 v Greenock Morton, SPFL Championship, May 3rd 2014
CLUB WEBSITE: www.hamiltonacciesfc.co.uk
Getting to the Ground
The full address of Dens Park for Sat-Nav is Dens Park, Sandeman Street, Dundee, DD3 7JY
The city centre of Dundee can be reached easily by both road & rail. From Dundee City Centre you can use the no. 1A or no. 24 National Express Dundee bus service, both of which can be boarded at the Albert Square. For a taxi to the ground, call Tay Taxis on 01382450450.
Match Officials
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Head to Head v Hamilton Academical
LEAGUE: Won 70, Drawn 31, Lost 36
SCOTTISH CUP: Won 3, Drawn 3, Lost 1
LEAGUE CUP: Won 3, Drawn 2, Lost 2
CHALLENGE CUP: Won 0, Drawn 0, Lost 1
TOTAL: Won 75, Drawn 34, Lost 40
Last Five Dundee v Hamilton Academical Matches
28/1/2018 | Away | Premiership | Won 2-1 | 1,776 | Henvey, Leitch-Smith
28/10/2017 | Home | Premiership | Lost 3-1 | 4,863 | Leitch-Smith
12/8/2017 | Away | Premiership | Lost 3-0 | 1,694
20/5/2017 | Away | Premiership | Lost 4-0 | 2,612
15/4/2017 | Home | Premiership | Lost 2-0 | 6,489
Last Meeting
The Dark Blues delighted the travelling support with a winner by A-Jay Leitch-Smith in the 98th minute at Hamilton last January. Dundee recovered well from a disastrous start, conceding an own goal by Mark O’Hara in the second minute. Although the Dee dominated, they couldn’t grab an equaliser until 18 year old substitute Matty Henvey scored his first senior goal after 77 minutes. Accies were down to 10 men after David Templeton’s sending off, and lost Darian MacKinnon through injury in stoppage time. The nine men had their backs to the wall, but couldn’t keep the Dark Blues out.
Hamilton Academical: Woods, Want, Tomas, Gogic, Skondras, Redmond (Lyon at half time), MacKinnon, Ferguson (Sarris 86), Imrie, Templeton, Rojano (Ogkmpoe 67)
Unused subs: Fulton (gk), McMann, Hughes, Cunnningham.
Goal: O’Hara og (2).
Booked: Redmond (foul on Kerr), Ferguson (foul on Holt), Rojano (persistent fouling), Templeton (foul on Kamara), Templeton (foul on Allan), Woods (time-wasting).
Sent off: Templeton (two bookings).
Dundee FC: Parish, Kerr (c), Hendry, Meekings (Waddell at half time), Holt, O’Hara, Kamara, McGowan (Allan 59), Leitch-Smith, Moussa, El Bakhtaoui (Henvey 70)
Unused subs: Malherbe (gk), O’Dea, Etxabeguren, Wolters.
Booked: O’Hara (foul on Lyons), Holt (foul on Rojano).
Goals: Henvey (77), Leitch-Smith (90+8).
Attendance: 1,776 (440 Dees).
Referee: Kevin Clancy. Assistants: Paul O’Neill, Calum Spence. Fourth Official: Craig Napier.
Hamilton’s Season So Far
Accies opened their season with a 3-1 Betfred Cup victory away at Lowland League side East Kilbride and went on to top their group. It wasn’t all plain sailing however as they required two bonus points from penalty kick wins after a 1-1 draw with Queen of the South at home and a 4-4 draw with Albion Rovers away.
In their final group game top spot was sealed with a 3-0 win at home against Stenhousemuir with Hamilton scoring 11 goals in their four games.
They failed to hit the target however in their first Premiership game when they went down 2-0 to Aberdeen at Pittodrie.
Hamilton then had to complete a double header with The Dons when they drew them at home in the second round of the Betfred Cup and despite an improved performance from the one at Pittodrie, they still went down 1-0 and out the League Cup.
After defeating Dundee at home in August, Hamilton had an excellent 3-1 win over Easter Road and then picked up a point at point at Rugby Park but after that went on a six game losing streak.
They broke that streak just before they last played The Dee when they drew 0-0 with Partick Thistle at home and then departed Dens Park with a 3-1 win.
Accies good run continued with a 2-2 draw at home to Aberdeen and then a famous 2-0 win over Rangers at Ibrox before subsequent draws with both Edinburgh sides Hearts and Hibs.
Mid December saw defeats to St Johnstone and Celtic before a vital 3-2 home win over Ross County and a 3-1 win in the Lanarkshire derby at Fir Park in the last game before the winter break but they couldn’t replicate that in the first game back when they crashed out of the Scottish Cup 2-0 to Motherwell.
In the Premiership Hamilton returned from the break with defeats to Hearts, Dundee, Aberdeen and Rangers before a vital 2-1 win at home to Partick at the end of February. They followed this up with a 2-0 victory over Motherwell at the SuperSeal Stadium and a 2-2 draw with Ross County in Dingwall before they went into freefall and lost the next six games.
However in their last game Accies defeated bottom side Ross County by two goals to nil to now come to Dens on the same points as The Dee.
Top Scorers
DUNDEE: Moussa 13; O’Hara, Leitch-Smith 6; El Bahktaoui, 5; Waddell 3
HAMILTON ACADEMICAL: Templeton 10; Imrie 7; Bingham 6; Boyd, Crawford, Docherty, Skondras, Ogboe, Rojano 3
Ticketing Information
Tickets for the match against Hamilton Academical at Dens Park are on sale now online and from the Ticket office.
This match is a Category B match and prices are as follows:
Family Area Priced tickets available in the Bobby Cox Stand
Rows A – Y, Seats 1 – 47 with prices as follows:
Adult and one child under 12 £26
Two adults and two children under 12 £50
With additional children under 12 at £2
Under 12 and Under 16 tickets can only be bought as part of a family group
Prices for all areas in Dens Park are priced at £24 for Adults, £16 for concessions and £10 for Under 18
Tickets are available from the ticket office, in person or by phone on 01382 889966 (Option 1) or online
Matchday Programme
Dundee’s 2017/18 match programme The Dee will be available to buy at the Hamilton game in and around the ground and in the club shop. It is a full, colour 52 page edition packed with news, views, features and exclusive interviews which this week include:
- A message from manager Neil McCann
- A message from managing-director John Nelms
- This Week in History
- The regular series of articles looking at the players who have worn the different squad numbers over the years featuring this week number 36
- Where are they now?
- Profile on visitors Hamilton Academical
- Junior Dees News
- Classic Match
- Dundee Supporters Association news
The Dee, produced by our partners Curtis Sports will be available on Saturday for just £3 and can also be ordered on the Curtis Sport website
How To Watch
As well as the match being live on SKY Sports, fans from outside of the UK who are virtual season tickets will be able to watch the Hamilton match live on DEETV or alternatively they can view it for just £5.
The full ninety minutes of the match will be available to every subscriber of DEETV on Saturday while a shorter highlights package will be available to view during the weekend alongside exclusive post match interviews with the manager and players.
The pre-match press conference is also available to view on DEETV from Thursday.
You can sign up for DEETV for just £5 a month on the official website where you will have access to Highlights, Interviews and all the Dundee FC goals at the click of the button
