Match sneak peek for Championship: Huddersfield Town - Blackburn Rovers at The John Smith's Stadium

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Mon 10.April
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: The John Smith's Stadium (24500 seats)

Huddersfield Town have not won many points this season. Could the team get some points when Blackburn Rovers visit The John Smith's Stadium?

Insights:
  • Blackburn Rovers have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (13) in Championship

It's no vacation for neither Huddersfield Town nor Blackburn Rovers 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

The complete Championship results at home this season for Huddersfield Town are 7-5-8 (wins-draws-losses).

A good away victory last time out for Huddersfield Town, who won 3-2 against Watford (placed 12th). Manager Warnock felt very clever after Harratt scored the winning goal against Watford, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 82nd minute. Rudoni, who usually features in attack, was the best player for the side in that match, collecting a rating of 8.13 (out of 10). Rudoni scored one goal, served one assist and hit two key passes.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Middlesbrough in a game that was won 4-2.

Huddersfield are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 21 goals in 20 games. Huddersfield Town have conceded 23 in these home matches.

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Blackburn Rovers form and stats

Playing away, Blackburn Rovers have won 6 games, drawn 3 and suffered 11 defeats in the Championship this season. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Blackburn Rovers have lost on their last two travels.

The attacking players of Blackburn have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 188 minutes.

The manager Tomasson was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium Ewood Park (Blackburn). Blackburn Rovers suffered a 0-2 loss to Norwich City (placed 7th). Morton got a match rating of 7.45 in that game, top player of the team. Morton hit one key pass and had 33 successful passes (of 40 total).

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Birmingham City's place.

A tale of few goals? 9 of this team's last 12 league fixtures have contained zero, one or two goals.

The visitors have scored 18 goals from 20 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Blackburn have conceded 29 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The previous head-to-head meeting ended Blackburn Rovers - Huddersfield Town 1-0, played this season. Data for the preceeding ten meetings between these two contenders are: four wins for Huddersfield Town, four draws and two wins for Blackburn Rovers. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

Blackburn RoversB. Brereton
B. Brereton
12 goals
Blackburn RoversS. Gallagher
S. Gallagher
6 goals
HuddersfieldJ. Rhodes
J. Rhodes
5 goals

Huddersfield Town missing players

Blackburn Rovers missing players

Huddersfield Town Blackburn Rovers
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
40 20 6 Played P 7 20 39
11 7 2 Won W 3 6 19
9 5 1 Drew D 0 3 4
20 8 3 Lost L 4 11 16
39 21 7 Scored S 5 18 43
57 23 7 Conceded C 10 29 45
92% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
68% 65% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 43% 70% 64%
45% 35% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 43% 45% 44%
22% 20% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 29% 15% 13%
8% 5% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 5% 8%
45% 40% 50% BTTS BTTS 14% 35% 36%
20% 30% 17% Clean Sheets C S 29% 20% 36%
42% 40% 33% Failed to Score F T 57% 45% 31%
 
4.2 4.7 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 2.1 3.2 4.2
5.5 4.7 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 6 5.5
2 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 2.2 2.1
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
9.1 10.4 9.3 Shots (avg) S ( 9 8.1 9.7
3.1 3.3 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3 3.3
31% 32% 58% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 31% 33%
 
13.7 12.2 12.2 Shots against (avg) S A 11.3 13.2 12
4.6 4 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.1 4.5 3.9
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Blackburn Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Blackburn Rovers have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (13) in Championship
  • Blackburn Rovers have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Championship
  • Blackburn Rovers have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Blackburn Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Burnley 39 25 12 2 76 30 20 14 6 0 43 13 19 11 6 2 33 17 46 87
2 Sheffield United 39 23 7 9 60 33 19 12 3 4 36 17 20 11 4 5 24 16 27 76
3 Luton Town 40 18 14 8 48 35 20 8 8 4 26 19 20 10 6 4 22 16 13 68
4 Middlesbrough 40 20 7 13 72 48 20 11 6 3 37 16 20 9 1 10 35 32 24 67
5 Millwall 40 17 11 12 48 40 20 10 6 4 29 17 20 7 5 8 19 23 8 62
6 Blackburn Rovers 39 19 4 16 43 45 19 13 1 5 25 16 20 6 3 11 18 29 -2 61
7 Norwich City 40 17 9 14 54 42 20 8 4 8 27 23 20 9 5 6 27 19 12 60
8 Preston North End 40 16 11 13 39 44 20 6 6 8 17 23 20 10 5 5 22 21 -5 59
9 Coventry City 40 15 13 12 47 41 20 9 6 5 24 21 20 6 7 7 23 20 6 58
10 West Bromwich Albion 39 15 11 13 48 42 20 10 6 4 26 15 19 5 5 9 22 27 6 56
11 Sunderland 40 14 13 13 57 50 20 6 7 7 28 29 20 8 6 6 29 21 7 55
12 Watford 40 14 13 13 47 45 20 9 6 5 30 20 20 5 7 8 17 25 2 55
13 Bristol City 40 13 13 14 48 48 20 8 6 6 25 19 20 5 7 8 23 29 0 52
14 Stoke City 40 14 9 17 53 47 20 6 5 9 24 23 20 8 4 8 29 24 6 51
15 Swansea City 40 13 11 16 54 59 20 8 4 8 30 28 20 5 7 8 24 31 -5 50
16 Birmingham City 40 13 10 17 44 51 20 7 5 8 23 21 20 6 5 9 21 30 -7 49
17 Hull City 40 12 13 15 47 57 20 7 5 8 21 26 20 5 8 7 26 31 -10 49
18 Rotherham United 39 10 14 15 44 52 19 8 5 6 33 24 20 2 9 9 11 28 -8 44
19 Cardiff City 39 11 9 19 33 45 20 6 6 8 18 20 19 5 3 11 15 25 -12 42
20 Huddersfield Town 40 11 9 20 39 57 20 7 5 8 21 23 20 4 4 12 18 34 -18 42
21 Queens Park Rangers 40 11 9 20 38 62 20 6 4 10 20 29 20 5 5 10 18 33 -24 42
22 Reading 40 13 8 19 42 60 20 10 5 5 29 22 20 3 3 14 13 38 -18 41
23 Blackpool 40 8 11 21 42 64 20 5 6 9 25 29 20 3 5 12 17 35 -22 35
24 Wigan Athletic 40 8 13 19 34 60 20 4 6 10 15 32 20 4 7 9 19 28 -26 34

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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.