Dundee take on Hamilton Academical in Lanarkshire 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 27th January 2018
KICK OFF:3.00pm
VENUE:The SuperSeal Stadium
Opposition Info
FORMED:1874
STADIUM:The SuperSeal Stadium
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 The SuperSeal Stadium for Sat-Nav is The SuperSeal Stadium, New Douglas Park, Cadzow Avenue, Hamilton, ML3 0FT
Hamilton advise that there are a number of free spaces to be had within the car park at South Lankarshire Council on Almada Street next to the University of the West of Scotland campus.
The SuperSeal Stadium is located less than two minutes away from Hamilton West Station, with the two sites connected via a convenient walkway.
Match Officials
REFEREE:Kevin Clancy
ASSISTANT REFEREE:Paul O’Neill
ASSISTANT REFEREE:Calum Spence
FOURTH OFFICIAL:Craig Napier
Kevin Clancy has been a referee since 2000. He was admitted to SFA Senior List in June 2005 and got promoted to Scotlands Category 1 in June 2009. In 2012 he started his international career as a UEFA category 3 official.
The Hamilton v Dundee match will be Clancy’s fourth Dundee match this season having taken charge of the Betfred Cup group stage derby against Championship Dundee United, the November win over Rangers and the Boxing Day game with Celtic.
Head to Head v Hamilton Academical
LEAGUE:Won 69, 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
1. 28/10/2017 | Home | Premiership | Lost 3-1 | 4,863 | Leitch-Smith
2. 12/8/2017 | Away | Premiership | Lost 3-0 | 1,694
3. 20/5/2017 | Away | Premiership | Lost 4-0 | 2,612
4. 15/4/2017 | Home | Premiership | Lost 2-0 | 6,489
5. 18/10/2016 | Away | Premiership | Won 1-0 | 1,853 | McGowan
Last Meeting
A series of defensive lapses by the Dark Blues allowed Hamilton to leave Dens Park with a 3-1 win last October. Ioannis Sondras gave Accies a half time lead before David Templeton made it two midway through the second half. Although A-Jay Leitch-Smith scored from the penalty spot, a late goal by Antonio Rojano ensured Dundee would take nothing from the game.
Dundee FC: Bain, Waddell, Hendry, Meekings (Moussa 67), Curran (Kerr 53), Kamara, Spence, Wolters (Aurtenetxe 62), McGowan (c), Leitch-Smith, Haber
Unused subs: Parish (gk), O’Hara, El Bakhtaoui, Deacon.
Goal: Leitch-Smith (66 pen).
Booked: Spence (foul on McMann), Curran (foul on Imrie), Waddell (foul on Imrie).
Hamilton Academical: Woods, Gogic, Tomas, McMann, Donati, Skondras, Docherty, Mackinnon, Imrie (c), Bingham (Rojano 55), Templeton (Boyd 68 (Lyon 90+2))
Unused subs: Jamieson (gk), Baibi, Ferguson, Cunningham.
Goals: Skondras (39), Templeton (63), Rojano (84).
Booked: Donati (foul on Kerr, dissent). Rojano (foul on Hendry), MacKinnon (foul on Leitch-Smith).
Sent off: Donati (two bookings)
Attendance: 4,863 (121 away fans).
Referee: Greg Aitken. Assistants: Stephen Mitchell, Daniel McFarlane. Fourth Official: David Munro.
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.
Top Scorers
DUNDEE: Moussa 8; El Bahktaoui, Leitch-Smith, O’Hara 5; Haber, Hendry, Waddell, McGowan 2
HAMILTON ACADEMICAL: Bingham 5; Imrie, Templeton 4; Boyd, Crawford, Docherty, Skondras 3
Ticketing Information
The match at The SuperSeal Stadium is pay at the gate and the Dundee fans will be housed in the Spice of Life (North) Stand.
Prices are as follows:
ADULTS £22
CONCESSIONS £12
Concessions are over 65 years and Under 18s
Matchday Programme
Hamilton’s match programme is a 46 page, full colour A5 edition. which features detailed pen pictures of the away team and a couple of Head to Head articles.
Priced £2.50 Academia is available in and around the SuperSeal Stadium and in The Accies club shop in the main stand
How To Watch
The full ninety minutes of the Hamilton match will be available to subscribers of DEETV on Saturday evening while a shorter highlights package will be available to view on Sunday alongside exclusive post match interviews with the manager and players.
The pre-match press conference is also available to view on DEETV from Friday.
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.
If you are out with the UK you will also be able to take advantage of our Live Streaming package for every home game.
