Hibernian 5-1 Hamilton Academical: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 23 January 2010

Result

Hibernian 5-1 Hamilton Academical

Premiership · Saturday 23 January 2010, 15:00 UTC · half-time 3-0

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Hibernian 5-1 Hamilton Academical: match report

Hibernian beat Hamilton Academical 5-1 in the Premiership on Saturday 23 January 2010. The half-time score was 3-0.

Colin Nish opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Hibernian's goals came from Colin Nish (16'), Anthony Stokes (21'), Derek Riordan (30'), Derek Riordan (49') and Anthony Stokes (53'). Hamilton Academical scored through Flávio Paixão (69').

Discipline: Hibernian received 1 yellow card; Hamilton Academical received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Hibernian were 4th on 35 points from 19 and Hamilton Academical 11th on 14 points from 18. Hibernian went on to finish that season 4th with 55 points, and Hamilton Academical 9th with 39.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Hibernian wins, 0 draws and 1 for Hamilton Academical.

Going into the match Hibernian's last five read L-D-L-W-D and Hamilton Academical's L-L-L-D-W.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Goal · Colin NishHibernian · 1-0
  • 21'Goal · Anthony StokesHibernian · 2-0
  • 30'Goal · Derek RiordanHibernian · 3-0
  • 49'Yellow card · Alex NeilHamilton Academical
  • 49'Goal · Derek RiordanHibernian · 4-0
  • 53'Goal · Anthony StokesHibernian · 5-0
  • 69'Goal · Flávio PaixãoHamilton Academical · 5-1
  • 77'Yellow card · J. RankinHibernian
  • 89'Yellow card · Mark McLaughlinHamilton Academical

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Hibernian 3, draws 0, Hamilton Academical 1.

Team news

Hibernian line-up

Graeme Smith, Chris Hogg, Paul Hanlon, John Rankin, Kevin McBride, David Wotherspoon, Liam Miller, Derek Riordan, Anthony Stokes, Ian Murray, Colin Nish

Hamilton Academical line-up

Tomas Cerny, Trent McClenahan, Richard Hastings, Mark McLaughlin, Simon Mensing, James McArthur, Mickaël Antoine-Curier, Marco Paixão, Martin Canning, A. Neil, Flávio Paixão