Canning’s only goal is a victory

Hamilton manager Martin Canning will make no mention of goal swings when he speaks to his players ahead of their final Ladbrokes Premiership game of the season at Motherwell today.

Accies are three points and 13 goals better off than Partick Thistle, who occupy the relegation play-off spot. But Canning insists that preparing to simply win the Lanarkshire derby will be the main message in his team talk.

“We will have a meeting and talk about the game but that [goal swings] won’t be discussed,” he said. “It will be about us doing what we do every single week and try to approach the game in the right manner to go and win.

“Obviously mathematically it is still not guaranteed but it would take a freak set of circumstances for anything but safety.”

Motherwell boss Stephen Robinson, meanwhile, admits he has one eye on next weekend’s Scottish Cup final against Celtic.

“I have to weigh up that we have a small squad,” he said. “People are playing to make sure they are involved in the cup final. I have had one eye on it since the Partick game.”