Football match preview: Huddersfield Town vs Middlesbrough

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 01.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The John Smith's Stadium (24500 seats)

A short glance at the Championship standings imply an edge to Middlesbrough when they travel to Huddersfield Town. However; let's await the match before points are handed out!

Insights:
  • Middlesbrough have the most points from losing position (21) in Championship

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Huddersfield Town form and stats

6-5-8 (win-draw-lost) are the Championship numbers at home for Huddersfield Town so far this season. Two draws in a row at home now for Huddersfield Town.

A strong away win for Huddersfield Town against Millwall the last match, as Ward were on target. At last, a league victory after five games without. The victory against Millwall came after Ward's winning goal. The Huddersfield manager Warnock was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 45th minute. The goalie Vaclík was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.83 out of ten. Vaclík topped it up with a clean sheet.

In the match before that, Huddersfield Town hosted Norwich City and drew the game 1-1.

Huddersfield Town have scored {17 league goals} here from 19 matches, not a lot. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Huddersfield Town have conceded 21 goals.

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Middlesbrough form and stats

As the visiting team matches, Middlesbrough, who have the most scored goals (33) away in Championship, have produced an overall stat of 9-1-9 so far.

Impressive finishing from Archer (2), Forss and Akpom secured the home win 4-0 against Preston North End in their previous game. As you can tell from the results above, Middlesbrough was very dominant against Preston North End, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Archer (2), Forss and Akpom providing the goals. Akpom has scored at least one goal for the away team four games in a row. The skill! Attacker Archer got a player rating of 8.91 in the game. "Man of the match" Archer scored two goals, served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Stoke City.

Middlesbrough are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 33 times in 19 away games so far. Middlesbrough have conceded 28 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two duelists also met each other previously this campaign: Middlesbrough - Huddersfield Town 0-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Huddersfield victories, two draws and six Middlesbrough wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

MiddlesbroughC. Akpom
C. Akpom
24 goals
MiddlesbroughM. Forss
M. Forss
9 goals
MiddlesbroughM. Crooks
M. Crooks
6 goals

Huddersfield Town missing players

Middlesbrough missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Huddersfield Town Middlesbrough
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
38 19 5 Played P 6 19 38
9 6 1 Won W 4 9 20
9 5 1 Drew D 0 1 7
20 8 3 Lost L 2 9 11
32 17 3 Scored S 15 33 69
53 21 8 Conceded C 7 28 42
92% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
66% 63% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 89% 82%
42% 32% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 83% 74% 63%
18% 16% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 47% 39%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 11% 13%
42% 37% 40% BTTS BTTS 67% 68% 61%
21% 32% 20% Clean Sheets C S 17% 5% 26%
45% 42% 40% Failed to Score F T 17% 26% 18%
 
4.2 4.6 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5.8 5.7 6.2
5.2 4.4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 4 4.3
2.1 1.9 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.9 2
3 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
9.1 10.3 9.2 Shots (avg) S ( 15.5 12.5 12.6
3.1 3.2 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 3.8 4.2
27% 28% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 54% 46% 43%
 
