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Hearts prepare to entertain Hamilton Academical at Tynecastle Stadium on Saturday afternoon, aiming to maintain a near-perfect record against their opponents. The Jambo's have tasted victory on 40 of the 50 occasions the teams have met.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Tynecastle Stadium was earlier this season, the Jambo's carving out a narrow 2-1 victory in a Scottish Premier match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2009/2010 | Sun 06 Dec | Hamilton Ac. | 2 - 1 | Hearts | SPL |
| 2009/2010 | Sat 26 Sep | Hearts | 2-1 | Hamilton Ac. | SPL |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 31 Jan | Hamilton Ac. | 2 - 0 | Hearts | SPL |
| 2008/2009 | Wed 12 Nov | Hearts | 1 - 0 | Hamilton Ac. | SPL |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 30 Aug | Hamilton Ac. | 1 - 2 | Hearts | SPL |
| 1988/1989 | Fri 01 Jul | Hearts | 2 - 0 | Hamilton Ac. | SPL |
| 1988/1989 | Fri 01 Jul | Hamilton Ac. | 0 - 4 | Hearts | SPL |
Recent respective form guides
Heart of Midlothian have lost just once in their last six home games, winning four and drawing the other one. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 7 to 6.
Hamilton Ac. have an average recent record on the road, winning 2 of the last six, but losing the other 4. While the Accies have hit 5 goals, 11 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Hearts's 31 points from 25 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 6th position. Hamilton Ac. are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 21 points from 24 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Hearts | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 4 |
| Hamilton Ac. | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Jambo's are in a rich vein of form at home as of late, but the one that FootyMad has marked this down as one of their banker draws, taking into account the quality of the opposition. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Hearts | 7 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 5 . |
| Hamilton Ac. | 7 games since last away draw. |