Can Huddersfield Town outdo AFC Bournemouth in The John Smith's Stadium clash?

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 19.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The John Smith's Stadium (24500 seats)

A vital fixture as both teams are struggling for the top positions. With Huddersfield Town in 3rd position and AFC Bournemouth at 2nd, this promises to be an exciting duel. Read on to find out more!

Insights:
  • AFC Bournemouth have the fewest conceded goals (31) in Championship

It's no vacation for neither Huddersfield Town nor AFC Bournemouth as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Huddersfield Town form and stats

Huddersfield Town have collected 35 points from their Championship home games so far after 10-5-3. Two home wins in a row for Huddersfield bring valid hopes of a third.

No payout for Huddersfield Town in their previous match, an away game at Millwall that ended in defeat 0-2. Toffolo, defender, was given a rating of 7.33/10 in that game, top of the team. Toffolo hit one key pass and won 3 of 3 duels.

Preceding that game was the away draw at West Bromwich Albion that finished 2-2.

Huddersfield have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at The John Smith's Stadium with 27 goals in 18 league matches. Huddersfield Town are not conceding a lot of goals here at The John Smith's Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 17 from 18 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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AFC Bournemouth form and stats

The visitors are W9-D4-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Championship.

AFC Bournemouth's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Reading that finished 1-1. Christie, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.8. Christie hit two key passes and had 31 successful passes (of 37 total).

Before that, Bournemouth secured a home win against Derby County with the score 2-0.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far AFC Bournemouth have scored 21 goals in 17 league games away. It's not easy to score on Bournemouth as they have only conceded 13 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Huddersfield Town and AFC Bournemouth have played each other already this season: AFC Bournemouth - Huddersfield Town 3-0. Huddersfield Town-AFC Bournemouth H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Huddersfield Town one win, AFC Bournemouth eight wins, one draw. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

AFC BournemouthD. Solanke
D. Solanke
22 goals
HuddersfieldD. Ward
D. Ward
13 goals
AFC BournemouthP. Billing
P. Billing
8 goals

Huddersfield Town missing players

AFC Bournemouth missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Huddersfield Town AFC Bournemouth
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
38 18 4 Played P 5 17 35
17 10 1 Won W 2 9 19
12 5 0 Drew D 1 4 9
9 3 3 Lost L 2 4 7
51 27 5 Scored S 6 21 56
40 17 11 Conceded C 6 13 31
87% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 94%
71% 72% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 59% 77%
42% 39% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 29% 51%
18% 22% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 12% 20%
13% 17% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 12% 6%
47% 44% 75% BTTS BTTS 60% 41% 51%
39% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 53% 40%
26% 17% 25% Failed to Score F T 20% 18% 14%
 
4.3 5.1 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 5.3 5.3
4.7 3.9 4 Corners against (avg) C A 6.4 4.9 4.9
1.6 1.6 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.4 2.2 2.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 3 5
 
11 11.8 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10.8 11.6 12.3
3.8 4.2 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 3.9 4.5
35% 36% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 31% 35%
 
13 11.2 11.5 Shots against (avg) S A 16.8 11.4 10
4.4 4.6 6.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.8 3.5 3.4
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • AFC Bournemouth have the fewest conceded goals (13) away in Championship
  • AFC Bournemouth have the fewest conceded goals (31) in Championship
  • AFC Bournemouth have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8) in Championship
  • AFC Bournemouth have the most clean sheets (9) away in Championship