13.5 11.8 11 Shots against (avg) S A 10.2 11.7 10.1
4.5 3.8 4.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.2 4.4 3.6
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Middlesbrough have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Middlesbrough have scored more than double the goals of Huddersfield Town.
  • Middlesbrough have the fewest clean sheets (1) away in Championship
  • Middlesbrough have the fewest matches under the total-line (14) in Championship
  • Middlesbrough have the most matches over the total-line (24) in Championship
  • Middlesbrough have the most points from losing position (21) in Championship
  • Middlesbrough have the most scored goals (33) away in Championship
  • Middlesbrough have the most scored goals in the second half (43) in Championship
  • Middlesbrough 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 37 24 11 2 74 29 19 14 5 0 43 13 18 10 6 2 31 16 45 83
2 Sheffield United 37 21 7 9 58 33 18 11 3 4 35 17 19 10 4 5 23 16 25 70
3 Middlesbrough 38 20 7 11 69 42 19 11 6 2 36 14 19 9 1 9 33 28 27 67
4 Luton Town 38 17 13 8 46 35 19 7 8 4 24 19 19 10 5 4 22 16 11 64
5 Blackburn Rovers 37 19 4 14 43 42 18 13 1 4 25 14 19 6 3 10 18 28 1 61
6 Millwall 38 17 9 12 48 40 19 10 5 4 29 17 19 7 4 8 19 23 8 60
7 Norwich City 38 16 9 13 52 41 19 8 4 7 27 22 19 8 5 6 25 19 11 57
8 Coventry City 38 15 12 11 47 37 19 9 6 4 24 17 19 6 6 7 23 20 10 57
9 West Bromwich Albion 37 15 10 12 47 39 19 10 5 4 26 15 18 5 5 8 21 24 8 55
10 Watford 38 14 13 11 45 40 19 9 6 4 28 17 19 5 7 7 17 23 5 55
11 Sunderland 38 14 11 13 53 46 19 6 6 7 24 25 19 8 5 6 29 21 7 53
12 Preston North End 38 14 11 13 34 43 19 5 6 8 14 22 19 9 5 5 20 21 -9 53
13 Stoke City 38 13 9 16 48 45 19 6 5 8 23 21 19 7 4 8 25 24 3 48
14 Bristol City 38 12 12 14 45 46 19 8 5 6 24 18 19 4 7 8 21 28 -1 48
15 Hull City 38 12 11 15 43 53 19 7 4 8 21 26 19 5 7 7 22 27 -10 47
16 Swansea City 38 12 10 16 51 57 19 8 3 8 30 28 19 4 7 8 21 29 -6 46
17 Birmingham City 38 12 9 17 42 50 19 6 5 8 22 21 19 6 4 9 20 29 -8 45
18 Reading 38 13 6 19 40 58 19 10 4 5 28 21 19 3 2 14 12 37 -18 45
19 Queens Park Rangers 38 11 9 18 38 59 19 6 4 9 20 27 19 5 5 9 18 32 -21 42
20 Rotherham United 37 9 13 15 41 51 18 7 5 6 30 23 19 2 8 9 11 28 -10 40
21 Cardiff City 37 10 9 18 28 41 19 6 6 7 16 17 18 4 3 11 12 24 -13 39
22 Huddersfield Town 38 9 9 20 32 53 19 6 5 8 17 21 19 3 4 12 15 32 -21 36
23 Blackpool 38 8 11 19 40 58 19 5 6 8 24 26 19 3 5 11 16 32 -18 35
24 Wigan Athletic 38 7 13 18 33 59 19 3 6 10 14 32 19 4 7 8 19 27 -26 31

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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 Burnley 37 24 11 2 74 29 19 14 5 0 43 13 18 10 6 2 31 16 45 83
2 Sheffield United 37 21 7 9 58 33 18 11 3 4 35 17 19 10 4 5 23 16 25 70
3 Middlesbrough 38 20 7 11 69 42 19 11 6 2 36 14 19 9 1 9 33 28 27 67
4 Luton Town 38 17 13 8 46 35 19 7 8 4 24 19 19 10 5 4 22 16 11 64
5 Blackburn Rovers 37 19 4 14 43 42 18 13 1 4 25 14 19 6 3 10 18 28 1 61
6 Millwall 38 17 9 12 48 40 19 10 5 4 29 17 19 7 4 8 19 23 8 60
7 Norwich City 38 16 9 13 52 41 19 8 4 7 27 22 19 8 5 6 25 19 11 57
8 Coventry City 38 15 12 11 47 37 19 9 6 4 24 17 19 6 6 7 23 20 10 57
9 West Bromwich Albion 37 15 10 12 47 39 19 10 5 4 26 15 18 5 5 8 21 24 8 55
10 Watford 38 14 13 11 45 40 19 9 6 4 28 17 19 5 7 7 17 23 5 55
11 Sunderland 38 14 11 13 53 46 19 6 6 7 24 25 19 8 5 6 29 21 7 53
12 Preston North End 38 14 11 13 34 43 19 5 6 8 14 22 19 9 5 5 20 21 -9 53
13 Stoke City 38 13 9 16 48 45 19 6 5 8 23 21 19 7 4 8 25 24 3 48
14 Bristol City 38 12 12 14 45 46 19 8 5 6 24 18 19 4 7 8 21 28 -1 48
15 Hull City 38 12 11 15 43 53 19 7 4 8 21 26 19 5 7 7 22 27 -10 47
16 Swansea City 38 12 10 16 51 57 19 8 3 8 30 28 19 4 7 8 21 29 -6 46
17 Birmingham City 38 12 9 17 42 50 19 6 5 8 22 21 19 6 4 9 20 29 -8 45
18 Reading 38 13 6 19 40 58 19 10 4 5 28 21 19 3 2 14 12 37 -18 45
19 Queens Park Rangers 38 11 9 18 38 59 19 6 4 9 20 27 19 5 5 9 18 32 -21 42
20 Rotherham United 37 9 13 15 41 51 18 7 5 6 30 23 19 2 8 9 11 28 -10 40
21 Cardiff City 37 10 9 18 28 41 19 6 6 7 16 17 18 4 3 11 12 24 -13 39
22 Huddersfield Town 38 9 9 20 32 53 19 6 5 8 17 21 19 3 4 12 15 32 -21 36
23 Blackpool 38 8 11 19 40 58 19 5 6 8 24 26 19 3 5 11 16 32 -18 35
24 Wigan Athletic 38 7 13 18 33 59 19 3 6 10 14 32 19 4 7 8 19 27 -26 31

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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.