Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Dundee 1st with 63 points, Hamilton Academical 9th with 31, 32 apart. In league terms the two rates read 1.83/1.11 for Dundee and 0.86/1.75 for Hamilton Academical (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.4.
Across 31 recorded meetings, Dundee have 12 wins to Hamilton Academical's 11, with 8 draws, at 2.42 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 39% of the wins in this matchup. Goals have dried up lately: 1.6 per game across the last five meetings, against 2.42 across the full history.
The match was played at Kilmac Stadium at Dens Park in Dundee (capacity 11,506). Dundee led 4-0 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 7-0 full-time score.