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fulham 37 23 8 6 90 32 19 12 4 3 45 16 18 11 4 3 45 16 58 77
2 AFC Bournemouth 35 19 9 7 56 31 18 10 5 3 35 18 17 9 4 4 21 13 25 66
3 Huddersfield Town 38 17 12 9 51 40 18 10 5 3 27 17 20 7 7 6 24 23 11 63
4 Blackburn Rovers 38 17 10 11 49 38 20 12 4 4 35 21 18 5 6 7 14 17 11 61
5 Luton Town 37 17 9 11 53 41 19 10 5 4 32 19 18 7 4 7 21 22 12 60
6 Queens Park Rangers 37 17 8 12 53 45 19 9 6 4 27 17 18 8 2 8 26 28 8 59
7 Middlesbrough 37 17 8 12 48 40 18 12 2 4 29 16 19 5 6 8 19 24 8 59
8 Nottingham Forest 36 16 10 10 53 35 19 9 4 6 30 21 17 7 6 4 23 14 18 58
9 Sheffield United 37 16 10 11 50 40 17 9 4 4 29 13 20 7 6 7 21 27 10 58
10 Millwall 37 15 12 10 39 34 19 10 6 3 23 13 18 5 6 7 16 21 5 57
11 Coventry City 37 15 9 13 48 45 20 10 4 6 29 19 17 5 5 7 19 26 3 54
12 West Bromwich Albion 37 14 11 12 40 34 18 9 7 2 24 12 19 5 4 10 16 22 6 53
13 Blackpool 37 14 10 13 42 41 20 10 3 7 22 19 17 4 7 6 20 22 1 52
14 Preston North End 38 12 15 11 40 44 18 6 9 3 24 21 20 6 6 8 16 23 -4 51
15 Swansea City 36 13 8 15 41 52 17 8 4 5 23 20 19 5 4 10 18 32 -11 47
16 Stoke City 37 12 10 15 46 44 18 7 4 7 25 21 19 5 6 8 21 23 2 46
17 Cardiff City 38 13 7 18 45 56 20 7 3 10 21 23 18 6 4 8 24 33 -11 46
18 Bristol City 38 12 7 19 47 67 19 7 5 7 24 25 19 5 2 12 23 42 -20 43
19 Hull City 38 11 8 19 32 41 18 5 3 10 15 22 20 6 5 9 17 19 -9 41
20 Birmingham City 38 10 11 17 42 58 19 6 5 8 21 25 19 4 6 9 21 33 -16 41
21 Reading 37 10 6 21 43 73 18 5 4 9 25 36 19 5 2 12 18 37 -30 30
22 Barnsley 37 6 10 21 28 52 19 5 6 8 16 21 18 1 4 13 12 31 -24 28
23 Derby County 38 11 12 15 37 44 18 9 6 3 25 16 20 2 6 12 12 28 -7 24
24 Peterborough United 37 5 8 24 29 75 18 4 6 8 19 26 19 1 2 16 10 49 -46 23

Huddersfield Town:
AFC Bournemouth:
Championship:
England:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fulham 37 23 8 6 90 32 19 12 4 3 45 16 18 11 4 3 45 16 58 77
2 AFC Bournemouth 35 19 9 7 56 31 18 10 5 3 35 18 17 9 4 4 21 13 25 66
3 Huddersfield Town 38 17 12 9 51 40 18 10 5 3 27 17 20 7 7 6 24 23 11 63
4 Blackburn Rovers 38 17 10 11 49 38 20 12 4 4 35 21 18 5 6 7 14 17 11 61
5 Luton Town 37 17 9 11 53 41 19 10 5 4 32 19 18 7 4 7 21 22 12 60
6 Queens Park Rangers 37 17 8 12 53 45 19 9 6 4 27 17 18 8 2 8 26 28 8 59
7 Middlesbrough 37 17 8 12 48 40 18 12 2 4 29 16 19 5 6 8 19 24 8 59
8 Nottingham Forest 36 16 10 10 53 35 19 9 4 6 30 21 17 7 6 4 23 14 18 58
9 Sheffield United 37 16 10 11 50 40 17 9 4 4 29 13 20 7 6 7 21 27 10 58
10 Millwall 37 15 12 10 39 34 19 10 6 3 23 13 18 5 6 7 16 21 5 57
11 Coventry City 37 15 9 13 48 45 20 10 4 6 29 19 17 5 5 7 19 26 3 54
12 West Bromwich Albion 37 14 11 12 40 34 18 9 7 2 24 12 19 5 4 10 16 22 6 53
13 Blackpool 37 14 10 13 42 41 20 10 3 7 22 19 17 4 7 6 20 22 1 52
14 Preston North End 38 12 15 11 40 44 18 6 9 3 24 21 20 6 6 8 16 23 -4 51
15 Swansea City 36 13 8 15 41 52 17 8 4 5 23 20 19 5 4 10 18 32 -11 47
16 Stoke City 37 12 10 15 46 44 18 7 4 7 25 21 19 5 6 8 21 23 2 46
17 Cardiff City 38 13 7 18 45 56 20 7 3 10 21 23 18 6 4 8 24 33 -11 46
18 Bristol City 38 12 7 19 47 67 19 7 5 7 24 25 19 5 2 12 23 42 -20 43
19 Hull City 38 11 8 19 32 41 18 5 3 10 15 22 20 6 5 9 17 19 -9 41
20 Birmingham City 38 10 11 17 42 58 19 6 5 8 21 25 19 4 6 9 21 33 -16 41
21 Reading 37 10 6 21 43 73 18 5 4 9 25 36 19 5 2 12 18 37 -30 30
22 Barnsley 37 6 10 21 28 52 19 5 6 8 16 21 18 1 4 13 12 31 -24 28
23 Derby County 38 11 12 15 37 44 18 9 6 3 25 16 20 2 6 12 12 28 -7 24
24 Peterborough United 37 5 8 24 29 75 18 4 6 8 19 26 19 1 2 16 10 49 -46 23

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.