Hamilton centre-back Sam Stubbs expects Saturday’s opponents Hibernian to come to New Douglas Park with their sights firmly fixed on securing a long-awaited victory.
Hibs enjoyed a series of positive results immediately before the international break, reaching the Betfred Cup semi-finals with a penalty shoot-out victory over Kilmarnock before holding champions Celtic and Aberdeen to draws in the Ladbrokes Premiership.
But Paul Heckingbottom’s side have not won a league game since their season-opener against St Mirren in August and find themselves 10th in the table with just six points.
He said: “They probably haven’t had the start that they wanted to have.
“And the way I’m looking at it and we’re looking at it is they’re looking for a spark, something that will get their season started.
“And make no qualms about it, they will be targeting us as that.
“So expect a competitive game, two teams trying to impose their style and trying to get to grips with the game, and a really good game – really competitive. And hopefully a really, really good one for the Hamilton fans.”
“I went to a few big games,” he added. “I went to his first game when they beat Livi 2-1 at home.
“I went to a few derbies and I went to the Scottish Cup final so I had a few decent games there.”
