About Match
East Fife go into the game 6th in the table on 8 points; Hamilton Academical sit 1st on 16 — an 8-point gap. In league terms the two rates read 0.86/0.71 for East Fife and 2/0 for Hamilton Academical (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.2. Three points here take East Fife to 11 and up to 4th, assuming other results stand.
Three consecutive wins precede this game for Hamilton Academical.
The head-to-head ledger counts 5 games: 1 East Fife win, 2 for Hamilton Academical, 2 draws, at 1.8 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 20% of meetings won.
Bayview Stadium in Methil stages the fixture, a ground that holds 5,000.